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Eco-Marxist and Marxist feminist thought frequently draws analogies between unwaged reproductive labor and the unvalued activities of nonhuman nature. But what is the basis of this analogy?

"Science has historically depicted female animals, including humans, as coy, passive, elusive, noncompetitive and sexually reserved, in line with societal ideologies about women." How do societal norms influence biological studies - and vice versa?

In dem Podiumsgespräch ging es darum, queere Geschichte(n) und Genealogien sichtbar zu machen, zu artikulieren und zu verbinden, um so die aktuellen Debatten historisch einzubetten. Wir haben die Geschichte von Inter* und trans* Mobilisierung und Organisierung erleuchtet und im gemeinsamen Gespräch ergründet.Teilnehmende des Podiumsgesprächs waren MERLIN SOPHIE BOOTSMANN und ULRIKE KLÖPPEL. Die Veranstaltung fand als Kooperation zwischen dem Cornelia Goethe Centrum für Frauenstudien und die Erforschung der Geschlechterverhältnisse, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, und dem Zentrum für Gender Studies und feministischer Zukunftsforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg, statt. Mit Unterstützung des Gleichstellungbüros, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt.

I consider the trope of “bad feelings”, set out in this lecture series, to explore the dynamics of shame in contemporary American women’s fiction.

This seminar series first examines how intersectionality is theorised, how it is situated within and across countries and how understanding of it shifts over time. It then engages with ways in which intersectionality is employed in research and practice. Each session in the seminar series will involve a presentation, group work and practical tasks.

This seminar series first examines how intersectionality is theorised, how it is situated within and across countries and how understanding of it shifts over time. It then engages with ways in which intersectionality is employed in research and practice. Each session in the seminar series will involve a presentation, group work and practical tasks.

This inaugural lecture explores the ways in which social ties are necessarily intersectional. Far from being reason for pessimism, the lecture concludes that recognition of divisions provides productive space to rethink psychosocial and intersectional divisions and ties in hopeful ways.

The journey behind the film 'The Witches of Gambaga' is discussed to highlight the dilemmas and challenges that arise when the interests of ”film production” and ”feminist strategy” embodied in two differently situated African feminist producers are brought together.

The journey behind the film 'The Witches of Gambaga' is discussed to highlight the dilemmas and challenges that arise when the interests of ”film production” and ”feminist strategy” embodied in two differently situated African feminist producers are brought together.