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The Problem of Legitimacy in the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement

The Problem of Legitimacy in the Hong Kong Umbrella Movement

  • By discoversociety
  • April 05, 2016

Kwok Chi and Chan Ngai Keung The Umbrella Movement (UM), which lasted for 79 days (from 28th September to 15th December, [...]

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Focus: The difference between feminism and women’s liberation

Focus: The difference between feminism and women’s liberation

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

Amanda Sebestyen This special issue of Discover Society - Feminism, then and now - has been edited by Finn Mackay and Sue Scott. [...]

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Viewpoint: Liberating Motherhood and the Need for a Maternal Feminism

Viewpoint: Liberating Motherhood and the Need for a Maternal Feminism

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

Vanessa Olorenshaw Motherhood has been a minefield for feminism since the inception of the women’s movement. We have fought for reproductive [...]

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On the Frontline: A personal account of The Feminism in London Conference

On the Frontline: A personal account of The Feminism in London Conference

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

Yodet Gherez For a younger Feminist like myself, the stories and accounts from women now in their 50's and 60's tell [...]

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Policy Briefing: Prostitution law and policy in England – the limits of liberalism

Policy Briefing: Prostitution law and policy in England – the limits of liberalism

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

Natasha Mulvihill Buying and selling sex in England is legal. As long as the exchange of money for sex is discreet [...]

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Sexism in language: A problem that hasn’t gone away

Sexism in language: A problem that hasn’t gone away

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

Deborah Cameron 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Casey Miller and Kate Swift’s Words and Women. Described on [...]

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Beyond Feminism’s White Gaze

Beyond Feminism’s White Gaze

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  • March 01, 2016

Akwugo Emejulu I refuse to recount, in this short article, the importance of Black feminism and womanism as if these inter-related [...]

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50 Years of Gender Bending and Sex Changing

50 Years of Gender Bending and Sex Changing

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

John Stoltenberg   When historians look back at our era centuries from now, what will they make of the dramatic revolution we’ve [...]

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The Gender Politics of the 2016 Taiwan Election: One Feminist’s View

The Gender Politics of the 2016 Taiwan Election: One Feminist’s View

  • By discoversociety
  • March 01, 2016

Chin Ting-Fang There are countless annoying things about being a citizen of a country that does not have normal international status.  [...]

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Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Feminism

Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Feminism

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  • March 01, 2016

Stevi Jackson Women’s studies as an academic enterprise had its roots in second wave feminism and originated as a challenge to [...]

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