Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power Reading Group

"Feminism is a political project about what could be. It's always looking forward, invested in futures we can't quite grasp yet. It's a way of wishing, hoping, aiming, at everything that has been deemed impossible."

Join us for this online Reading Group, hosted by Karmela Jones, to read, discuss and engage with Feminism Interrupted Disrupting Power by Lola Olufemi.

Dr. Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer, researcher and Lecturer in Fine Art Critical Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work focuses on the utility of the political imagination in the textual and visual cultures of radical social movements, examining the role cultural production plays in materialist resistance and collective conceptualisations of futurity.

This revolutionary book reclaims feminism from consumerism through exploring state violence against women, reproductive justice, transmisogyny, sex work, gendered Islamophobia and much more, showing that the struggle for gendered liberation is a struggle for justice, one that can transform the world for everybody.

‘Reading her is to believe that another world is possible.’ – Nesrine Malik

Practicalities:

This Reading Group is specific to therapeutic practitioners at any stage of training or practice.Starting in January 2026, we will meet together on Zoom on the following Monday evenings from 7pm – 8.30pm UK time. Numbers will be limited to enable our shared discussion. We ask for a joining fee of £21 that covers all three meetings to support the ongoing work and commitments of the Feminist Therapy Network. A CPD certificate of completion can be provided upon request.

• Monday 19th January
• Monday 23rd February
• Monday 23rd March

Through reading and discussing a cluster of chapters together each month over three meetings, we will undertake age-old practices of communal learning, cultivating collective wisdom, building solidarities and engaging the feminist imagination. To do so requires a commitment to each other. To support our community of inquiry and to share the labour of learning together, the request is for Zoom screens to be on during our time together, whenever possible. Please ensure you will be able to join and participate from a stable physical place (not in transit).

Please familiarise yourself with the FTN's Ethos and Ali Phipps' Principles for a Feminist Classroom before joining this Reading Group as these will inform how our time together is held and interacted with. If it your first time joining a reading group, we recommend visiting the FTN’s suggested Reading Group guidelines here.

The Zoom link to join will be sent to you via email the day prior.

Please read all the information, including the FAQs before signing up to join. If you have any further questions, email: feministtherapynetwork@protonmail.com .