Feminist Dissent
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A journal examining the multifaceted links between resurgent religious fundamentalism and gender. Reposts are not endorsements. Banner image: Shamsia Hassani
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Join us for online launch of Feminist Dissent 8, with Gita Saghal, Judith Götz and Chetan Bhatt. 30 September 5pm UK time. Free but register below for the link. Link to the issue in reply.
Searing new blog post by Yasmin Rehman:
"There is of course nothing new in what Farage and Yusuf announced. It is a direct lift from the National Front leaflets of the 1970s with an added sprinkle..."
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"There is of course nothing new in what Farage and Yusuf announced. It is a direct lift from the National Front leaflets of the 1970s with an added sprinkle..."
feministdissent.org/blog-posts/s...
September 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Searing new blog post by Yasmin Rehman:
"There is of course nothing new in what Farage and Yusuf announced. It is a direct lift from the National Front leaflets of the 1970s with an added sprinkle..."
feministdissent.org/blog-posts/s...
"There is of course nothing new in what Farage and Yusuf announced. It is a direct lift from the National Front leaflets of the 1970s with an added sprinkle..."
feministdissent.org/blog-posts/s...
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🧵Ahead of @tuc.org.uk, which starts in #Brighton today, check out the #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network briefing on how Women’s TUC and Conference structures function and feed into making TUC policy.
🔗 filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN-WTUC-2025-6-Briefing.pdf
#UnionsForWomen
#TUC2025
#TUC25
🔗 filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN-WTUC-2025-6-Briefing.pdf
#UnionsForWomen
#TUC2025
#TUC25
September 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🧵Ahead of @tuc.org.uk, which starts in #Brighton today, check out the #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network briefing on how Women’s TUC and Conference structures function and feed into making TUC policy.
🔗 filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN-WTUC-2025-6-Briefing.pdf
#UnionsForWomen
#TUC2025
#TUC25
🔗 filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN-WTUC-2025-6-Briefing.pdf
#UnionsForWomen
#TUC2025
#TUC25
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While Lucy Connolly was being feted at the Reform conference, hundreds were being arrested for their speech opposing the proscription of Palestine Action. Yet those turning Connolly into a free speech martyr seem to have little to say about those arrests. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More than 425 arrested at rally against Palestine Action ban in London
Hundreds gathered in Parliament Square to oppose the group's ban under anti-terrorism legislation.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
While Lucy Connolly was being feted at the Reform conference, hundreds were being arrested for their speech opposing the proscription of Palestine Action. Yet those turning Connolly into a free speech martyr seem to have little to say about those arrests. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rosie Lewis is another FD collective member speaking at FiLia about the new report from the Angelou Centre and Project Resist UK on the impact of last year's far right riots on minoritised women and children. #WhyDoIHaveToHideAway #StoriesofColour
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
ROSIE LEWIS, Co-Director of @projectresist.bsky.social, formerly the Deputy Director & #VAWG Services Manager at the Angelou Centre & a member of @feministdissent.bsky.social
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#WhyDoIHaveToHideAway #StoriesOfColour #Brighton
ROSIE LEWIS, Co-Director of @projectresist.bsky.social, formerly the Deputy Director & #VAWG Services Manager at the Angelou Centre & a member of @feministdissent.bsky.social
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#WhyDoIHaveToHideAway #StoriesOfColour #Brighton
September 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Rosie Lewis is another FD collective member speaking at FiLia about the new report from the Angelou Centre and Project Resist UK on the impact of last year's far right riots on minoritised women and children. #WhyDoIHaveToHideAway #StoriesofColour
Join us for online launch of Feminist Dissent 8, with Gita Saghal, Judith Götz and Chetan Bhatt. 30 September 5pm UK time. Free but register below for the link. Link to the issue in reply.
September 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Join us for online launch of Feminist Dissent 8, with Gita Saghal, Judith Götz and Chetan Bhatt. 30 September 5pm UK time. Free but register below for the link. Link to the issue in reply.
Proud that FD collective member Gita Sahgal is joining the roster of speakers and grassroots activists at FiLia.
Looking forward to this!
Looking forward to this!
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥
Gita Sahgal, writer, activist and film-maker. She is a co-founder of @sbsisters.bsky.social and Women Against Fundamentalism and she serves as an Editorial Collective member of @feministdissent.bsky.social.
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#WomenAgainstFundamentalism
Gita Sahgal, writer, activist and film-maker. She is a co-founder of @sbsisters.bsky.social and Women Against Fundamentalism and she serves as an Editorial Collective member of @feministdissent.bsky.social.
🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets
#WomenAgainstFundamentalism
September 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Proud that FD collective member Gita Sahgal is joining the roster of speakers and grassroots activists at FiLia.
Looking forward to this!
Looking forward to this!
New issue 8 is out now!
With authoritarianism, racist nationalism and misogyny rising, how do we respond? Edited by Stephen Cowden, Jane Gabriel, Gita Sahgal, Amrita Shodhan & Rashmi Varna, with bold and evocative artwork by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar.
Watch this space...
With authoritarianism, racist nationalism and misogyny rising, how do we respond? Edited by Stephen Cowden, Jane Gabriel, Gita Sahgal, Amrita Shodhan & Rashmi Varna, with bold and evocative artwork by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar.
Watch this space...
July 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
New issue 8 is out now!
With authoritarianism, racist nationalism and misogyny rising, how do we respond? Edited by Stephen Cowden, Jane Gabriel, Gita Sahgal, Amrita Shodhan & Rashmi Varna, with bold and evocative artwork by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar.
Watch this space...
With authoritarianism, racist nationalism and misogyny rising, how do we respond? Edited by Stephen Cowden, Jane Gabriel, Gita Sahgal, Amrita Shodhan & Rashmi Varna, with bold and evocative artwork by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar.
Watch this space...
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Great comprehensive thread on last night’s 📚📖launch event for Planet Patriarchy 🌎
Went to the @filiacharity.bsky.social launch of Planet Patriarchy by @campbellbeatrix.bsky.social and @rahilag.bsky.social last night - @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social facilitated a fascinating conversation & it sounds like an amazing book! Really looking forward to reading. 🧵
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Great comprehensive thread on last night’s 📚📖launch event for Planet Patriarchy 🌎
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MILLION WOMEN RISE
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
Sat 8th March 2025 Global Gathering of WOMEN to end mens violence in all its forms! find us on instagram million_women_rise tiktok.com/@millionwome...
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY
Sat 8th March 2025 Global Gathering of WOMEN to end mens violence in all its forms! find us on instagram million_women_rise tiktok.com/@millionwome...
January 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Sick of right wing populists, lefty neoliberals, ageing anarchists, ideologically-illiterate, ahistorical activists fuelling racism by joining "Asian grooming gangs" rhetoric. If concerned about abuse of women and girls can look to the Catholic church, honours list, Epstein's friend, EDL/BNP ...
The right is trying to rewrite history with its toxic rhetoric on Britain’s rape gangs | Kenan Malik
Girls who have suffered terrible abuse are now being exploited by populists for their own ends
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sick of right wing populists, lefty neoliberals, ageing anarchists, ideologically-illiterate, ahistorical activists fuelling racism by joining "Asian grooming gangs" rhetoric. If concerned about abuse of women and girls can look to the Catholic church, honours list, Epstein's friend, EDL/BNP ...
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Iran is one of the world’s top executioners of women:
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#EndGenderApartheid #PakhshanAzizi #VerishehMoradi
Iran is one of the world’s top executioners of women:
www.change.org/p/call-to-ac...
#EndGenderApartheid #PakhshanAzizi #VerishehMoradi
January 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Please sign the petition
Iran is one of the world’s top executioners of women:
www.change.org/p/call-to-ac...
#EndGenderApartheid #PakhshanAzizi #VerishehMoradi
Iran is one of the world’s top executioners of women:
www.change.org/p/call-to-ac...
#EndGenderApartheid #PakhshanAzizi #VerishehMoradi