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Where have all the radicals gone? When feminism gets moderate.
I’ve decided to post this podcast as part of a blog in order to encourage discussion and dialogue around the topic. I wonder what others think about the state of feminism, or 3rd wave feminism today?...
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Radical feminism: Just making it up as we go along.
Today I plan to go where many have gone before. Answering the question: ‘What is radical feminism?’ is as easy as reading an enormous amount of radical feminist theory or as challenging as googling...
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Is being an abolitionist a 'red flag'?
Last week Newsweek published an article covering an extensive study on men who buy sex done by Melissa Farley, director of Prostitution Research and Education. The study revealed that which is known by...
View ArticleRape Relief v. Nixon, transphobia, and the value of women-only space: An...
Although the Nixon v. Rape Relief case was settled back in 2007, with a dismissal of Kimberly Nixon’s request to appeal the B.C. Court of Appeals decision (that decision being that “Vancouver Rape...
View ArticlePODCAST: The MRAs vs. Rad Fem 2013
Rad Fem 2013 is a radical feminist conference set to happen in London, on June 8th and 9th of this year at the London Irish Centre. When Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) caught wind of the conference,...
View ArticleThe divide isn't between 'sex negative' and 'sex positive' feminists — it's...
I’d prefer not to draw hard and fast lines between feminists and have tried, lately, to avoid painting what feels like an overly simplistic “liberal feminist” vs. “radical feminist” wall that divides...
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The no platforming of radical feminists: A talk by Julie Bindel
This is an edited transcript of a talk given by journalist, Julie Bindel, on June 6, 2015 at the Quaker Meeting House in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The event was recorded by UK Indymedia and was...
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In real life
A year and a half ago I wrote that the internet was magic. “I can’t stand the luddites who romanticize the days where people talked. Face to face. Or called each other,” I complained. Why meet when you...
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Amoja ThreeRivers, separatist space, and MichFest
As with all MichFest magic, there seems to be a rhyme and reason to the rhythms of the Land. After 40 years of creating a lesbian culture and gathering place like none other, the Michigan Womyn’s...
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Conflict on campus: UVic Women’s Centre becomes ‘Third Space’
Tweeted by Alison Chapman: “Seen outside the uvic women’s centre. And another reason why feminists need to be radical #uvic” https://twitter.com/alisonfchapman/status/609092471482556416 After 35...
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Women grieve the loss of Michfest online, look forward to new gatherings
Image: Facebook/Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival It’s been one year since the final Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. Forty years strong, Michfest was a pillar of lesbian culture, a bastion of...
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How I found the women: Reflecting on women’s space after Michfest
Michfest 1977 (Image: Facebook/Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival) When I found the women, my entire world shifted. It had been a rough decade. Patriarchy had kicked my ass, and I was still dealing with...
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Maybe what feminism needs is separatism, not inclusion
In a time where inclusion has become one of feminism’s key priorities, a founding idea has fallen particularly out of favour: separatism. The mere accusation of not being “intersectional” (something...
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Where have all the radicals gone? When feminism gets moderate.
I’ve decided to post this podcast as part of a blog in order to encourage discussion and dialogue around the topic. I wonder what others think about the state of feminism, or 3rd wave feminism today?...
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Radical feminism: Just making it up as we go along.
Today I plan to go where many have gone before. Answering the question: ‘What is radical feminism?’ is as easy as reading an enormous amount of radical feminist theory or as challenging as googling...
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Is being an abolitionist a 'red flag'?
Last week Newsweek published an article covering an extensive study on men who buy sex done by Melissa Farley, director of Prostitution Research and Education. The study revealed that which is known...
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PODCAST: Sheila Jeffreys on neoliberalism, identity politics, and the women’s...
Image: The Age/Simon Schluter Feminism has suffered a significant loss in recent decades. The impact of “queer studies,” neoliberalism, and identity politics was substantial. Renowned radical...
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PODCAST: Radical feminism for men? Robert Jensen makes the case
In Robert Jensen’s new book, The End of Patriachy: Radical Feminism for Men, he asks one question: “What do we need to create and maintain stable, decent human communities that can remain in a...
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‘The End of Patriarchy: Radical Feminism for Men’ forces liberals and the...
Now far in the rear view mirror, the (Bill) Clinton years seem like a turning point for contemporary social movement strategy. For that generation of young people onward, progressive politics was...
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No, feminist speech is not the same as inciting genocide
Paris Lees (Image: BBC) Poor ol’ Paris Lees is running out of ideas. Luckily, an obsession with Germaine Greer will take you a long way! Back in 2015, Lees argued that Greer should be no-platformed...
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