{"product_id":"femmephilia-love-letters-to-trans-mermaids-queer-mothers-and-marilyn-monroe-9798888905975","title":"Femmephilia: Love Letters to Trans Mermaids, Queer Mothers, and Marilyn Monroe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnemy Feminisms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e and \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolish the Family\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, an original diagnosis of femmephobia in our culture, and a vision of a life-giving femme feminism for all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eTo be femme is to embody a dispossessed femininity, to be freighted with freedom, to refuse to be made proper or institutionalized. To love it is to embrace love for women (be they butch or not) in the broadest sense. In \u003cem\u003eFemmephilia\u003c\/em\u003e, Sophie Lewis makes the case for the vital importance of politicized femme-ness: a feminism that is self-consciously artificial, extravagant in its erotic and political appetites, and staunchly anti-work, abolitionist, and utopian. Femme labors deserve our care, respect, and support, but instead face dismissal from masculinist antagonists and feminist allies alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Where neoliberal women's empowerment has failed to combat the eruption of right-wing, anti-trans, and anti-feminist attacks, Lewis argues that femmephilia can help us imagine a radical future. In essays on the high femme genius of Marilyn Monroe and trans yearning in the myth of Apollo and Daphne; on octopuses and girlbosses, reluctant heterosexuals, lesbian separatists, and anti-work cats; and on a mother on strike from maternity, \u003cem\u003eFemmephilia\u003c\/em\u003e offers a new logic of liberation for \u003cem\u003eall\u003c\/em\u003e feminized people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophie Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 4.90w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888905975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSophie Lewis \u003c\/strong\u003eis a writer, utopian, feminist, and ex-academic scholar based in Philadelphia, hailing originally from the UK, France, and Germany. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eEnemy Feminisms\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAbolish the Family\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Full Surrogacy Now\u003c\/em\u003e. Lewis's essays and articles appear routinely in magazines such as \u003cem\u003en+1\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHarper's\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Drift\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eLA Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e; as well as on her Patreon newsletter, \"ReproUtopia.\" She teaches online courses on critical theory at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, and is working on a book about the liberation of children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Sophie Lewis \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48483483091101,"sku":"9798888905975","price":27.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_49c8954a-14cd-426c-ada6-79707b82f2c3.jpg?v=1782287767","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/femmephilia-love-letters-to-trans-mermaids-queer-mothers-and-marilyn-monroe-9798888905975","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}