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Authoritarian states, online misogyny and climate breakdown are creating growing dangers for women, as their safety is being threatened and their freedoms are under attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, feminism is trapped in a cycle of consumerism and sold to women as individual empowerment. The result is that women are struggling to build connections with one another and with the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can women defend their rights and freedoms in this dangerous world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the urgent Feminism for a World on Fire, Natasha Walter moves decisively beyond individualism to build a vision of a rooted feminism that can connect women's liberation to other movements for equality and environmental protection. 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