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Category: Politics

It’s time to stop talking about “national security”.

2nd March 20202nd March 2020  Genevieve Riccoboni

Militarized nationalism, devoid of history and context, relentless in its push for American hegemony, is completely inconsistent with progressive values, argues our contributor Genevieve Riccoboni.

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Posted in Opinion, PoliticsTagged: Feminism, Human Rights, Human Security, Immigration, International Relations, Policy, US politics

Interview with writer Julie Peakman: ‘I want to find women’s voices in history but also expose how badly we and marginalised men have been treated’

6th February 20206th February 2020  Miriam Al Jamil

Author of a number of books relating to the history of sexuality, Julie Peakman’s new work, Licentious Worlds, offers a history of sexual attitudes and behaviour through five hundred years of empire building around the world. Here, she talks to our arts contributor, Miriam Al Jamil, about her book and the research behind it.

Read More “Interview with writer Julie Peakman: ‘I want to find women’s voices in history but also expose how badly we and marginalised men have been treated’”
Posted in Books, Interviews, PoliticsTagged: colonialism, Empire, Feminism, history, Julie Peakman, Kathleen Wilson, Philippa Levine, Queer Studies, Reaktion Books, Robert Aldrich, Roy Porter, Sex, Sexuality and Eighteenth Century Culture, Shraddha Chatterjee

Are Black Women Academics Really Included in Women’s Month Celebrations?

10th April 201922nd April 2019  Furaha Asani

UK universities are celebrating International Women’s Month (IWM), but Black women academics are still getting left behind, writes our contributor Dr Furaha Asani.

Read More “Are Black Women Academics Really Included in Women’s Month Celebrations?”
Posted in My Feminisms, Opinion, Postgraduate CornerTagged: Academia, Athena SWAN, Black Early Career Researchers, Dr Furaha Asani, Dr Nicola Rollock, Feminism, Higher Education, International Women's Month, Intersectional Feminism, Race Equality Charter, Universities

Brexit: A Student’s Point of View

11th March 201920th October 2019  Marion Beauchamp-Levet

Lucy Cavendish student Marion Beauchamp-Levet talks with fellow Erasmus scholars about the fears and formalities of Brexit.

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Posted in Features, My Cambridge, Politics, Postgraduate CornerTagged: Brexit, Citizenship, education, Erasmus, EU, Europe, European Union, Learning Together, Politics, Populism, students

They say it is love. We say it is gendered labour.

8th March 20198th April 2019  Harriet Thompson

Gender disparity doesn’t just exist in the home and workplace, but in university classrooms too. Our contributor Harriet Thompson considers the imbalance of gendered admin labour in higher education and calls for institutional change.

Read More “They say it is love. We say it is gendered labour.”
Posted in My Feminisms, Opinion, Postgraduate CornerTagged: Academia, Doctoral Study, Emotional Labour, Emotional Work, Gender disparity, gendered admin labour, gendered labour, Mental Load, unpaid work, Wages for Housework

Every Tree has a Personality: Reflections on the Radical Environmentalist, Wangari Maathai

24th December 201827th December 2018  Florence Hazrat

Environment editor, Dr Florence Hazrat, looks back over the inspiring life of Professor Wangari Maathai, the radical environmentalist and women’s rights advocate from Kenya.

Read More “Every Tree has a Personality: Reflections on the Radical Environmentalist, Wangari Maathai”
Posted in Environment, PoliticsTagged: education, Envirocare, Environment, Environmentalism, Green Belt Movement, Kenya, Maathai Wangari, Radical Women, Trees, Women's Rights

Smashing the Academic Patriarchy: One Conference at a Time

22nd December 201818th February 2019  Florence Hazrat

Postgraduate & Environment editor, Dr Florence Hazrat, explores the sexism rife in academia and demands institutional change from its most guilty institutions.

Read More “Smashing the Academic Patriarchy: One Conference at a Time”
Posted in My Feminisms, Postgraduate CornerTagged: #MeToo, Academia, EveryDaySexism, Feminism, Further Education, Gender Pay Gap, Higher Education, Sexism, Women in education
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