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

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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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.

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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 […]
Details on the life of Margaret Hall near the spot where she was killed

Introducing Margaret Hall's Cairn

Following sustained activism by local historian Andy Arthur and author Sara Sheridan, a cairn in Edinburgh has been renamed to reflect the woman whose life was taken near the spot […]
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The Digital Economy and Cultural Change in India

How do startups and digital economies come to acquire their value? In a recent EFI article, Dr. Gupta shares her research on the gendered and racialized labor sustaining transnational techno capitalism.
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Alt text as Poetry

To mark the recently passed International Day of People with Disabilities, the GENDER.ED team want to highlight the Alt-text as Poetry initiative between artists Bojana Coklyat and Finnegan Shannon, and […]
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Supporting Women in Peace Processes as Civic Space Shrinks

Laura Wise reflects on how external actors can support women in a shrinking civic space, emphasizing the importance of context. Civic space worldwide is undergoing significant changes, with growing concerns about the shrinking or shifting environments in which citizens, particularly women, can engage in political and civic activities. This blogpost explores how restrictive civic environments, coupled with patriarchal repression, create unique challenges for women’s participation in peace processes.

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