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xenofeminist en · ADJ

Etymology

From xeno- + feminism.

Meanings

  1. (neologism) Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to xenofeminism.
    • Highlighting how feminist theory and feminist posthumanism in particular has generally taken an antimilitarism stance, Jones notes that the xenofeminist manifesto is silent on the topic of militarism, and argues for reclaiming anti-militarism for the xenofeminist project, illustrating how that approach can be useful for critiquing the uses of autonomous weapons systems. 2018, Emily Jones, Sara Kendall, Yoriko Otomo, “Gender, War, and Technology: Peace and Armed Conflict in the Twenty-First Century”, in Australian Law Journal, volume 44, number 1, page 6:
    • Nature's waters are subverted to turn against its guests, complementing a xenofeminist commitment to an anti-naturalism that also entails dismantling nuclear domestic spaces. 2020, Jennifer Cooke, “Feminist Manuals and Manifestos in the Twenty-first Century”, in Jennifer Cooke, editor, The New Feminist Literary Studies, page 196:
    • The alternative, in this case, is the possibility that highly automated and autonomous technologies could be leveraged as the technomaterialist infrastructure of a postcapitalist, xenofeminist world. 2021, Christopher M. Cox, “Estranged World: Tenets of Xenofeminism and Tropes of Automated Alienation in Contemporary Alien Films”, in Nathan Rambukkana, editor, Intersectional Automations: Robotics, AI, Algorithms, and Equity, page 223:

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xenofeminist en · NOUN

Etymology

From xeno- + feminism.

Meanings

  1. (neologism) A proponent of xenofeminism.
    • These accelerationists, xenofeminists, and inhumanists take up Landian ideas and concepts in various ways, but there is minimal textual exegesis of Land’s own writings. 2019, Vincent Le, "Slave, Sister, Sexborg, Sphinx: Feminine Figurations in Nick Land's Philosophy", Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Spring 2019
    • This impulse to simultaneously dismantle and build the world can also be found in the anti-naturalist work of xenofeminists and trans and queer activists—those who want to disrupt futurities that are based on heteronormative reproduction, […] 2020, Jilly Boyce Kay, Gender, Media and Voice: Communicative Injustice and Public Speech, pages 182–183:
    • Rather, the xenofeminists note the need to politicise the techno. Technology, to the xenofeminists, is a tool for revolution: […] 2019, Emily Jones, "Feminist Technologies and Post-Capitalism: Defining and Reflecting Upon Xenofeminism", Feminist Review, Issue 123, Issue 1, page 128

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