Sophie Lewis (born 1988) is a German-British writer and independent scholar based in Philadelphia, mainly known for her anti-state communism,[1] transfeminism, literary criticism, and cultural analysis, especially her critical-utopian[2] theorization of "full surrogacy",[3] her idea that "all reproduction is assisted"[4] as well as "amniotechnics",[5] and her advocacy for family abolition.

[19][20][21] Between 2007 and 2011, she studied at the University of Oxford, getting a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, and a master's degree in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy.

[citation needed] She completed, in 2011–2013, a master's in Politics at The New School in New York City, on a Fulbright scholarship, and then received Economic and Social Research Council funding to pursue a PhD in human geography between 2013 and 2017, at the University of Manchester.

[23] Having departed formal academia, Lewis makes a living as a "para-academic" and cultural critic supported by speaking engagements and Patreon revenue.

[50] Lewis's German-English translations for MIT Press include A Brief History of Feminism (Antje Schrupp) and Communism for Kids (Bini Adamczak).

[63] She has appeared on podcasts to discuss her views, including: This Is Hell!,[64] New Books Network,[65] Verso,[66] Hotel Bar Sessions,[67] Death Panel,[68] Big Mood, Little Mood,[69] Podcast for Social Research,[70] The Heteropessimists,[71] Ordinary Unhappiness,[72] e-flux,[73] London Review Bookshop,[74] Politics Theory Other,[75] The Dig,[76] Against Everyone with Conner Habib,[77] The Final Straw,[78] Rabbles,[79] and The Good Robot.

Instead, according to academic Natalie Suzelis, "Lewis builds upon Kalindi Vora’s analysis of the surrogacy industry by using it to highlight the contradictions of capitalist reproduction.

"[84] Paul B. Preciado has said: “Sophie Lewis is at the top of a new generation of scholars and activists thinking the transformation of gestational labor within contemporary pharmacopornographic capitalism.

[88][89] Some centrist, left-leaning, and social democratic commentators have been very critical of her work, including: Amber A’Lee Frost,[90] Nina Power,[91] Elizabeth Bruenig,[92] Tom Whyman,[93] Angela Nagle,[94] Antonella Gambotto-Burke,[95] and others.

[100] Instead, Tucker Carlson Tonight aired public-domain footage of Lewis speaking about the right to not be pregnant[101] – resulting in her getting dogpiled by anti-abortion activists.