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Working in the Home – Housework is Work
The lockdown of the UK and other countries across the world due to COVID-19 has revealed much about domestic life and work: from Indian women calling for…
Teaching Women’s History in Schools: Time to Take Action
More young people are studying GCSE history than ever before. As the guardians of our past, history teachers have a tremendous responsibility to ensure that…
Time’s Up: Contraception needs a #MeToo moment
Discussions about consent have entered the mainstream in the last few years, from consent workshops at universities to the open secret of endemic sexual violence…
More on the underrepresentation of women in Psychology journals
In a previous post at the FWSA blog I discussed the underrepresentation of women as authors of articles in academic psychology journals. I presented the…
The Naming of Elena Ferrante
By Everyday Victim Blaming The identity of Elena Ferrante is a secret well-guarded by her publisher. At the request of Ferrante. Ferrante has made it…
A Feminist Critique: Property as a Philosophical, Legal and Economic Construct
By Mohammed Subhan Hussain They acknowledge no right for you, and they do not credit you with a memory[1]. Introduction Law is an ideologically-driven social construct and not a watertight entity capturing the entirety of life….
The Male Sentimental
By Liz Kinnamon The “sensitive guy” should be understood through the lens of what pop psychologists call emotional manipulation, and his proliferation is the result…
Female Underrepresentation in Psychology Journals
By Elin Weiss In comparison to most countries, the Scandinavian countries have extraordinary social policies in regards to parental leave, child care arrangements,…
Addressing Street Harassment as a Form of Gender-Based Violence Against Women: Successes and Failures of Feminist Strategies
By Marie Penicaut “For as long as I can remember, strange men and boys have said things to me on the streets” – such…
Debating homogenous human identity in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series
By Chloe Dominique ‘Rowling’s world of fantasy is one of hierarchy and prejudice’ (Mendelsohn, 2002:117) Leve argues that there is a ‘specificity of…
Doctoral Students’ Perceptions of Academia
By Rachel Handforth Doctoral study has traditionally been thought of as the start of an academic career, with doctoral students working as ‘apprentices’. However, the…
Voting for Clinton because She’s a Woman: Representation in US Politics
By Emma Szewczak-Harris Representation matters; the world over, but especially in US politics. Why? For a start, women make up only 19.4% of…
Celebrating Fictional Female Friendships
By Stephanie Hammerwold If you took your cues from the Real Housewives franchise or other such shows, it would appear that female friendships are full of…
Are You the Mothering ‘Type’?
By Annemarie Ní Churreáin “I don’t think you’ll ever be a mother. You’re just not the type” You can’t stop people from talking…
The Role of Women in Pro Sports
By Holly Whitman In a historic moment for female athletes, Sports Illustrated named tennis star Serena Williams its 2015 Sportsperson of…
Domestic Violence Shelter’s in Québec, Canada : The Perspectives of Pioneers and Veterans
By Isabelle Côté This blog post is based on a conference paper which was presented at FWSA 2015 Conference Introduction In the 1970’s, in Britain, the…
Encouraging Young Female Voices in Politics
By Stephanie March With only two females out of twenty-one potential candidates in the 2016 Presidential race, it’s safe to say politics is still a…
The Politics of Skin Bleaching in South Africa
By Ayanda Tshabalala This blog post is based on a conference paper which was presented at FWSA ( Feminist and Woman’s Studies Association) Biennial Conference…
Feminism and the Millennials
By David Coussens Though its achievements continue to bear wild and interesting fruit, feminism (as both a set of aspirations and an intellectual…
Teaching stereotypes: more on stereotypical images in high school textbooks
By Elin Weiss A few months ago, I wrote a piece called Teaching “one-way love” and coercion in school: High Horse´s Courting that discussed traditional…
Pain, Voice and Logos in Scarry’s ‘The Body in Pain’
By Tim Huzar On September 11th, I presented at the Feminist and Women’s Studies Association 2015 Biennial Conference Everyday Encounters with Violence: Critical Feminist Perspectives….
Middle-Aged Heroines: Locating Ageing Women in Victorian Fiction
By Sarah Ross “Old age” was as ambiguous a term for the Victorians as it is for us. Where should one draw the line:…
Mary Jane Watson and her Amazing Friends: Marvel Movies, Heroic Women and Postfeminist Culture
By Miriam Kent Feminism and superhero movies have been a hot topic for the last few years, with both fans and cultural commentators drawing…
Attachment parenting: A rather Feminist upbringing?
By Jennah Evans Attachment Parenting (AP) is a method of nurturing and socialising children which has often attracted the scrutiny and scorn of the Feminist…
Sex-differences and ‘domestic violence murders’*
By Karen Ingala Smith *intimate partner homicides What could we do if we wanted to hide the reality of men’s violence against women? Firstly, we might have a…
Women as horror writers
By Anila H Today I am going to talk about a very sensitive topic, but I felt the need to discuss it with…
The Importance of Female Queer Representation on Television
By Esther Nassaris Finding any queer women on television was once like searching for a needle in a haystack: difficult, annoying, and…
Rants of a Feminine Feminist
By bringitonbeach “Wait, who’s a feminist?” “I said I am a feminist.” “Oh. But you’re not the butch kind so you’re not really…
It’s A Man’s World: The Implications of Makeup in Mass Effect
By Dawna Perry “Human sperm cells were seen with the earliest microscopes in the seventeenth century. The human egg is several thousand times…
Women in academia… it’s really all about how you dress
By Rachel Handforth This week has seen a particularly depressing image circulating on my Facebook news feed. For those of you fortunate enough to…