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Feminist Legal Studies is committed to an international and interdisciplinary perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal practice. link.springer.com/journal/10691

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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Performers face opaque algorithmic management, restrictive content rules and limited autonomy. The Platform Work Directive’s reclassification mechanism could offer new rights, but many performers resist formal employment due to stigma, surveillance and legal risks.”
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Between Sex and Work: Regulating Webcamming Under the Platform Work Directive - Feminist Legal Studies
This article examines the European Union Platform Work Directive (PWD) through the lens of webcamming, a form of platformised sex work largely excluded from regulatory debates on platform labour. Draw...
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Sophie Duroy @sophieduroy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
NEW PUBLICATION Very happy to share that my article on the Mazan/Pelicot case has been published in @flsjournal.bsky.social Read it open access here: doi.org/10.1007/s106... It is a very personal article, and I owe a lot to the colleagues & friends who helped me find my voice on this topic.
Screenshot of the article webpage. Abstract: This article offers a feminist socio-legal analysis of the Mazan case—the 2024 trial of 51 men for the rape of Gisèle Pelicot in France—and the 2025 consent law reform it inspired. Combining feminist legal theory, critical legal analysis, and situated reflection, it examines how patriarchal societies and legal systems convert gendered violence into narratives of protection and progress. Drawing on Iris Marion Young’s analysis of the logic of masculinist protection, the article shows how law, politics, and public discourse surrounding the case reproduced the patriarchal bargain that casts men and the state as protectors while shielding them from accountability. Through analysis of the myth of the “good man”, judicial responses to sexual violence, hierarchies of victims, and the structural affinities between patriarchal and security logics, the article argues that the Mazan case offered only the illusion of remedy, confirming the patriarchal system it appeared to challenge.
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"What becomes possible when people committed to rethinking legal education come together?" Some members of the exciting new Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network (CLPRE) led by @folukeifejola.bsky.social share thoughts about potential and practice. ⚖️🎓 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G405...
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Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network Launch
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As we come together on the challenges we face, & the responsibilities we must reclaim, we are reminded that critical and collective forms of education begin with critique, move toward refusal of injustice, & culminate in the development of ideas, practices, techniques, & powers to re-world together…
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Academic Freedom and the Role of the Academic: Resistance, Solidarity, and the Politics of Knowledge - Feminist Legal Studies
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“There is no such position as academic neutrality. The failure to critique the status quo is a political act of complicity in its inequalities, its injustices, and exclusions.” The Feminist Collective offers a manifesto about “academic freedom” for those of us who are struggling against injustice.
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
As we come together on the challenges we face, & the responsibilities we must reclaim, we are reminded that critical and collective forms of education begin with critique, move toward refusal of injustice, & culminate in the development of ideas, practices, techniques, & powers to re-world together…
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Black August is an annual tradition of remembrance, political education, discipline, & resistance, honoring Black freedom fighters, political prisoners, & the global resistance against racial, colonial, & state oppression. Today we want to lift up the memory of Assata Shakur, who passed last year🧵:
Black August Assata Shakur, photo of Assata
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It is disingenuous to suggest that seeking to dismantle racial capitalism, patriarchy and Western imperial domination is POLITICAL while simultaneously claiming that fighting to maintain racial capitalism, patriarchy and Western imperial domination is APOLITICAL.
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Dr Kevin Guyan @kevinguyan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
📢 The Gender + Sexuality Data Lab is hiring a Research Assistant to join its project, ‘Box Breakers: Improving Organisational Data Practices for Minoritised Communities’.
Poster for the Box Breakers project showing workers at computers, all cast in a bright, lime green.Quote from Dr Kevin Guyan, Director of the Gender + Sexuality Data Lab, which reads: "The Box Breakers project aims to transform how data professionals understand and represent people whose identities exist beyond conventional categories."
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Cameron Giles @gilescameron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Does your research consider: gender, sexuality and law; 20th century politics and social reform; social and political rights; sexuality and culture; global LGBTQ+ rights and/or criminal law reform? If so, please consider submitting to this one day conference marking the anniversary of Wolfenden!
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Join us for the launch of the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network on 14 Sept 2026 at the University of Bristol (hybrid event). We'll explore how legal education can engage with race, empire, colonialism, and global justice www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launching-...
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Launching the Critical Legal Pedagogies of Race and Empire Network
Join us to kick off a fresh network diving into race, empire, and legal education with some great minds.
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
My cool colleagues and I have just published a conversation in Feminist Legal Studies about the political, poetic, and pedagogic possibilities of writing legal judgments using critical (Indigenous, Feminist, Queer) perspectives. You can read our reflections here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Queer Judgments Project @queerjudgments.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
We joined some critical legal scholars to discuss how Indigenous, Feminist, and Queer perspectives might be used to write judgments that better support the lives of minoritised people. We explore the political, poetic, and pedagogic possibilities of using critical-creative judgment writing methods.
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Critical Judgments in Hostile Times: A Roundtable on Indigenous, Feminist, Queer Perspectives - Feminist Legal Studies
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Anna Gjika @gjikaphd.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚨 Hey folks, I have a new article out in @flsjournal.bsky.social on how defense attorneys operationalize digital evidence in sexual assault trials. I find they rely heavily on rape myths (i.e., she asked for it, she's lying) to get around rape shield laws. Hope you check it out! rdcu.be/fqmcC
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Victims on Trial: Rape Myths and Digital Evidence in Sexual Assault Adjudication
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Are you (or someone you know) engaging with feminist legal scholarship from the Global South? Then please consider taking part in this Feminist Legal Studies online workshop. We are keen to support (and hopefully publish!) more feminist scholars based in the Global South. See below for more info.
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A great opportunity for ECR feminist legal scholars from the Global South - please share widely!
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📢 Publishing with FLS Online workshop for early-career feminist legal scholars from the Global South. Submit CV + 300-word abstract. Selected participants submit an 8,000-word draft by 31 Aug 2026. 📅 Apply by 22 June 2026 📅 Workshop: 24 Sept 2026 📩 workshop.fls2026@gmail.com #FeministLegalStudies
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Feminist Legal Studies
Feminist Legal Studies is committed to an international perspective and to the promotion of feminist work in all areas of law, legal theory and legal ...
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AJIL and AJIL Unbound @ajil.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Join ASIL on July 6-7! Program titles and descriptions, as well as confirmed speakers to date, are now available at asil.org/asilabroad. The must-see #internationallaw event of the summer!
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
I had the pleasure of reviewing Alison Phipps’ book. As we grapple with various forms of state violence, Phipps shows us how acts of enclosure & exploitation link the dynamics of racial capitalism to sexual violence. A vital text for dialogue & action against domination. See here: shorturl.at/nNm60
Book cover. As we grapple with differentiated forms of racialised and gendered state violence, Phipps illuminates how acts of enclosure, extraction, expropriation, and exploitation link the dynamics of racial capitalism to sexual violence. This book provides a searingly rich, politically grounded analysis of colonialism, social reproduction, enslavement, transnational labour practices, genocide, femicide, and technofeudalism to demonstrate how sexual violence is not simply an outcome of, but is central to, racial capitalism. Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism is an important read for scholars, activists, and communities keen to better understand instutionalised violence and intersecting systems of power as we work towards challenging them.

Senthorun Raj, Reader in Human Rights Law, Manchester Metropolitan University.
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Feminist legal scholars Flora Renz and Davina Cooper wrote an article for our journal recently exploring how/why we should think about gender discrimination and legal responses to address it beyond biological frameworks. You can read it here (open access): link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Reimagining Gender Through Equality Law: What Legal Thoughtways Do Religion and Disability Offer? - Feminist Legal Studies
British equality law protections for sex and gender reassignment have grown fraught as activists tussle over legal and social categories of gender, gender transitioning, and sex. This article consider...
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Jennifer Aston @drjenniferaston.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Gender and Women's History has been launched, including my chapter 'Women and Divorce Law in England and Wales, 1537–2022'. I had great fun writing it and I'm proud to be published alongside so many amazing authors writing on such importantly and timely topics.
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Women and Divorce Law in England and Wales, 1537–2022
Summary. The popular history of divorce in England and Wales centers on famous couples—predominantly royalty—whose marital discord played out through inter
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
My latest blog post is a detailed invitation to join a research network devoted to critical pedagogies of race and imperialism in law. In it, I outline who its organisers are, the reasons why we have set up the network,and what we hope to achieve in it. All welcome! folukeafrica.com/invitation-t...
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Invitation to join a Critical Research Network on Pedagogies of Race and Empire
For some time, several colleagues and I have been thinking of how to consolidate and build on the work that we have been doing individually in translating our anti-colonial and anti-racist research…
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
10 years. A love letter to diversity workers. And gratitude for my complaint collective. substack.com/@feministkil...
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Sara Ahmed (@feministkilljoys)
Ten years ago this month, I resigned from my post and my profession in protest at the failure of my institution to deal with the problem of sexual harassment. It was a lot to give up. But it was neces...
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
On International Women’s Day, I am reminded of the importance of feminist organising for building a more just world. And shout out to my brilliant Feminist Legal Studies colleagues who continue to undertake this critical emotional and intellectual labour. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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At a time when those of us who are most precariously positioned are being most aggressively targeted, our work must be informed by care, by collectivity, and by deep political clarity. We must think carefully about when and how we show up, how we protect one another, and how we continue to build towards liberation.
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Dr Anna Nelson @annanelson95.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I’ve enjoyed thinking with (and at times being challenged by) @quillkukla.bsky.social’s work on consent for while, so it was a pleasure to review their new book for @flsjournal.bsky.social: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Quill R. Kukla: Sex Beyond “Yes”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone - Feminist Legal Studies
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We are also thrilled to announce the other winner of the Feminist Legal Studies Editors' Prize 2025 is Agnieszka Doll for her article, ‘Fieldwork, Ethics, and the Importance of “Wide Reflexivity”: Feminist Socio-legal Research in Difficult Sites.’ Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We are very pleased to announce one of the winners of the Feminist Legal Studies Editors' Prize 2025 is Ariël Decoster for her article, 'Men in/and Law: Developing "Critical Legal Studies of Men and Masculinities."' You can read the article online for free here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
So I recently sat down with Sainted Judge Hilary Charlesworth (blessed be her name), Prof Di Otto, and Prof Christine Chinkin to record the Season 3 opener of #CalledToTheBar Go have a listen: on.soundcloud.com/Vaq9CC1yiokQ...
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64. Feminist Careers in International Law
In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr
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The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association @awgsa.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
📢 HDR/ECR Event Announcement! Join us for “What do we do now?” — a 1-hour online fireside chat for early-career feminist scholars, independent activists, and anyone navigating pathways in and beyond the academy on 25 Feb 12pm (AEDT) Register here! events.humanitix.com/what-do-we-d...
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What do we do now? — Pathways in and beyond the academy for early-career feminist scholar-activist-practitioners
Join us for a critical discuss on carving out feminist futures—in, against, and beyond the university in this 1-hour
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Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
How does consent operate and find form in dance practices, and to what effects? A one day free online symposium. This is event forms part of the Legal Materialities and Dance Network convened by Marie-Andrée Jacob and Anna Macdonald. More info: ials.sas.ac.uk/research/lhu...
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Choreography of Consent: Online symposium
How does consent move in dance? A free online symposium featuring workshops, talks and sharings.
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
One of our editors, @daanika.bsky.social, presented her excellent new book at Manchester Law School. Dr Kamal’s book explores how women in Pakistan articulate their experiences of domestic violence and the ways women are stigmatised/pathologised in courts. Read here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Now published and free to download! 'Law and Justice in the 1950s' is a fantastic collection, edited by Fiona Cownie and Rosemary Auchmuty. My chapter is on the Wolfenden Report, homosexuality and women - others cover everything from legal education to Beeching to London smog.
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Law and Justice in the 1950s - University of London Press
The 1950s was a decade of considerable legal development in England and Wales, despite often being regarded as very conservative in contrast to the more radical 1960s and 1970s. This collection illust...
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Are you a private law nerd who flirts with queer scholarship? Are you a queer scholar with a curiosity about private law? Do you like hanging out with cool people? Then check out the Queering Private Law conference taking place in London in September this year and submit a paper if you’re keen! ⚖️🌈
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Queering Private Law - Bentham House Conference 2026
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Caroline Derry @carolinederry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
It's published! Histories of women legal historians, edited with @loreldridge.bsky.social and @dremilyireland.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/celebrati...
Copies of Celebrating Women in Legal History, edited by Lorren Eldridge, Emily Ireland and Caroline Derry. The blue and purple cover shows a door opening onto bookshelves. Table of contents, showing chapters by Jennifer Aston, Christine Anne George, Anne Logan, Lisa Cowan, Nina Krsljanin, and Valentina Cvetkovic-Dordevic.Table of contents, showing chapters by Maria Fletcher, Charlie Peevers, Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe, and Deborah Siddoway.
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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Sharing word of this critical reflection and intervention, offered by our own @shalininair.bsky.social together with colleagues Molly Ackhurst and @tanyaserisier.bsky.social, and out now in @flsjournal.bsky.social
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Against Conferencing-as-usual in times of Genocide: Criminology, Complicity, and Sexual Violence in Palestine - Feminist Legal Studies
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 16/01/2026
The effective conclusion of the ET is that trans people have to use third spaces. I think based on very poor legal analysis and uncritical adoption of "gender critical" talking points. But as I say, not binding, and all the relevant issues hopefully to be decided shortly by the High Court.
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Tanya Serisier 🇵🇸 @tanyaserisier.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
"Scholarly exchange and academic freedom are aspirations, not business as usual, when we consider the knowledge and expertise economies of colonialism.” Colleagues and I reflect on criminology, conferencing and complicity at this year's Eurocrim link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Against Conferencing-as-usual in times of Genocide: Criminology, Complicity, and Sexual Violence in Palestine - Feminist Legal Studies
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
If you're interested in presenting or performing at the Fanniversary conference, please submit a title, biography and 150 word abstract of your work here www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/fanniversary...
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Fanniversary Conference — Vagina Museum
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We are particularly interested in work that bridges the gap between disciplines; works that agitate, distort and/or subvert heteronormative or cisnormative ideologies; and works that centre marginalised voices.
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This spring, we've teamed up with Open University to examine feminism, gender and justice within law, theatre and the humanities at our inaugural Fanniversary conference. We want to hear your proposals for papers, lectures, performances, workshops and more. www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/fanniversary...
Call for papers, performances, facilitators. Fannyversary conference 2026. Feminism, gender and justice in an increasingly reactionary world. Deadline: February 6 2026. Details on our website.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Remembering today that having your heart broken is a necessary step on the path to becoming fully human. Whichever heartbreak is your first, it’s probably critical that a state break your heart so that you can develop a political imagination. If this is your first, I’m sorry and also welcome.
A 35 year old letter to the editor, written by a very ballsy 15 year old, about the Rodney King verdict.
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
For those of you looking to follow some more queer scholar-activists in 2026, check out this starter pack with many fabulous folks. ✊🏾🌈
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
My suspicion is that the Trans community and allies left Twitter and arrived here early but it’s still worth re-upping this for those who left it a little longer: go.bsky.app/N6Qai5F
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The Dialectic of Sex was the first book of the women’s liberation movement to propound a feminist theory of sex. Here we have compiled works of feminism that live in conversation with the ideas Firestone expounded.
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Feminist Theory | Verso Reading Guide
Featuring books by Shulamith Firestone, Nancy Fraser, Vivian Gornick, Andreas Long Chu, and more!
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Ella Berny @ellarosebee.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
New piece in Feminist Legal Studies - open access 🧚
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I have the joy of working with a fantastic collective of feminist legal scholars as part of the Feminist Legal Studies Editorial Board. As a journal, we seek to publish engaging critical feminist research in both traditional scholarly and more creative formats. Check it out and share with others.
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Feminist Legal Studies @flsjournal.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Happy New Year! 🎊 In 2026, as ever, critical feminist legal scholarship has an important role to play in shaping dialogues about freedom, justice, and community. As an interdisciplinary journal, we welcome critical feminist work. Consider submitting your work to us: link.springer.com/journal/10691
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