There was a time when feminism represented a sacred struggle for equality and dignity. A time when women fought for, and won, fundamental rights: education, voting, employment, and self-determination. It was the era of the English suffragettes, of Rosa Parks defying segregation, of Simone de Beauvoir breaking the philosophical silence on womanhood, and of Franca Viola, who in Sicily refused a forced “rehabilitative marriage,” becoming a symbol of emancipation in an Italy that treated the female body as a collective asset. Back then, the battles were tangible, the risks real, and the courage unquestionable. But according to Anita Maiorana, a young writer from Faenza, that time is long past. What remains today, she argues, is little more than a grotesque performance, “an ideology determined to cast women as perpetual victims.”
Now a prominent voice in both public and digital discourse, Anita has emerged as a rare figure able to blend sharp critique with modern communication. Her thoughts, lucid and provocative, travel across social media, where her words divide, stir, and most of all, compel uncomfortable reflection: is feminism today still a tool of emancipation, or has it morphed into a new instrument of power? Against prevailing narratives, she presents a vision grounded in a core principle: freedom does not tolerate dogma, neither gender-based nor ideological.
A published author since the age of seventeen, Maiorana has built a literary world that mirrors the intellectual complexity of her public stance. Her fiction blends psychological realism, social critique, and symbolic imagination. “The Lost Curse” is a fantasy novel set in Colombia, where magic, emotional depth, and a powerful love story intertwine in an evocative and passionate plot. In “Life Beyond the Ocean,” she explores adolescent love, shaped by distance and neurological and psychiatric challenges, revealing the fragile layers of youth. Her forthcoming novel, “The Night Veterans,” set in 1960s Italy, follows four teenagers escaping from a psychiatric institution, a poetic and unsparing portrait of a society that marginalized mental illness and punished nonconformity.
In all forms of expression, from social media to literature, Maiorana holds to a singular ethos: question reality, resist pre-packaged truths.
A Critique Rooted in Western Reality
Maiorana does not deny the existence of injustice, nor the historic value of feminist struggles led by brave, committed women. But she marks a shift: the world has changed, and in the West, women today enjoy the same legal rights as men.
True feminism, back then, had meaning. It was a battle for dignity and equality when those rights had not yet been won. Today in the West, we can clearly say that parity has been achieved.
For Maiorana, the issue lies in how this legacy has been ideologically distorted. “Listening to contemporary feminists, one would think we still live in the 1800s, with men whipping wives, women confined indoors, and fathers forbidding daughters from leaving the house. It’s a tragic narrative, and entirely detached from reality.”
Catcalling, Body Hair, and the Culture of Victimhood
One of Maiorana’s most pointed critiques targets the symbolic issues modern feminism often elevates above more substantial global concerns.
“Apparently the greatest hardship for a woman today is hearing a whistle in the street or someone say ‘hey beautiful.’ As if a mildly crude compliment were equivalent to violence.”
Her stance is unequivocal: “This is the triumph of self-victimization. In a world where women are still dying over a stray lock of hair, here we are turning two compliments into front-page scandal and ideological warfare.”
And she presses on: “Radical feminism doesn’t stop at catcalling. It has gone so far as to declare war on body hair. If a woman shaves her legs, she’s a slave to patriarchy. It’s laughable, these same voices who once cried for freedom of choice are now telling you how to groom your own legs.”
Femininity Under Siege and the Paradox of Monetized Emancipation
Maiorana delivers her most scathing blow in addressing what she calls the marketing of feminism.
“Today, victimhood sells. It earns visibility, followers, and very often, money. There are influencers who’ve built entire careers on the whimper of imagined oppression, monetizing outrage and approval through sponsorships, branded content, and motivational formats disguised as civil crusades. This isn’t empowerment, it’s activism repackaged as a business model.”
The New Cultural Tyranny: Single Thought
Maiorana warns that this dynamic is creating a new kind of cultural tyranny.
The irony is painful: these feminists, endlessly railing against imaginary patriarchy, have built their own form of oppression, one rooted in the suppression of dissent.
A Call Back to Reality
Anita Maiorana does not shy away. Her critique is direct, uncomfortable, and anchored in a clear-sighted reading of the modern West. “My message is simple: wake up. Stop seeing oppression in every corner. Stop crying over awkward compliments and start paying attention to the real issues.”