In this paper, I develop a feminist politics of parody for geographical research. While geographers have shown increasing interest in humour and irony, rarely have they been used in tandem to create parodies of spatial phenomena. Yet parody holds potential as both a feminist politics of knowledge production and a methodology for examining and challenging oppression – mobilising an ensemble of processes, positionalities, purposes, and outputs. To explore these possibilities, I draw on insights from human geography and popular geopolitics, as well as from feminist parodies in art and media that critically mimic and subvert oppressive realities. A feminist politics of parody, I argue, offers a compelling way to expose spatial injustices, challenge power asymmetries, reshape relational dynamics in the field, and engage audiences beyond the boundaries of academia.
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