Solidaristic coalitions and ‘unbudgeable conviction in justice’ in the face of transnational anti-gender movements
by Sumi Madhok This blogpost is based on comments given at the following events: AHRC Network workshop on Transnational Anti-Gender Politics: Narratives and Resistance held at ...more
Book Review: Subverting the Norms and Constructs of Gender - The Hunt by Mahasweta Devi
By Aadya Narain Mahasweta Devi (1990) The hunt. Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory, 5:1, 61-79. Photo of The Hunt by Mahasweta Devi, taken by the author Mahasweta ...more
Letters to Myself: Trans Joy in Troubling Times
by Cal Brantley Mural from Austin, TX, USA, April 2023 Why does the LGBTQ+ community unify the most during queer/transphobic tragedy or political attacks? It is true ...more
The threats and possibilities awaiting the gender-equal democracy in Turkey after the 2023 general elections
by Didem Unal The parliamentary and presidential elections on 14 May 2023 mark a turning point in Turkey for gender-equal democracy. As the country enters its ...more
When the local feminist group sounds like the far-right: Femonationalist and Islamophobic messages in Femen-France
by Eréndira Derbez Femen France claims to be a radical feminist activist group. It was founded in Ukraine in 2008 by Anna Hutsol and, allegedly, Viktor Sviatsky. ...more
Nunneries of Tibetan Tsunmas in Exile as Socio-Economic Knowledge Hubs Accelerating Women’s Empowerment in the Indian Himalayas
by Sourajit Ghosh Exploring the Identity of a Buddhist Nun in a Merit-Based Economy: The term ‘Bhikkhunī’/Bhikṣuṇī or dgeslong ma (also called Tsunma), literally translates to spiritual ...more
Non-Obvious Connections: How Feminism Becomes Transphobic?
by Olga Plakhotnik and Maria Mayerchyk Queer Festival in Kherson (Ukraine), 2021. Photo credit: Stanislav Ostrous. Published with permission from the author. Why are some feminists transphobic? How ...more
An exercise in looking
by Anna Blus (all photography and text) Image 1. Balloons after a celebration in front of a block of flats, South London, 2021 Image 2. Window sign, ...more
Hindu supremacism, 'anti-gender' politics, and feminist resistance
by Kalpana Wilson This contribution was first presented at the 2 December 2022 workshop on Transnational “Anti-Gender” Politics and Resistance, part of the AHRC-LSE project on ...more
Transnational “Anti-Gender” Politics and Resistance: Introduction to the 2 December 2022 AHRC Workshop, LSE
by Clare Hemmings This introduction is based on the initial comments given at the above workshop as part of Transnational 'Anti-Gender' Movements and Resistance: Narratives and ...more
