The enemy’s enemy: feminism at the crossroads of neoliberal co-optation and anti-gender conservatism

Contemporary left-wing feminist and queer politics finds itself in a double-bind between on the one hand neoliberal corporate embracement of gender equality sexual diversity, (neo)conservative anti-gender mobilization other. In discourse, is commonly seen to be backed up disseminated by global corporations. Thus, time when nationalist ultra-conservative movements are increasingly challenging hegemony political economic elites, there need for progressive left understand specifically how rhetoric underpinned critique power. Through empirical analysis Canadian-based web-portal LifeSite, this article examines ideological ‘grip’ anti-establishment discourse as well weakest points its market capitalism power order identify entry their politically effective contestation.