Why are we talking about xenofeminism?

Xenofeminism (often abbreviated XF) is a contemporary feminist movement and philosophical framework that embraces technology, science, and radical change as tools to challenge and dismantle systems of oppression. First articulated in the Xenofeminist Manifesto (2015) by the collective Laboria Cuboniks, xenofeminism proposes a feminism that is inclusive, anti-naturalist, and future-oriented, refusing the idea that gender, identity, or social hierarchies must follow “natural” or historically inherited norms.

At its core, xenofeminism asserts that what is considered natural has long been used to justify inequality, especially gendered, racialized, and ableist forms of discrimination. XF therefore argues for the political use of technology, the reengineering of social structures, and the expansion of autonomy through collective action and material transformation. It champions trans and queer liberation, reproductive autonomy, and the dismantling of gender as a rigid category, while calling for justice frameworks that go beyond borders, biology, and traditional identities.

Blending cyberfeminism, techno-critique, and intersectional analysis, xenofeminism imagines a future in which technological and social innovations can be mobilized to create more equitable, post-gender worlds. It is speculative, ambitious, and unapologetically radical—an invitation to rethink what feminism can become when it refuses limits imposed by nature, tradition, or power.

Ours is a world in vertigo. It is a world that swarms with technological mediation, interlacing our daily lives with abstraction, virtuality, and complexity. XF constructs a feminism adapted to these realities: a feminism of unprecedented cunning, scale, and vision; a future in which the realization of gender justice and feminist emancipation contribute to a universalist politics assembled from the needs of every human, cutting across race, ability, economic standing, and geographical position. No more futureless repetition on the treadmill of capital, no more submission to the drudgery of labour, productive and reproductive alike, no more reification of the given masked as critique. Our future requires depetrification. XF is not a bid for revolution, but a wager on the long game of history, demanding imagination, dexterity and persistence.