You may have viewed Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) offering a mock apology for dismissing a constituent’s complaint that the Medicaid cuts she endorses will cause people to die with the flippant remark, “We are all going to die.” She tied her defense of her callousness to Christianity, inviting all who worried about death to convert […]
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We don't just need more women in office. We need a culture shift.
The Government has accepted a skewed report authored by people with 'no skin in the game', argues Helen Belcher
(Hi all, wonderful to become part of this great blog! But now, directly on to some content!) Imagine that you have a toothache, and a visit at the dentist reveals that a major operation is needed. You phone your health insurance. You listen to the voice of the chatbot, press the buttons to go through […]
30 years of gender studies: anniversary special issue from "La Ventana", the journal of the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Has thoughtful pieces by a range of scholars, from Mexico and beyond. I have an article in it, about the global picture. All open access!
https://revistalaventana.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/LV/issue/view/699
According to one book, both a lot and very little has changed in the last 100 years.
This text is not about Baby Reindeer, Netflix’s latest hit. It’s about one of the most perverse dimensions of sanism and anti-madness: the exploitation of madness as an edifying aesthetic resource. It is also about the obsolescence of narratives centered on the uncritical perspective of the traditional agent of the banality of evil, the mediocre […]
Karam Bales delves into a conference with ties to a Russian backed anti-gender network
Katherine O'Donnell delivers a powerful rebuke to the media and politicians for the 'irrational, obsessional' hatred and misrepresentation that Brianna Ghey and her family faced every day
Contraceptive rights has become the new front in the far-right's attack on women