In this sharp manifesto, veteran author and activist, Jude Doyle, reunites feminist and trans politics through a common that all people deserve full control over their own bodies…

When Jude Doyle began his transition in the summer of 2020, he had a very public career as a feminist.. winning awards from women’s organizations, writing for women’s magazines, publishing books on “women’s issues.” Then, after a decade in the movement, he had to walk out in front of the public and tell them he had never been a woman at all.

Doyle offers a seldom-heard and much-needed transmasculine perspective on feminist subjects, drawing together strands of intersectional feminist theory and queer and trans politics to show that all their struggles are the same The fight for bodily sovereignty against a patriarchy that is always eager to hollow us out and use us to further its own agenda.

DILF offers a strong rebuke to trans-exclusionary feminisms that seek to drive a wedge between gender-marginalized communities. Using interviews, critical analysis, and Doyle’s own personal experience, DILF proves that feminism is a vital and necessary tool for understanding the politics of the body, whoever you are.