- 📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964... It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD Key findings: Antifeminism ✅ Radicalization ✅
- In other words: antifeminism has been there from the start - even when AfD fashioned itself as a "liberal", "anti-euro" party. Also, like in other areas AfD's politics of gender have radicalised since 2014 - especially with regard to reproductive rights and LGBTQ rights and visibility
- My subnational lens also shows: even though the levels of antifeminist attitudes are higher in the east (see e.g. Leipziger Autoritarismus Studie 2024), the politics of gender of eastern German AfD groups are not more extreme than the federal party
- Finally: the trend of seeming liberalization of some far-right parties that mobilize women's and gay rights ("femonationalism" and "homonationalism") does NOT play a role in AfD's official positioning - despite its female, lesbian leaderNov 26, 2025 15:19
- I am very happy that this article is part of a cutting-edge SI on the far right and eastern Germany - thanks to the guest editors @asheinze.bsky.social and @manesweisskircher.bsky.social for their comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this text!
