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THE RISE OF NEOLIBERAL FEMINISM
HERETICAL THOUGHT
Series editor: Ruth O’Brien,
The Graduate Center, City University of
New York
Assembly
Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
THE RISE
OF NEOLIBERAL
FEMINISM
C AT H E R I N E R O T T E N B E R G
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CONTENTS
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Notes 179
Bibliography 217
Index 247
FOREWORD
kin. She has read parts of this book and provided me with
invaluable feedback. I would also like to express a deep and
profound debt to both Rosalind Gill and Angela McRobbie.
Ros has read much of this manuscript, offering so many ab-
solutely brilliant insights and critiques. I admire her spec-
tacular work and generosity to no end. Angela McRobbie,
too, has so warmly welcomed me into her world, and for this
I am eternally grateful. Angela has also read much of this
manuscript, and her feedback and our many conversations
have enriched my thinking in ways too numerous to limn.
Thank you, Angela—for your encouragement, friendship,
and amazing mind. Shani Orgad and Christina Scharff are
two incredible feminist thinkers whose work has not only
profoundly influenced my own but with which this book is
in constant conversation. In addition to her formidable in-
tellect, Shani’s critical eye, rigor, and sensitivity are simply
phenomenal. I would also like express my gratitude to Jo
Littler, who has become part of my life, both intellectually
and personally. I have already learned so much from her
research and from her comments on sections of this book.
Thanks also go to Jeremy Gilbert and Sarah Banet-Weiser.
This project was funded by two generous grants—The
Marie Curie Individual Fellowship (The EU Horizon 2020,
RNF 704010), which has enabled me to spend two forma-
tive years in London as a visiting professor at Goldsmiths,
University of London. I also received an individual grant
from the Israel Science Foundation (No. 602/16), which
has allowed me to continue my research under enviable
conditions. I am extremely grateful to Vikki Bell for spon-
soring me—without her these two years would not have been
possible. I first read her amazing work as a graduate student,
and her graciousness and wisdom have provided me with a
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MAINSTREAM FEMINIST
N A R R AT I V E S O F W O M E N ’ S
PROGRESS: THEN AND NOW
Figure I.1 Beyoncé performing her song “Flawless” against a giant and
illuminated “FEMINIST” backdrop during the MTV Video Music Awards,
2014. Michael Buckner/Staff/Getty Images
T H E BA L A NC E D F E M I N I ST
BECAME BALANCED