What Is a Woman? Supreme Court Judgment Reignites Feminist Debate
On Wednesday 6th December 2023, the UK Supreme Court delivered a landmark ruling in a case that goes to the […]
Feminism, Social Theories
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Bell Hooks, Intersectionality, and Second-Wave Feminism: Challenging White Patriarchy and Capitalism
The “second-wave” feminists of the 1960s to 1980s presented a far more formidable and thoroughgoing challenge to male domination than
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A Feminist Analysis of the Barbie Movie
Barbie lives in Barbieland, which for some is a feminist utopia in which women can do anything: be president, have
Feminism
Postmodern Feminism: Exploring Postmodern Feminist Theory & Key Thinkers
Postmodern feminism criticises the discourse of heteronormativity: gender and sex are fluid!
Feminism
Abortion laws need updating!
A 44 year old mother of three was sentenced to 24 months in jail on Monday for using abortion pills
Feminism
Feminism and Malestream Sociology
Some Feminists argue that early sociology was ‘malestream’ – meaning it was mainly focused on studying boys and men and theorising about women’s roles by Functionalists (for example) was itself patriarchal. This post explores whether sociology is still malestream today.
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Angry Wimmin – A great Documentary on Feminism
Angry Wimmin, part two of the BBC’s series ‘Lefties’ is a good resource to use for teaching Radical Feminist Theory.
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A Marxist-Feminist response to covid-19
A Marxist-Feminist response to covid-19 demands that the political response to the pandemic puts people, and especially essential-service workers, before
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A Marxist-Feminist Analysis of Coronavirus
I read a very interesting article called in Dissent online magazine which seems to be a ‘Marxist-Feminist‘ analysis of the
Radical Feminist Perspectives on Religion
Radical Feminists emphasise the patriarchal nature of some mainstream religions such as Catholicism and Islam. They argue that such religions