Browsing Tag
socialist feminism
24 posts
Fascism & misogyny – how anti-feminism fuels the far right
Misogyny and the promotion of oppressive, rigid gender norms have always been key characteristics of the far-right and…
Looksmaxxing, Mogging & the Sexual Market Place: the latest far-right manosphere subculture
By Harper Cleves CW: misogyny, racism, self-harm, body dysmorphiaThe year 2026 has been ‘epic’ in the most disastrous…
(South) Momentum grows for full ban on courts use of survivors’ counselling notes
By Laura Fitzgerald Since being elected one year ago, Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party TD, made it a priority…
Endometriosis, medical misogyny, and capitalism
By Marie-Claire Jennequin Medical misogyny – the systemic devaluation of women’s (and people assigned female at birth’s) pain,…
Why does my guilty pleasure feel like a case study in coercive control? – love as labour on ‘Love Island’
By Kate Quinlan and Carla Grainger We used to call Love Island our guilty pleasure. Now the guilt…
3,000 march for trans rights in Belfast
By Ann-Katrin Orr On Saturday, May 17th, Belfast was filled with a 3,000 – strong March for Trans…
Right wing lies target athletes at the Olympics
Since the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics right-wing queerphobic attacks have permeated the event. This includes the opening ceremony including drag queens inspired by Greek mythology which were described by conservatives as “satanic” and “demonic”. The inclusion of drag queens, while positive in the context of the backlash on drag internationally, is also cynically used considering the exclusion of many trans athletes from the Olympics
Reclaiming the Radical Roots of International Women’s Day
Did you know that International Women’s Day (IWD) was actually born out of the women led, anti-capitalist struggles against war and imperialism?
“A Pillar of Strength” – Anti-oppression struggles and the revolutionary process
Marxism is often falsely purported as not reckoning with different forms of oppression; that it is innately ‘class reductionist’ – privileging class exploitation over other forms of oppression such as racism, sexism and LGBTQIAphobia, whose ravages it at least diminishes, if not ignores. This is a misconception as we will go on to show, irrespective of all the litany of mistakes of many left traditions on the question. I
Transphobia in Sport: Right-Wing Myths Cover Up Chronic Underfunding
The far-right claims they want to protect women’s sports by excluding transgender people. In reality, various sports federations, and far-right politicians, are trying to divert attention from the huge deficits and disinvestment in women’s sport. At the same time, they hope to score political points on the back of one of society’s most vulnerable groups.