Post-Truth and the 'Metropolitan Elite' Feminist: Lessons from Brexit

Authors

  • Ruth Cain Kent Law School, University of Kent

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.259

Keywords:

Brexit, gender, age, class, neoliberalism, feminism

Abstract

This short comment reflects on gender, age and class profile of those who voted to leave the European Union in the UK's 'Brexit' referendum, and the implications for academic feminists in finding themselves members of a minority holding very different views from and despised by many of those whose interests they have purported to represent.

Author Biography

Ruth Cain, Kent Law School, University of Kent

Senior Lecturer, Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK.

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Published

16-09-2016

How to Cite

Cain, R. (2016). Post-Truth and the ’Metropolitan Elite’ Feminist: Lessons from Brexit. Feminists@law, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/fal.259

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Feminist Perspectives on Brexit

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