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Book Forum: Hugo Gorringe on Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRITIQUE and the Centre for South Asian Studies hosted a book forum on Radhika Govinda’s new book Feminist Politics, Intersectionality and Knowledge Cultivation. At this book forum, Prof. Hugo Gorringe reflected on Radhika’s discussion of Dalit and Muslim women in India.

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Nurtured Magazine’s ‘Metamorphosis’ Issue and the Radical Capacity of Evolution

Following the publication of the inaugural issue of Nurtured Magazine, the flagship creative project by Black Women* at Edinburgh (BWE), this blog by Hanaa Yousof explores why the second issue’s theme, ‘Metamorphosis’ was the next step for the magazine, and what it means to conceptualise change as a Black woman. Part of the Undergraduate encounters with feminism series, for Black History Month.
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How Black Women* at Edinburgh Society is Reframing Activism

Through the work of the Black Women* at Edinburgh Society, rest becomes a radical act of activism. Rooted in Black feminist thought, this piece by Mokkie Tebeila celebrates community care, joy, and self-preservation as the foundation of resistance. Part of the Undergraduate encounters with feminism blog series, for Black History Month.
Sam Altman watches over a family consuming his AI. The living room vignette is framed by power tool imagery. The words “Behaviour Power” are the top of the artwork, framing the intent of the piece.

Gendered by Design: Stereotypes in Generative AI

In this blog - in our ECR spotlight series - Jacqueline Rowe, a PhD student at the School of Informatics, explains why AI tools mirror real-world gender biases, and why it’s important to measure these gender biases across different languages.

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Colonialism Undressed: How Women’s Bodies Became Symbols of “Modern” China

What did it mean to be “modern” in a rapidly changing China? In this blog - from our ECR Spotlight series - Beth Price, a second-year PhD student in LLC, explores how female nudity was used in 1930s periodicals to shape national identity, reflect colonial aspirations, and test the boundaries of modernity.
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Writing as a feminist practice

Earlier this year, the Gender Politics Research Group convened a panel with recent book authors, about writing as a feminist practice. Panellists Hemangini Gupta and Sarah Childs discuss the joys, labour and craft of writing, and offer advice for feminist colleagues.
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What good is half a bridge? A view on feminist action from Namibia

To mark International Day of the Girl Child this week, Maria Kwekwe Tsuma discusses her postgraduate dissertation research on a feminist organization in Namibia, highlighting their innovative strategies for empowering girls. Maria reveals how the organization’s success is undermined by state neglect, creating a ‘half-built bridge’ to safety and justice.
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Amnesia in the Archives: Representations of Colonial Violence and the Gendered Silence of Suffering in the Congo Reform Association’s Campaign

To mark Black History Month, in this blog - the second in a year-round dossier, Feminist Dissertating, showcasing undergraduate dissertation projects on gender and sexuality studies - Louisa Steijger analyses the Congo Reform Association’s campaign, which took place between 1904 and 1913, fought against colonial violence in the Congo Free State and was widely praised for its humanitarian advocacy. She argues that its silence on sexual violence reveals a gendered and racialised hierarchy of suffering which underpins colonial reform discourse.

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Beneath the Mask: Baby Dolls, Protest, and the Politics of Black Female Performance in Trinidad Carnival and New Orleans Mardi Gras

To mark Black History Month, in this blog - the first in "Feminist Dissertating", a year-round dossier showcasing undergraduate dissertation projects on gender and sexuality studies - Olivia Norbury summarises her research on Black working-class women in Trinidad and New Orleans reclaiming Carnival through subversive performance, challenging colonial power structures, gendered violence, and historical erasure.

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Book Forum: Susanne Yuk Ping Choi on Intimacy as a Lens in Work and Migration

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRFR and UoE Sociology hosted a book forum for Jingyu Mao’s new book Intimacy as a Lens in Work and Migration. In this blog post, Prof. Susanne Yuk Ping Choi engages with the book’s main arguments and related this to her own research of migration.

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Book Forum: Suvi Rautio on Intimacy as a Lens in Work and Migration

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRFR and UoE Sociology hosted a book forum for Jingyu Mao’s new book Intimacy as a Lens in Work and Migration. In this blog post, Dr Suvi Rautio considers how the book relates to wider scholarship on ethnicity and labour in Chinese society.

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Book Forum: Guanyu Jason Ran on Intimacy as a Lens in Work and Migration

Earlier this year, GENDER.ED, CRFR and UoE Sociology hosted a book forum for Jingyu Mao’s new book Intimacy as a Lens in Work and Migration. In this blog post, Dr Guanyu Jason Ran discusses the book’s exploration of ethnicity.

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