Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
About the Book (from the publisher):
After over 175 years, the feminist movement, now in its fourth wave, is at risk of collapsing on its eroding foundation. In "Faux Feminism", political philosopher Serene Khader advocates for another feminism—one that doesn’t overwhelmingly serve white, affluent #girlbosses. With empathy, passion and wit, Khader invites the reader to join her as she excavates the movement’s history and draws a blueprint for a more inclusive and resilient future.
A feminist myth buster, Khader begins by deconstructing “faux feminisms” and through critical inquiry begets a new vision of feminism: one that tackles inequality at the societal, not individual, level and is ultimately rooted in community.
About the Author: Serene Khader is professor of philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center and author of "Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic." She holds the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College, and her work on global women’s issues has been published in outlets such as the New York Times. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and 2 children. Find her online at serenekhader.com and on Twitter (@serenekhader).
About the Moderator: Alma Khasawnih Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The College of New Jersey. Her current monograph project examines ephemeral visual culture production of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution as a site of orienting and reorienting nationalism and citizenship debates. alma is interested in transnational feminist geography and undoing the nation-state as a site of collectivity.
This event was recorded on February 11, 2025.
About the Book (from the publisher):
After over 175 years, the feminist movement, now in its fourth wave, is at risk of collapsing on its eroding foundation. In "Faux Feminism", political philosopher Serene Khader advocates for another feminism—one that doesn’t overwhelmingly serve white, affluent #girlbosses. With empathy, passion and wit, Khader invites the reader to join her as she excavates the movement’s history and draws a blueprint for a more inclusive and resilient future.
A feminist myth buster, Khader begins by deconstructing “faux feminisms” and through critical inquiry begets a new vision of feminism: one that tackles inequality at the societal, not individual, level and is ultimately rooted in community.
About the Author: Serene Khader is professor of philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center and author of "Decolonizing Universalism: A Transnational Feminist Ethic." She holds the Jay Newman Chair in Philosophy of Culture at Brooklyn College, and her work on global women’s issues has been published in outlets such as the New York Times. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and 2 children. Find her online at serenekhader.com and on Twitter (@serenekhader).
About the Moderator: Alma Khasawnih Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The College of New Jersey. Her current monograph project examines ephemeral visual culture production of the 25 January Egyptian Revolution as a site of orienting and reorienting nationalism and citizenship debates. alma is interested in transnational feminist geography and undoing the nation-state as a site of collectivity.
This event was recorded on February 11, 2025.
