The Politics Of Everybody by Holly Lewis

In The Politics of Everybody, Holly Lewis bridges a critical gap in contemporary thought by reconciling queer theory with Marxist analysis. She challenges the prevailing academic obsession with 'desire' and 'sexual expression,' arguing that this focus is a symptom of neoliberalism that keeps us trapped in the narrow politics of identity.

Lewis shifts the battlefield from how we feel to how we are produced. She explores how the categories of 'man,' 'woman,' and 'other' are maintained by a capitalist political economy to manage labor and social structures. By centering the sexed body within the realities of global capitalism, Lewis develops a rigorous theory of gender that accounts for physical reality and economic exclusion.

Boldly calling for a new materialist queer theory, this book outlines a liberation strategy that is intersectional, transnational, and—above all—grounded in the lived, material experiences of queer bodies.