‘It’s a scary time’: Sophie Lewis on the ‘enemy feminisms’ that enable the far right

Sophie Lewis: ‘It’s a scary time.’ Photograph: Christopher Leaman

Is Donald Trump a feminist?

There was a time when anyone asking such a question could reasonably expect to be laughed out of the room. Yet, just three weeks into Trump’s second term, the man responsible for stripping women in the US of the right to an abortion was declared a “feminist kween”, “feminist hero” and “feminist icon” by several prominent feminist writers in the UK.