Kennedy believes the sexual revolution is already under way. But she says it's still going to get a little bit worse before it gets better. Women and queer people are not shooting up schools or electing fassists, writes Kennedy. They're focusing on a different kind of life that'll create social change more long-term than lit the angry insult boys.
We are in an era of crisis, collapse, and reactionary tyrants, argues Laurie Penny, but we are also witnessing a transformation: a revolutionary change in how we define gender, sex, consent and whose bodies matter. In her new book, Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback, Laurie offers an urgent analysis of this moment of sexual politics we are living through. Our host for the discussion is cultural historian and broadcaster Shahidha Bari.
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