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    Re-centring white victimhood in the age of Black Lives Matter: a ‘gender critical’ project?

Re-centring white victimhood in the age of Black Lives Matter: a ‘gender critical’ project?

By Ilaria Michelis

Self-proclaimed ‘gender critical’ feminists have grown increasingly loud within the UK political space over recent years. The last few months alone have provided ample evidence of their expanding influence within governmental circles, non-profit and corporate environments. The impact of their rhetoric and political action has been and will continue to be devastating for trans people, from the […]

January 12th, 2022|Anti-gender, Featured, Gender research, Intersectionality, Society|8 Comments|
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    A Tale of Two Obscene Publications Acts — A Brief and Incomplete Contextualisation of Obscenity Laws and Imperial Censorship in Sri Lanka

A Tale of Two Obscene Publications Acts — A Brief and Incomplete Contextualisation of Obscenity Laws and Imperial Censorship in Sri Lanka

by Senel Wanniarachchi

At a meeting held on 21 September 2021, the Sri Lankan Cabinet granted the nod to a new bill which, according to media reports, is being drafted to “prohibit any form of obscene publications, produced through information technology and other media.” Subsequently, clearance from the Attorney General’s Department appears to have been received for the Bill which is […]

December 20th, 2021|Anti-gender, Arts & Culture, Featured, Gender research, Policy, Society|0 Comments|
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Engenderings Collective Editorial Statement Update

Facing a political climate, both in and outside of academia in the UK and further afield, that is increasingly and aggressively hostile towards trans* people, disabled and neurodivergent people, people-of-colour, and other marginalised groups, We, the Engenderings Editorial Collective, have updated our editorial statement to reflect our political, theoretical, and epistemological solidarities. Though prompted by recent events and the […]

December 17th, 2021|Featured|0 Comments|
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    Difficult Encounters, Fragmented Positionalities: gender, caste, and Hindutva in the field

Difficult Encounters, Fragmented Positionalities: gender, caste, and Hindutva in the field

by Sneha Annavarapu

I came to my dissertation by accident.

In 2017, I was taking a walk to clear my head and come up with a dissertation idea. My prior research – on examining the figure of the “kissing couple” in public spaces in Mumbai – had come to a dead end, and due to personal reasons, I decided to […]

December 1st, 2021|Featured, Gender research, Society|1 Comment|
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    The perks and perils of geopolitical framings of LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia

The perks and perils of geopolitical framings of LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia

By Laura Luciani

In a context of growing antagonism between the EU and Russia over their ‘shared neighbourhood’, LGBTQ+ rights in Georgia have increasingly been framed in geopolitical terms. While the ‘European values’ rhetoric may help holding governments accountable, it can also obscure fundamental critiques of the Western liberal human rights agenda.

On July 5, 2021, Georgia’s capital city Tbilisi was shaken […]

November 24th, 2021|Anti-gender, Featured, Gender research, Intersectionality, Society|0 Comments|
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    A Feminist Intervention into Critiques of the Human Rights Approach in the Refugee Regime

A Feminist Intervention into Critiques of the Human Rights Approach in the Refugee Regime

by Jenifer Elmslie 

This June, this author had the pleasure of being asked to present at LSE’s Interdisciplinary Knowledge Beyond Boundaries conference; the following is a written piece based on her presentation.

The turn to the human rights approach by the refugee regime in recent decades has been received critically by refugee scholars. However, their arguments remain under-developed when compared to the […]

November 22nd, 2021|Featured, Gender research, Intersectionality, Policy, Society|0 Comments|
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Worthy of Respect

by Jacob Breslow

What does it mean, in the context of higher education and in the context of a sustained political and cultural attack on trans people and their rights, that ‘gender critical’ views have been judged as “a philosophical belief within the meaning of s.10 of the Equality Act 2010”, as decided in Maya Forstater’s Employment Appeal Tribunal? To […]

November 3rd, 2021|Anti-gender, Featured, Gender research, Intersectionality, Society|4 Comments|
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    Women’s Policy Interests in the Public and Why They Matter

Women’s Policy Interests in the Public and Why They Matter

by Tevfik Murat Yildirim

Since Hanna Pitkin’s seminal work on representation, political theorists have long questioned the extent to which women’s policy interests and concerns can be represented by male politicians in legislatures. Due to women’s shared experiences and perspectives within the broader public, the argument goes on, electing more women to legislatures might further the substantive representation of women. While […]

November 1st, 2021|Featured, Gender research, Intersectionality, Policy, Society|0 Comments|
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    No safe space for women: The rise in digital surveillance in South Asia

No safe space for women: The rise in digital surveillance in South Asia

by Kashvi Chandok

Social media and modern-day technologies have made it simpler for women to share their opinions on important issues. However, the policed and politicised character of the digital environment in South Asia offers very little room for women to exist without negative consequences.

In my conversation on the increased use of digital means to communicate, agitate and reorganise certain […]

October 25th, 2021|Featured, Gender research, Science & Technology, Society|1 Comment|
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    Feminist Movements Around the World: Creating feminist community during COVID-19

Feminist Movements Around the World: Creating feminist community during COVID-19

by Milena D’Atri

When I decided to come to London to do my masters in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic, I knew it was going to be hard. A big reason for why I chose LSE was the international community that characterises this university: I was excited to learn about feminist politics from all over the globe and connect […]

July 14th, 2021|Featured, Gender research, Higher Education, Politics|0 Comments|
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