Beyond anti-welfarism and feminist social media mud-slinging: Jo Littler interviews Angela McRobbie. (February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Littler, Jo; McRobbie, Angela
• Is Part Of: European journal of cultural studies. Volume 25:Number 1(2022)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 334
• Publication Date: 2022-02
• Subjects: cultural studies -- feminism -- neoliberalism -- resilience -- welfare; Culture -- Periodicals; Culture -- Popular -- Periodicals; Culture -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Cross-cultural studies -- Periodicals; 306.05
• DOI: 10.1177/13675494211036150
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1367-5494

Abstract

In this wide-ranging interview, which took place in spring 2021, Angela McRobbie talks about her work in relation to social politics, the contemporary conjuncture, cultural studies, decolonisation and feminism. Beginning with a discussion on her experience of Covid, it contextualises these reflections through a discussion of anti-welfarism and the scapegoating of dependency, drawing from her new book Feminism and the Politics of Resilience . It moves on to discuss different forms and experiences of feminism: including the neoliberal Anglo-German academic context; the legacies of queer theory and radical feminism; the 'mud-slinging' of social media which 'does not allow us the time and space to rehearse what is really going on'; the need to engage with social policy alongside cultural theory; and the ongoing intersectional work of rewriting the curriculum.