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Feminists must think radically to reject sex self-identification laws
By reneejg |
Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense ...
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Transgenderism: the latest phase of disaster capitalism
By reneejg |
Believers in the shock doctrine are convinced that only a great rupture – a flood, a war, a ...
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Conquest: on the inseparability of militarism and prostitution
By reneejg |
As long as men have gone to war, they have kidnapped women and children for sexual slavery. According ...
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The creation of patriarchy: How did it happen?
By reneejg |
I began with the conviction, shared by most feminist thinkers, that patriarchy as a system is historical: it ...
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Censored piece: Jeez, Louise – may we have our own thoughts, please?
By reneejg |
This piece starts with an explanatory note and story about the article to follow. The article itself - ...
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Pride, police, politicians, pundits and prison abolitionists: What's going on?
By reneejg |
To say the least, there are echoes of the Emperor’s new clothes in our annual Pride Parades. Since ...
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By the numbers: The oppression of women and girls globally
By reneejg |
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#MeToo and the call for "restorative justice": Are they compatible?
By reneejg |
In New Zealand, “restorative justice” (RJ) advocacy is currently in vogue. In August, the government held a $1.6 ...
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Original sin: How the law makes a crime of being female
By reneejg |
“The justice system is the core of patriarchy,” Gudrun Jonsdottir told me. Jonsdottir has been part of the ...
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On Finding Spirit (My story of reading and radicalising: Part II)
If we were going to start from scratch why not deconstruct the whole premise? - DQ Through a...
On Finding Solidarity (My story of reading and radicalising: Part I)
No more can I dull my rage In alcohol and deference To men’s courts I will come to...
Transgenderism, Neoliberalism and Rape Culture: Brisbane talk
Below is the text of a twelve-minute talk I gave in Brisbane on October 12, 2019. The talk...
Real “wellbeing” means addressing the demands of midwives, teachers – women
During the election period in 2017, historian Anne Salmond wrote hopefully about an emerging trend she called “Jacindamania.” The appeal...
There has never been a democracy, so far–only an androcracy