Listening To Radical Women
This site began as a way for me to stay on top of radical feminist news. Why radical feminist? Because the oppression of women is rampant and incessant, as readily apparent when reading women's news, and radical feminism is the only system of thought to recognize that women's oppression is rampant and incessant. Moreover, from a theoretical perspective, radical feminism is the only philosophy to forcefully advance the "radical notion that women are people" as Marie Shear described it, and explain the domination of women as structural and sex-based. In the matter of women, it's crucial to accept that mainstream politics are counterproductive when trying to unpack and improve things. Luckily, radical women have always worked against the mainstream to make things better, and that work continues in the news linked from this site.
Apart from women's work, everyone knows there are too many web apps, and not enough time. Because of this, one of the main problems I encounter when introducing radical feminism to others, is that few people are able to put in the research required to find reputable sources. Additionally, when browsing Big Tech social media, tedious diversions ranging from ads to astroturfing make it difficult to distill the radical feminist signal amidst the non-radical non-feminist chatter. My solution was to setup a website that gets directly at what women are saying with no promoted content or distractions; a single place where anyone can easily read headlines from multiple sources that would otherwise be overwhelming for one person to locate and manage. With all of this in mind, the mission of Radfem.News is to remarket radical feminist news and boost readership for the original content creators, who deserve respect for their brave and brilliant work.
Importantly, though I've attempted to include a broad range of radical feminist perspectives here, I make no claim that this site is representative of feminists or radicals; instead, I claim radical feminism offers wisdom that can improve things for everybody, because the world is a horrible place for many people, and those horrors are being driven by patriarchal politics. This means the list of feeds you'll find here is elementary rather than exhaustive. That's partly because I run this site in my spare time, but also because the idea is to establish a far-reaching feed of daily headlines you can browse in a few minutes. Of course, the radical femisphere can't be grasped in a few minutes, and you'll want to do your own self-directed research, exploring beyond the boundaries of the feeds you encounter here. I should also note, the inclusion of a link on this site doesn't imply unconditional endorsement for all content on that page, and not everyone linked on this site describes themselves as "radical feminist" though many do. These things notwithstanding, I believe the feeds listed here contribute to the radical feminist project because they are focused on sex-based oppression, and taken against the mainstream they are comparatively radical.
Ultimately Radfem.News is an entrypoint, offering a gateway to radical feminism and furnishing a glimpse of what is happening in the movement — and take heart, for there's a lot happening.