by Sue Nichols and Garth Stahl Aspiration is centrally concerned with becoming, and inherently frames the present in terms of the future desired self. The moment at which a young person graduates from school is a nexus point for aspirational… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘gender’
The Liberated Mathematician Stands Up to Gender and Race Inequality in Academia
This week, Dr. Piper Harron, mathematics professor based at the University of Hawaii, and a vocal feminist and supporter of under-represented groups in the academic mathematics community, published a provocative blogpost on the website of the AMS (American Mathematical Society), in… Read More ›
(Re)masculinizing “Suzhi Jiaoyu” (Education for Quality): Aspirational Values of Modernity in Neoliberal China
By Xiaodong Lin and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill In December 2016, China published a gender specific textbook for boys, aiming to help male pupils understand their gender roles in society. It emphasizes the issue of masculinity and addresses the question… Read More ›
Conservatism eats itself: An irreverent look at the conservative mind by Deborah Talbot
by Deborah Talbot Conservative politics are everywhere, but what is it, and what are they really like? In the cities, you don’t notice conservatism. It’s there, for sure, but is pretty quiet about itself. Political parties of a more left… Read More ›
The Gender Pay Gap
by Deborah Talbot In the last half-century, advanced industrial nations have seen immense changes in the position of women in society. They have caught up or overtaken boys in educational achievement. They have joined the labour force and all other… Read More ›
Squeezing Us ‘Till It Hurts: Motherhood, Discrimination, and Universities
by Deborah Talbot The Final Report of the Equalities Review, published by Equalities Commission in 2007, reviewed a range of persistent inequalities including those that affect women. It argued that, ‘…new research reveals clearly that there is one factor that… Read More ›
Academia.edu: How to reproduce inequality in several easy steps
A study waiting to be done. Somebody? Here is the trigger: So: how is academia.edu reproducing and reinforcing inequality? By spatially positioning the male academic above; By choosing an older male academic and a younger female; By listing the male as… Read More ›
Dating on the Left
A really interesting discussion of emotional labour and power dynamics within communities that regard themselves as politically radical:
Call for Abstracts: Youth, Place and Theories of Belonging
BSA Sociological Futures Proposal Youth, Place and Theories of Belonging Edited by: Garth Stahl, PhD Sadia Habib, PhD Mike Ward, PhD This proposed edited collection draws on interdisciplinary perspectives of space and place in order to investigate young… Read More ›
CfP – Contemporary Boys’ Literacies / Boys’ Literatures
Boyhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal Special Issue Contemporary Boys’ Literacies / Boys’ Literatures For the Fall 2017 issue of Boyhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Volume 10), the editors invite original contributions to the wide and dynamic fields of contemporary boys’… Read More ›
A Feminist Guide to Opera or Why I Read the Subtitles
by Lisa Gaufman How is that for a Hollywood movie scenario: a young woman starts dating a poor student, but then dumps him for a rich old man, whom she tries to relieve of his treasures before getting… Read More ›
Brassed Off (Oldham Coliseum until 1 October)
BRASSED OFF 7 SEP – 1 0CT 2016 “I don’t know anyone who admits to voting Tory but t’buggers keep getting in”. Brassed Off film fans will very much enjoy the Oldham Coliseum Theatre production of the hugely successful… Read More ›
“I am not afraid to speak” – Victims of Violence
by Lisa Gaufman The Russian and Ukrainian language segments of the Internet are being rocked by hashtags #небоюсьсказати #небоюсьсказать – I am not afraid to speak that were started by a Ukrainian activist Anastasia Melnychenko. Under these hashtags women share… Read More ›
Na Labutenah: Russian Society in 6 minutes
by Lisa Gaufman The video clip “Eksponat” (showpiece) released by the Russian rock group ‘Leningrad’ became a viral sensation within days. A catchy tune with Leningrad’s trademark obscene language tells the story of a woman who is going to various… Read More ›
21st Century Salute to my Heroine Quartet
by Natty Mark Samuels On this Saturday evening, I sit relaxing in joyful thought, wishing that the next time I go to Ghana, I get to hear Dr. Rabiatu Deinyo Ammah speak. I wish I could have been there, at… Read More ›
What Nice Men Don’t Say To Nice Women
This video is part of a really interesting series produced by The School of Life.
Book Review: Diversity, Equality and Achievement in Education (Knowles & Lander, 2011)
reviewed by Sadia Habib Diversity, Equality and Achievement in Education by Gianna Knowles and Vini Lander (Sage, 2011) Intentional and unintentional racism is very much still a part of today’s society experienced by people of colour in everyday situations… Read More ›
Call for Papers: ‘Consuming Gender’
Call for Papers: ‘Consuming Gender’ This special issue of Assuming Gender – an online, peer-reviewed academic journal from Cardiff University – seeks to explore the way gender is both presented and consumed through popular media and advertising. As Ann Herrmann… Read More ›
Gender, class and the politics of ‘privacy’
A wonderful article by Lisa Mckenzie reflecting on the exposures of the Panama Papers in terms of the broader gendered and classed politics of privacy: Working-class single mums claiming benefits will be asked very personal questions about what for anyone… Read More ›
‘Othering’ in Education
by Tait Coles This week David Cameron (your prime minister) suggested that English language classes for Muslim women could help stop radicalisation. Yes, you read that correctly. He went on to explain that Muslims arriving in the UK on a… Read More ›
An atheist observes online Islamophobia after showing solidarity #JeSuisHijabi
by Sadie Hamilton Last week, York University in Toronto, where I study, set up tables in the halls. University approved organizations may use this space for fundraising, recruiting members for their club, or raising awareness. As I was passing by… Read More ›
David Cameron & Muslim Women: Old Orientalism, New Racism
By announcing that £20m will be spent to “teach thousands of Muslim women to speak English”, David Cameron’s portrayal of them as linguistically deficient, culturally suppressed and visibly alien is reminiscent of a long line of colonial repression. The prime… Read More ›
Digital Dilemmas: Transforming Gender Identities and Power Relations in Everyday Life
Digital Dilemmas: Transforming Gender Identities and Power Relations in Everyday Life Colloquium, 5-6th August, 2016, University of Waterloo, Canada Due date for abstract submission 31st January, 2016. The proliferation of digital technologies, virtual spaces, and new forms of engagement raise… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Righting Feminism
CALL FOR PAPERS Righting Feminism Thematic Issue, New Formations Guest Editors: Dr. Catherine Rottenberg and Dr. Sara Farris In recent years, we have witnessed the multifarious ways in which feminism as an emancipatory project dedicated to women’s liberation (whether conceived… Read More ›
Congrats, you have an all male panel!
Congrats, you have an all male panel! Documenting all male panels, seminars, events, and various other things featuring all male experts. Please submit! Preferably photos and screenshots. Or links. Make sure it is an all male thing, if not, please… Read More ›
Radical Transfeminism at the London Conference in Critical Thought
Conference stream on Radical Transfeminism, London Conference in Critical Thought Friday 26th/Saturday 27th June University College London anthropology department, 14 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW. Against a backdrop of social gains made by mainstream LGBT movements, the reality of trans*… Read More ›
Dare to Do it Differently: Creative Methods In Gender and Sexuality Research & Public Engagement
Dare to Do it Differently: Creative Methods In Gender and Sexuality Research & Public Engagement Transforming Sexuality and Gender Research cluster event on: Friday 3rd July from p.m, Falmer Campus, University of Brighton Want to explore beyond well-used methods that reproduce well-established stories about sex, gender, sexuality… Read More ›
Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology
(HT Pat Lockley) Call for papers: Open issue Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | adanewmedia.org Issue 9, April 2016 Editors: Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University) and Nina Huntemann (Suffolk University) We invite contributions to a… Read More ›
Masculinity, Labour and Neoliberalism: Working-Class Men in Global Perspective
Call for chapters Masculinity, Labour and Neoliberalism: Working-Class Men in Global Perspective Editor: Charlie Walker, University of Southampton, UK The social position of working-class men across the Western world has been transformed in recent decades. In material terms, the replacement… Read More ›
CfP: Ethical Practice and the Study of Girlhood
Special Issue of Girlhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal CALL FOR PAPERS: Ethical Practice and the Study of Girlhood For this themed issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, “Ethical Practice and the Study of Girlhood,” we invite submissions from transnational… Read More ›