DILF
Did I Leave Feminism?
Melville House · Print & ebook · October 21, 2025
In this sharp manifesto, veteran author and activist, Jude Doyle, reunites feminist and trans politics through a common belief: that all people deserve to have the final say about who they are… 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.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharp, personal argument for feminist solidarity grounded in transmasculine experience.
- Themes
- Gender autonomy and selfhood, Feminist and trans political solidarity, Critique of trans-exclusionary feminism
- Genres
- Transgender Studies, Feminist Theory & Criticism, Personal Memoirs
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In this sharp manifesto, veteran author and activist, Jude Doyle, reunites feminist and trans politics through a common belief: that all people deserve to have the final say about who they are… 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.”
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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 struggle: The fight for gender-marginalized people to maintain autonomy and full selfhood in 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 breaking free of patriarchal control, whoever you are.
A Shared Struggle
A sharp, personal argument for feminist solidarity grounded in transmasculine experience.
Come here for
- A transmasculine perspective on feminist subjects
- The meeting point of intersectional feminism and queer and trans politics
Expect
- Personal experience alongside interviews and critical analysis
- A direct challenge to trans-exclusionary feminism
Where it sits
| Transgender Studies | 79% |
|---|---|
| Feminist Theory & Criticism | 52% |
| Personal Memoirs | 43% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Feminist Theory & Criticism
- Transgender Studies
- Authors
- Jude Doyle
- Publisher
- Melville House
- Published
- October 21, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Gender autonomy and selfhood · Feminist and trans political solidarity · Critique of trans-exclusionary feminism
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs