“The anointing of sex positive feminism has… permitted the transformation of a deep and complex feminist movement into one that helps brand magazines and sell lingerie to women…”

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The anointing of sex positive feminism has, over time, permitted the transformation of a deep and complex feminist movement into one that helps brand magazines and sell lingerie to women who can imagine themselves emancipated based on the consumption of sex. In becoming the central metaphor for liberation, it has eviscerated critiques of imperial overtures abroad and encouraged a deliberate deafness toward all the dialects of empowerment that do not translate themselves into its language.

Rafia Zakaria, “Sex and the Muslim Feminist”, The New Republic (13 November 2015) [https://newrepublic.com/article/123590/sex-and-the-muslim-feminist]

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