Killing Radicalism

""Killing Radicalism is a bold examination of how the anti-rape movement in the U.S. has been reshaped and constrained by neoliberalism, the nonprofit imperatives, and state regulation. Melinda Chen's work reveals how the promise of justice for survivors is often undermined by the very institutions meant to protect them, as funding structures and normative victim services silence radical visions of change. With sharp and timely critique, it exposes how advocates are caught between the needs of survivors and the demands of funders, becoming complicit in reproducing systemic violence, especially against marginalized communities. At once unsettling and urgent, Killing Radicalism challenges readers to confront the hidden violences of advocacy and to imagine anti-rape activism rooted not in compliance with hegemonic systems, but in true radical transformation."" - Xavier L. Guadalupe-Díaz, author of Transgressed: Intimate Partner Violence in Transgender Lives ""Killing Radicalism is a must-read in the current US political climate. Survivor services are facing historic budget cuts due to reduced government support and threats by the federal administration to withhold all funding if they so much as provide referrals for services to trans survivors. Chen's inspiring call for a redefinition of radicalism to effect social structural change could not be more timely."" - Claire M. Renzetti, co-editor of Adjudicating Campus Sexual Misconduct: Controversies and Challenges.