Marian Duggan, University of Kent As part of wider governmental calls to end violence against women and girls (VAWG), accelerated levels of awareness and response to sexual misconduct have emerged across UK educational settings. Sexual misconduct ranges from harassment through to violence, and can variously involve pupils, students, faculty members and other staff employed in…
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Transgender Day of Remembrance
Cavyn Mitchell (He/They) writes about the importance of Transgender Day of Remembrance The 20th November marks the day that transgender individuals come together as a global community to commemorate the lives lost within the community to acts of anti-trans violence. What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual event…
Abortion in Europe: the case of Malta
Photo from March and Rally for Choice in Malta September 2022, photo by Lara Calleja 28th September is International Safe abortion day. On Sunday 25th September, Malta had its second Rally (and first March) for Choice,[1] organised by Malta’s pro-choice coalition Voice for Choice. The event was attended by hundreds, who marched with banners and…
Abortion Trail Activisms: The Global Projects for Abortion Access
Deirdre Duffy is a Reader in Social Policy at Manchester Metropolitan University. This blog is a truncated excerpt from: Duffy, D. forthcoming. Abortion Trail Activism: The Global Projects for Abortion Access. Bloomsbury. Anti-abortion regimes are fertile ground for activisms dedicated to enabling abortion access. What is interesting about them is not just the work they…
Review of Shell Shocked; Feminist Criticism after Trump by Bonnie Honig
Shell Shocked; Feminist Criticism after Trump by Bonnie Honig Review by Charlotte Mears Bonnie Honig’s Shell Shocked is an act of political protest. From the opening sentences in which she explains the difference between feminist theory and feminist criticism, it is clear that Honig intends this work to be a scathing observational critique of the Trump era. Shell…
Review of Dear Science and Other Storie by Katherine McKittrick
Katherine McKittrick, Dear Science and Other Stories. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2021. 240 pages. ISBN: 9781478011040. £18.99. Paperback. Reviewed by Lena Wånggren. Dear Science and Other Stories by Katherine McKittrick is a one-of-a-kind, theoretical-practical-creative work that promises to intrigue, inspire, and question the reader, urging them toward new relational ways of thinking and living. It is a…
Review of Women Thriving in Academia by Marian Mahat
Mahat, Marian (Ed). Women Thriving in Academia (2021) Bingley: Emerald ISBN 978-1-83982-229-2 Claire Sedgwick, University of Derby Women Thriving in Academia, edited by Marian Mahat, offers a collection of reflections on the state of academia for women, as well as a discussion of the various strategies women in academia can employ to succeed. As part of a…
Review of Gender Theory in Troubled Times by Kathleen Lennon and Rachel Alsop
Kathleen Lennon and Rachel Alsop (2020) Gender Theory in Troubled Times, Cambridge: Polity Press What was intended to become a second edition of their book Theorizing Gender (2002), Gender Theory in Troubled Times overwhelmingly exceeds Lennon and Alsop’s initial ambition. The result is a bold new work which, whilst revisiting many of the same concerns covered in Theorizing Gender, does so…
Review of Me Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism by Alison Phipps
Over the past decade, feminism has been increasingly visible in popular culture. Key political events such as the election of Donald Trump in 2020 and the widespread protests that followed have prompted a groundswell of interest in feminism. Despite this new enthusiasm, the central argument of Me, Not You: The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism is that mainstream…
Review of The Politics of Everybody: Feminism, Queer Theory, and Marxism at the Intersection by Holly Lewis
As the title suggests, Holly Lewis' The Politics of Everybody falls squarely within an interdisciplinary move. Contrarily though, her book eschews that politics of intersectionality which is centred on the model of individuals criss-crossed by different oppressions. Instead, she bridges the distance between Marxism, Feminism and Queer theory to expand on the politics of a…