Tag: feminism

Identity Crisis: Radical Gender Theory and the Left

Arena Quarterly no. 7

Richard King

Sep 2021

The idea that there is no significant relationship between sex and gender carries with it an assumption about human beings that should strike those on the material Left as a challenge to an idea of freedom without which ‘the Left’ as a political entity would never have come into being at all…
"The UK petitioners—neoliberal feminism and its unequal outrage

Julian Assange and the Femocracy, by Gavin Lewis

Arena Magazine no. 160

Gavin Lewis

Jun 2019

The UK petitioners—neoliberal feminism and its unequal outrage
"Countering the anti-maternal fantasies of the alt-Right

Mother Hate, by Julie Stephens

Arena Magazine no. 160

Julie Stephens

Jun 2019

Countering the anti-maternal fantasies of the alt-Right
"The notion ‘Me too’ carries the connotations of a certain (cultural) narcissism, and yet, or…

Me Too, by Alison Caddick

Arena Magazine no. 152

Alison Caddick

Feb 2018

The notion ‘Me too’ carries the connotations of a certain (cultural) narcissism, and yet, or integral with, a frailty around identity
"Entitlement, like normativity, sits upon unspoken cultural commitments, and perhaps even forms of otherness that…

Subjectivity, Surrogacy and Entitlement, by Alison Caddick

Arena Magazine 131

Alison Caddick

Aug 2014

Entitlement, like normativity, sits upon unspoken cultural commitments, and perhaps even forms of otherness that have been or will be turned into utility
"When the desire for children makes the exploitation of women OK

Surrogacy Is to Prostitution … by Grazyna Zajdow

Arena Magazine no. 130

Grazyna Zajdow

Jun 2014

When the desire for children makes the exploitation of women OK
"By John Hinkson

Producing Refugees (Editorial 1) Permission to Abuse (Editorial 2)

Arena Magazine 121

Dec 2012

By John Hinkson
"By Alison Caddick

Insult and Identity by Alison Caddick

Arena Magazine 120

Alison Caddick

Oct 2012

By Alison Caddick
"Alison Caddick questions the mainstreaming of porn

Pornification

Arena Magazine 105

Apr 2010

Alison Caddick questions the mainstreaming of porn
"Jennifer Power

Something Old, Something New

Arena Magazine 83

Jun 2006

Jennifer Power
"Breast implants, tummy tucks and nose jobs have become socially approved beauty practices in the…

Beauty and Misogyny

Arena Magazine 78

Aug 2005

Breast implants, tummy tucks and nose jobs have become socially approved beauty practices in the west, but SHEILA JEFFREYS argues they are better understood in terms of the United Nations' definition of harmful cultural and traditional practices
"Before the echo of the London bombs had even begun to die away, local pundits…

Stones and Bones

Arena Magazine 78

Aug 2005

Before the echo of the London bombs had even begun to die away, local pundits had a suspect in their sights, and a headshot-to-kill policy in their minds for multiculturalism. Pamela Bone was one of the first to suggest that this might be a warning sign that we have gone too far. Might it be […]