Sophie Lewis

Sophie Lewis is a feminist theorist based in Philadelphia, and the author of Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family (Verso Books, 2019).

Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally

Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally

Molly McGhee’s satirical 2023 novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind may be coming true.

Sep 19, 2024 / Sophie Lewis

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Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK! Abortion Involves Killing–and That’s OK!

To be pro-choice is to be against forced life.

Jun 22, 2022 / Sophie Lewis

Shulamith Firestone Wanted to Abolish Nature—We Should, Too

Shulamith Firestone Wanted to Abolish Nature—We Should, Too Shulamith Firestone Wanted to Abolish Nature—We Should, Too

Revisiting her brilliant, irritable, deeply flawed manifesto in the pandemic.

Jul 14, 2021 / Feature / Sophie Lewis

A Portrait of Cis-Trans Solidarity

A Portrait of Cis-Trans Solidarity A Portrait of Cis-Trans Solidarity

Torrey Peters’s novel Detransition, Baby reimagines what we call the family.

May 20, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Lewis

A man, a woman and two children sit around a television.

Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let’s Break It. Covid-19 Is Straining the Concept of the Family. Let’s Break It.

The care and love we extend to one another can no longer be confined to house-sized pockets.

Jun 3, 2020 / Sophie Lewis

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