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Photo of Mia Taylor sitting in a park. Behind her are some trees and a building that looks similar to a castle.

24 February 2025

Let feminism encompass your way of being: Reflections from a Podcast Officer

Mia Taylor reflects on her journey as podcast officer for Girl* Up Edinburgh, what she loves about hosting the podcast and how it encapsulates feminism as an entire way of […]

Photo of Thulsa Miqdhaadh Moosa and a friend standing at the front of a lecture hall. Behind them is a screen that reads 'Afghan Women Leading Panel Change: Panel Event'

20 February 2025

Feminist Activism through Girl* Up Edinburgh: Amplifying the Voices of Afghan Women

Thulsa Miqdhaadh Moosa, current President for Girl* Up Edinburgh, takes stock of how the organisatiom platforms and amplifies voices with personal experience and engagement, reflecting on a panel on Afghan […]

Photo of Ione Gildroy standing next to a screen that reads 'Trans Inclusive Feminism' and a list of bullet points on how to act in accordance with trans inclusive feminism.

15 February 2025

Queer feminist reading and archives - remembering we have always been here

Ione Gildroy, queer officer at Girl* Up Edinburgh, reflects on queer feminist reading and archives, and how looking to history can give strength and inspiration.I vividly remember reading a book […]

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14 February 2025

Global Sisterhood in Action: BG*S x BWE Galentines

Brown Girl* Society (BG*S) and Black Women at Edinburgh (BWE)’s recent Galentine’s Brunch explored the potential for the much-invoked concept of global sisterhood. Holding space for community alongside differences, this […]

Photo of the front cover of Leah Thomas' book 'The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet'

10 February 2025

The making of a truly ‘Intersectional Environmentalist’

Bradley Stevens’ essay received an Honourable Mention in the 2024 Queer Futures Prize for the undergraduate course, Introduction to Queer Studies.  This prize seeks to acknowledge and celebrate thoughtful and […]

07 February 2025

Our Queer Future and An Asexual Path to Get There

Mika Misawa’s essay won the 2nd Prize in the 2024 Queer Futures Prize for the undergraduate course, Introduction to Queer Studies.  This prize seeks to acknowledge and celebrate thoughtful and […]

Photo of Elliana Effird in front of a cherry blossom tree.

03 February 2025

Queer Mycology’s Meta-Analysis: Fungi Roll Queer Studies to the Edge of Theory

Elliana Efird’s essay won the 1st Prize in the 2024 Queer Futures Prize for the undergraduate course, Introduction to Queer Studies.  This prize seeks to acknowledge and celebrate thoughtful and […]

31 January 2025

Introducing Plurality, a new student-run journal

As part of our Undergraduate Encounters with Feminism Series, Emmi Wilkinson explains how they came to found Plurality, a new student-run, interdisciplinary and intersectional open-access journal.

Donald Trump speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, D.C.

27 January 2025

The future of reproductive rights under Trump 2.0

On January 15th, a few days ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States of America, Dr Laura Sochas, Dr Emily Adrion and […]

Portrait of GENDER.ED Associate Director Kaveri Qureshi.

24 January 2025

Introducing our new Associate Director: Dr Kaveri Qureshi!

In this post, new GENDER.ED Associate Director Kaveri discusses her motivations, research, and hopes for GENDER.ED’s future with Communications and Events Intern, Mouna Chatt.Mouna: Hello Kaveri! Welcome to the GENDER.ED […]

Collage of publicity material for GENDER.ED events from the past year.

20 January 2025

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

To welcome the new year, GENDER.ED’s former Associate Director, Hemangini Gupta, and undergraduate intern, Mouna Chatt, look back on all that GENDER.ED accomplished in 2024, sharing their favourite events from the past year and excitement for what lies ahead in 2025.

13 December 2024

GENDER.ED Newsletter - Autumn 2024

This semester we said goodbye to some of our team and now get ready to welcome others. Click here to read more news and updates in our newsletter! Have a […]

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