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This article reports on a joint interview with two researchers specializing in antifeminism : Mélissa Blais (author of a book on the 1989 antifeminist attack at Polytechnique in Quebec, reissued in 2024) and Debbie Ging (a long-time researcher on online antifeminist politics, the incel subculture, and the recruitment of boys and men into radical ideologies advocating male supremacy). They begin by sharing the experiences that led them to focus on this topic. Moving beyond a general overview of the antifeminist landscape, they shed light on the dynamics characterizing the phenomenon : its contemporary developments, its articulations with other reactionary movements, and its various manifestations. After exploring the ways in which antifeminism is shaped by – and shapes – feminism, the conversation addresses some of the challenges that feminist research faces when documenting it, as well as strategies for effectively resisting it without yielding to fear.