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Category: Politics

Reclaiming the Muslim Woman’s Body by Faiqa Mansab

5th July 20225th July 2022  Faiqa Mansab

Faiqa Mansab discusses the prejudice and oppression – patriarchal, Islamophobic and colonial – that Muslim women face the world over and asks for a form of feminism which centres their needs and experiences too.

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Posted in My Feminisms, Opinion, PoliticsTagged: Bodies, Faiqa Mansab, Feminism, menstruation, Muslim Women, My Body's Bodies Editorial, opinion piece, Rawdah Mohamed, Shamsia Hassani, the hijab

Feminist Antifascism: Counterpublics of the Common by Ewa Majewska – envisioning a new feminist resistance

17th October 202117th October 2021  Selin Genc

In this striking essay, Selin Genc reviews Ewa Majewska’s ‘Feminist Antifascism’, and considers Majewska’s inspirational arguments for a “flexible, inclusive and inventive” feminism in the context of recent events in Turkey.

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Posted in Arts, Books, PoliticsTagged: counterpublics, Ewa Majewska, Feminism, Feminist Antifascism, Istanbul Convention, LGBTQ+, Turkey, Verso Books, Women's Rights

The Politics of Couscous

26th April 202126th April 2021  Leila Gamaz

Couscous traditions have been passed down through women since 200 BCE in North West Africa. Here, in light of the custom being added to UNESCO’s Cultural Heritage list, Leila Gamaz discusses why Algerian women should have the choice whether to enjoy and pass this tradition on to the next generation.

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Posted in Opinion, PoliticsTagged: Algeria, Algerian War of Independence, Algerian women, couscous, essay, Food, Ghazi Gherairi, Intangible Cultural Heritage list, Intersectional Feminism, La Maison Lahlou, Leila Gamaz, Maghreb, Malika Bendaouda, Morocco, North Africa, opinion, traditions, UNESCO

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.

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

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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.

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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
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