Pink-pilled: Women and the far right
A daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online.

As the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women.

Women play significant roles in far-right movements, acting as propagandists, prizes to be won and mother-warriors of the nation. But up to now their activities have been largely overlooked. In Pink-pilled, journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women. Shining a light on women’s experiences within these movements, Shearing reveals horrifying examples of misogyny and violence.

Understanding how and why women join movements that explicitly aim to restrict their autonomy is essential if we want to fight back. Pink-pilled offers key insights for countering women’s radicalisation and building communities resistant to far-right thought.

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Pink-pilled: Women and the far right
A daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online.

As the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women.

Women play significant roles in far-right movements, acting as propagandists, prizes to be won and mother-warriors of the nation. But up to now their activities have been largely overlooked. In Pink-pilled, journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women. Shining a light on women’s experiences within these movements, Shearing reveals horrifying examples of misogyny and violence.

Understanding how and why women join movements that explicitly aim to restrict their autonomy is essential if we want to fight back. Pink-pilled offers key insights for countering women’s radicalisation and building communities resistant to far-right thought.

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Pink-pilled: Women and the far right

Pink-pilled: Women and the far right

by Lois Shearing
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Pink-pilled: Women and the far right

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A daring investigation into how women are recruited by the far right online.

As the far right has gained popularity and acceptance around the world, its ranks have swelled with an unlikely category of members: women.

Women play significant roles in far-right movements, acting as propagandists, prizes to be won and mother-warriors of the nation. But up to now their activities have been largely overlooked. In Pink-pilled, journalist Lois Shearing interviews leading experts and infiltrates communities of tradwives and femtrolls to provide a cutting-edge account of how the far right uses the internet to recruit women. Shining a light on women’s experiences within these movements, Shearing reveals horrifying examples of misogyny and violence.

Understanding how and why women join movements that explicitly aim to restrict their autonomy is essential if we want to fight back. Pink-pilled offers key insights for countering women’s radicalisation and building communities resistant to far-right thought.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526170699
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 02/18/2025
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x (d)

About the Author

Lois Shearing is a journalist and writer. They are the author of Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life (2021) and write about sex and relationships for Cosmopolitan.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1 Girl-fascism defined: understanding the alt-right and far right
2 Forward to the past: the history of women in far-right movements
3 This is what they took from you: the far right’s vision for women
4 Feminism is cancer: how women are radicalised online
5 What is a woman? Mapping women’s radicalising content
6 WHITE SHARIA NOW: women’s experiences in far-right communities
7 Which way western woman? Addressing the future of women in the far right
Notes
Index

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