Out of the Closet and Into the Streets

“Principally, Rainbow Feminism is new, intersectional, and unapologetically Queer.” As feminism enters its Fourth Wave with a younger and more diverse generation at its core, the movement needs to evolve in tandem with the identities it was built to represent. Out of the Closet and Into the Streets: Practicing Rainbow Feminisminvestigatesthe intersection of Queer theory and Fourth Wave feminism, challenging definitions of feminism’s past in order to build a movement for the present. Out of the Closet and Into the Streets answers questions like: What can Queer identities, like bisexuality or asexuality, teach us about feminism? Should academia or popular culture dictate feminism’s future? Can feminism be understood as a faith system or secular religion?Pulling from feminist thinkers like Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Sara Ahmed, and Judith Butler, this book inhabits the space of accessible academia. For all those who identify as a feminist, this book is required reading. So let the rainbow lead the way.