Written by The FWSA Virtual Conference was organisedĀ alongside our biennial conference in 2017 to support the work of precarious and marginalised feminist scholars. It provides an online space to discuss cutting edge feminist, gender, and women’s studies research. Below are links to the presentations; we encourage youĀ to carry on conversations prompted by these pieces with the individual scholars themselves.
Lena WƤggren: Conferencing While Casualised: on Privilege and Precarity in UK Higher Education
Lena WĆ„nggren Conferencing while casualised: on privilege and precarity in UK higher education Many academics say that if there is one thing they need, in…
Astrid Runs: Decolonial-Intersectional Resistance in Dutch Teen Mothers
Astrid Runs Decolonial -Intersectional resilience of Dutch teen mothersĀ In our time the very categorical and/or conceptual frameworks through which we explicitly or implicitly perceive…
Katy Pilcher: Resisting (Hetero)Sexism, Resisting the Neoliberalisation of the University
Katy Pilcher, Aston University Resisting (hetero)sexism, resisting the neoliberalisation of the university: Thinking creatively about the teaching and learning of āsensitiveā issues surrounding gender and…
Stephanie Penney Jones: The Role of Women in a Male Dominated Pastime
Stephanie Penney Jones The Role of Women in a Male Dominated Pastime The volunteering industry within the United Kingdom has changed substantially during the last…
Anna Gaidash: Impossible Sisterhood: Representations of the Elderly Female Characters in Ripcord
Anna Gaidash Im/possible Sisterhood:Ā Representations of the Elderly Female Characters in Ripcord The paper examines the literary portrayals of the elderly residents at the Senior Living…