What Is Effeminacy and How Can We Celebrate It?
Mainstream society's conception of what it means to be a man leaves no room for the celebration and cherishing of a more feminine kind of manhood.
Tag: gender
Make Fascists Afraid Again: (Neo)fascism, Feminism and Antifa
On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Rosa Soros and Soof to discuss current fascisms, how feminism and fascism relate, and gender within antifa movements.
Inside Patio Six
Our reporter talks to guerrilla fighters imprisoned Patio Six, a high-security unit in the Good Pastor prison for women, Bogotá. They recount their experiences of life behind bars, and discuss their hopes for the Colombian peace process.
Labouring Through Birth and Death
Birth and death both demand complex, intensive care work; of the sort dismissed by capitalism and silenced by societal taboos. In this week's Long Read, Jenny Nelson explores the labour of the beginning and end of life.
Mental Health & Masculinity
Aaron Bastani talks mental health, masculinity and shares his own experience with depression.
Trans People Need Feminism and Other Feminisms Need Us
Shon Faye on patriarchy, misogyny and why mainstream feminism has to include Trans women.
Race, Gender, Power
On this week's show Ash Sarkar is joined by activist Cherrell Brown to discuss race, gender and the challenges facing radical organising in liberation movements.
Is it time to abolish masculinity?
With men responsible for so many of the world’s problems you could be forgiven for thinking there is no hope left for masculinity. But what is masculinity, how can it be understood and taken apart for better? Shon Faye gives their two cents. What do you think? Comment on the hashtag #ShonThisWay
8 Reasons You Need to Care About the Caring Economy
When it comes to the care economy, women are hardly mentioned despite doing the vast majority of the work. With women's unemployment showing few signs of recovery and what little welfare provision existed being hollowed out, Polly Trenow from the Women's Budget Group argues priority needs to be given to the caring economy and the social infrastructure required to support carers.