Novara FM: Who Has the Right to Sex?
Amia Srinivasan and James Butler explore the philosophical grey zones between power, intimacy and violence.
Tag: feminism
ACFM: Microdose: Unity on the Frontline With Norah Lopez Holden
Why did so many women fight in the Spanish Civil War? Nadia Idle talks to actor and activist Norah Lopez Holden about the milicianas.
Opinion: If Even Emma Watson Says Free Palestine, We’re Winning
Rivkah Brown
The Harry Potter star and HeForShe founder is exactly the kind of person you wouldn’t expect to support Palestine. That’s a great sign, writes Rivkah Brown.
Downstream: Were Trans People “Born This Way”?
In debates around the rights of transgender people, a charge often levelled at those fighting for trans inclusion is that their arguments rest on a denial of biological facts. Michael Walker speaks to biologist Julia Serano about what so-called ‘gender critical’ thinkers get wrong about sex and gender, and whether trans activists should embrace the argument that they were “born this way”.
Obituary: bell hooks Was More Than a Quote for Your Twitter
Diane Enobabor
Long before her passing, hooks was feminist canon. Her celebrity has never done her justice, writes Diane Enobabor.
Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights
Sophie K Rosa
Tired debates about disability and sex work too often focus on the morality of a disabled man buying sex. Why aren’t we talking about disabled sex workers? Sophie K Rosa reports.
Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?
Joana Ramiro
As a 20-something Marxist, Joana Ramiro began to notice the ranks of her women comrades shrinking. Now in her 30s, she gets why.
Downstream: How Violence Shapes Our Sex Lives
Is ‘consent’ the only dividing line between good sex and bad sex? Ash Sarkar is joined by Rachel Thompson to discuss her new book Rough, and the politics of pornography, kink, and sex ambivalent feminism.
Report: How We Won: The Ugandan Feminists Who Overturned an Anti-Porn Law
Sophie K Rosa
Ending a six-year battle, feminist campaigners in Uganda have overturned a law designed to criminalise pornography, but which ended up criminalising women’s sexuality. While this victory is undoubtedly important, there is a bigger war to be fought, they say.
Opinion: Afghan Women Are Doing What They’ve Always Done: Resist
Rawi, Madina Wardak, Sonita Alizada
Throughout Afghanistan's history of foreign occupation and fundamentalist rule, one thing has been constant: women’s resistance. Sophie K Rosa spoke to three Afghan feminists about their fight for liberation.
Opinion: Liberating Trans People Means Liberating Everyone
Shon Faye
It is only through solidarity, compassion and radical reimagining that we can build a more just and joyful world, not just for trans people, but for all of us.
Opinion: Afghan Women Don’t Need White Feminism
Shahed Ezaydi
As the US withdraws from Afghanistan, brown women are once again being used to justify white violence, writes Shahed Ezaydi.
Opinion: Don’t Believe the Bigots – Trans Rights Aren’t a Threat to Women
Ash Sarkar
The overrepresentation of trans-hostile voices in the media means we’re denied a realistic view of the issues facing trans and non-binary people, writes Ash Sarkar.
Analysis: TERFs Don’t Speak for Women – But Don’t Take It From Me, Look at the Polls
Ell Folan
Britain’s reputation as TERF Island isn’t wholly unfounded, writes Stats for Lefties founder Ell Folan. The good news, though, is that transphobes are firmly in the minority.
Analysis: Labour Has a Problem With Sex Work
Sophie K Rosa
From supporting a strip club ban in Bristol to attempting to use the sinister new police bill as a vehicle to smuggle through an amendment that would further criminalise sex work, a certain set of Labour MPs seem fixated on a crackdown that women in the industry say would put them in danger.
Long Read: Who Dreamt Up the Police Bill? The Police, Of Course
Sam Knights
The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill didn't come from nowhere. It is the result of years of lobbying by the police, helped by an authoritarian state, rightwing press and pliant opposition. Sam Knights takes a closer look at how it came into being.
Report: If We Can’t Change the Law, We’ll Break It
Rivkah Brown
On Saturday, police banned a vigil for Sarah Everard - hundreds turned out anyway. The new policing bill may threaten our right to protest, but we already know how to resist. Rivkah Brown reports on a resurgence in civil disobedience.
Novara FM: Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again
James Butler is joined by Katherine Angel to explore the politics of bad sex, consent culture - and how we might think better about the difficulty of sex and power.