Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
Alex DiBranco began her work on right-wing movements more than a decade ago with a focus on the Christian Right and the anti-abortion movement; in recent years, this focus has shifted to analyzing the rise in secular misogynist movements that include atheist members and leaders.
The organized secular/atheist movement has over-emphasized opposition to religion or the belief in a god for its own sake, rather than prioritizing the problem of harm posed to social justice from any direction. Ongoing issues with misogyny in the organized movement are one reflection of this bias, in addition to the ease with which a hollow atheist ideology accommodates male supremacist actors such as the founder of The Red Pill.
Envisioning a better world requires that we take stock of the movement we want to be building, value a feminist humanist approach that can provide an inspiring platform to create change, and contest white, male, and cisgendered supremacism regardless of whether it comes from a theistic or atheistic belief system.
Alex DiBranco began her work on right-wing movements more than a decade ago with a focus on the Christian Right and the anti-abortion movement; in recent years, this focus has shifted to analyzing the rise in secular misogynist movements that include atheist members and leaders.
The organized secular/atheist movement has over-emphasized opposition to religion or the belief in a god for its own sake, rather than prioritizing the problem of harm posed to social justice from any direction. Ongoing issues with misogyny in the organized movement are one reflection of this bias, in addition to the ease with which a hollow atheist ideology accommodates male supremacist actors such as the founder of The Red Pill.
Envisioning a better world requires that we take stock of the movement we want to be building, value a feminist humanist approach that can provide an inspiring platform to create change, and contest white, male, and cisgendered supremacism regardless of whether it comes from a theistic or atheistic belief system.
