Nina Power

Nina Power
Power in 2009
Born1978 (age 46–47)
Education
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Nina Power (born 1978) is an English writer and philosopher, author of three books.

Biography

Born in 1978, Power lived as a child in rural Wiltshire.[1][2]

Power attended the University of Warwick, where she received a BA and MA in philosophy, and completed her doctorate in philosophy at Middlesex University.[3]

Power spent a decade in academia, rising to senior lecturer in philosophy at the University of Roehampton.[3]

With Alberto Toscano, Power is both editor and translator of Alain Badiou's 2003 book On Beckett.[4]

Her 2009 book One Dimensional Woman was described by Sarah Leonard as a "very funny takedown of sunny consumer feminism" and "a good starting point for any materialist feminist."[5] As described by Elena Marchevska, the book "questioned ... the purpose and economics of feminism today."[6] Power argued that in a contemporary environment in which "the blurring of work, social, personal and physical life is almost total," feminism must "recognize the new ways in which life and existence are colonized by new forms of domination that go far beyond objectification as it used to be understood."[7]

In 2019, Power and writer Daniel Miller sued artist Luke Turner for defamation over a series of tweets by Turner. Power and Miller argued the tweets suggested they were both antisemitic.[8] Almost £30,000 was raised through a crowdfunder to support Power and Miller's legal action, titled "Targeted, harassed and falsely labelled a fascist". Turner countersued for harassment.[9] The judge dismissed the claims of both parties in November 2023,[8] and ordered Power and Miller to pay 80% of Turner's court costs, with a first instalment of £250,000 due within a fortnight.[10] Following this, Miller and Power were each declared bankrupt in 2024.[10]

Power published What Do Men Want? in 2021. In The Times, Louise Perry called the book "bracingly original" with a "refreshingly sympathetic view of men and masculinity."[11] Writing in The Guardian, Houman Barekat said that "Power’s ostensibly reasonable call for compassion feels at best platitudinous, at worst disingenuous or even reactionary" when "set against her caricaturing of bien-pensant liberalism."[12]

Some of the publications Power regularly contributes to as of 2025 are The Telegraph and The Spectator.[13][14] She previously regularly contributed to The Wire and The Guardian.[15][16]

Power was a senior editor of and columnist for the online magazine Compact until her resignation in July 2024.[17][18][19][20]

Since 2021, Power has co-hosted the podcast The Lack with political theorist Benjamin Studebaker and filmmaker Helen Rollins.[3][21]

Political views

In May 2023, Power spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in London on the topic "After the Individual."[22] Writer Dan Hitchens reported that she "bluntly urged their [sic] audience to just go to church."[23]

Some of her works have argued for a "return to old values and virtues", especially as a response to a claimed masculinity crisis.[12][24]

Books

Authored books

Film appearances

References

  1. ^ Sparling, Lucy; W. Xiao (May 2025). ""I'm not sure that we are modern": An interview with Nina Power". Platypus Review (176). The Platypus Affiliated Society. Archived from the original on 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  2. ^ McRedmond, Finn (1 March 2023). "Nina Power: 'Outrage is a bad mode for politics'". Prospect Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Boghossian, Peter; Nina Power (16 October 2023). "Are Men Ok?". Peter Boghossian. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  4. ^ "April 2, 2008 – Alberto Toscano and Nina Power: "The Philosophy of the Restoration: Badiou on Revisionists, Reactionaries, & Renegades" – Center for Cultural Studies". Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ Leonard, Sarah (16 May 2014). "Verso Five Book Plan: Feminism". Verso Books. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  6. ^ Marchevska, Elena (2017). "On the Paradigms of Banishment, Displacement, and Free Choice". In Rudakoff, Judity (ed.). Performing Exile: Foreign Bodies. Intellect. p. 187. doi:10.2307/j.ctv9hj90p.14. JSTOR j.ctv9hj90p.14.
  7. ^ Power, Nina (2009). One Dimensional Woman. Hampshire, UK: O Books. p. 26. ISBN 9781846942419.
  8. ^ a b Brown, David (10 November 2023). "Twitter no place for debate, judge tells intellectuals". The Times. p. 19.
  9. ^ "Nazi or Not?". Art Monthly. No. 449. September 2021. p. 18. ISSN 0142-6702 – via Exact Editions.
  10. ^ a b "Court Costs". Art Monthly. No. 479. September 2024. p. 21. ISSN 0142-6702. ProQuest 3108818953 – via Exact Editions. On 1 February this year Miller was declared bankrupt, as was Power on 1 July.
  11. ^ Perry, Louise (15 January 2022). "What Do Men Want? by Nina Power review — a feminist case for masculinity". The Times. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  12. ^ a b c Barekat, Houman (18 February 2022). "What Do Men Want? by Nina Power review – a misguided defence of the male". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Nina Power". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Nina Power". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Nina Power". The Wire. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Nina Power". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 11 March 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Nina Power". Compact. 16 April 2024.
  18. ^ Cockburn (5 July 2024). "House of Mouse wants Biden out". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024.
  19. ^ Last, Jonathan V (5 July 2024). "The Supreme Court is protecting the president from you. It should be the other way around". The Bulwark.
  20. ^ COMPACT [@compactmag_] (4 July 2024). "A Statement from COMPACT" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ "The Lack". Apple Podcasts.
  22. ^ "Nina Power". National Conservatism Conference, UK 2023. Archived from the original on 17 March 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  23. ^ Hitchens, Dan (19 May 2023). "What I Saw at NatCon U.K." First Things. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  24. ^ Venkitaraman, Abhay (23 November 2023). "Activists protest Warwick event featuring gender-critical speaker". The Boar. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  25. ^ Reviews of One Dimensional Woman:
  26. ^ Reid, Michael (1 February 2021). "Platforms – Nina Power". Full Stop. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  27. ^ Power, Nina (2021). What Do Men Want?. [S.l.]: Allen Lane. ISBN 978-0-241-35650-0. OCLC 1224513235.
  28. ^ "Marx Reloaded Film". Marx Reloaded. 10 February 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
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