“Now, Who Are Your People?” Affective Solidarity as a Feminist Tool for Criminological Scholar-Activism
Abstract
Affective solidarity is a feminist theory in which solidarity is grounded in emotions, dissonance, and discomfort with injustice rather than a shared identity or a politics of empathy. This article first examines constraints within criminology and the neoliberal university, and then identifies challenges in moving beyond university and community binaries. Affective solidarity is proposed as an antidote to binaries and carceral logics in criminological scholar-activism. The authors offer examples of generative collaborations across university and prison walls, reflecting on the dynamics of collaborating with individuals who are directly impacted by the prison-industrial complex.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
Gender
Feminism
and Media
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Feminist Criminology
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 292–306
- Publication date
- 9 April 2026
- Language
- EN