A bold argument that “equality” is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women's systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism-with a plan to transform the movement For more than a century, women have fought for equality. Yet, time and again, their battles have fallen short.Even so-called constitutionally-protected equal rights can be withdrawn by judges and undermined by legislators. Butthegreater problem is inthenotionofequalityitself. InBreaking Free, culture writer Marcie Biancopersuasively argues thatthevery conceptofequalityis a fallacy, an illusory goal that cannot address historic formsofdiscrimination and oppression. Starting withthecampaign for women's suffrage and traveling through modern history, she shows us howequalityhas been designed to keep women and disenfranchised communities chasing an unobtainable goal. Conditioned for generations to want equality, it has become an insidious mindset locking us into the gender binary and reductive identity politics. Bianco calls upon a long-overlooked lineage to argue that only freedom can liberate feminism from these constraints, and proposes three freedom practices for women to reclaim their bodily autonomy and power. What happens if we free ourselves of equality? Controversial and thrilling, Breaking Freeguides readers toward new hope for the future of the feminist movement.