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Book chapter on ‘anti-gender’ and trans-exclusionary feminism now open-access
I first started writing about ‘anti-gender’ movements and trans-exclusionary feminism more than a decade ago. These movements had nothing like their current power and reach, but all the seeds were there (and many of us were raising the alarm). Now, there is a large, vibrant and growing field of research on ‘anti-gender’ movements. My 2020…
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New article out in Red Pepper
I have a new article just out in Red Pepper, called ‘The Political Economy of the Manosphere’. Drawing on arguments from my new book, it extends ‘backlash’ accounts of online misogyny and explores the deeper structures of platform capitalism/technofeudalism that underpin it. Read it below.
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Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism out today
Dear friends, I wanted to let you know that my book Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism is out today. It’s coming out as a hardback/eBook in the first instance, for library purchase – if you are in academia, please put it on your reading lists if you think it would be appropriate, and please recommend it to your…
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‘Inside the manosphere’, beyond the backlash: the technofeudal covenant
This piece is based on a shorter one written for an anthology I co-authored with Rob Walker, Benjamin Nangle, David S. Smith and Antje Joel, which was originally published by the Reactionary Politics Research Network in Red Lines. The piece draws on arguments from Chapter Seven of my forthcoming book, Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism.…
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Upcoming hybrid talk on Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism
On April 23rd, I will be doing a talk on my forthcoming book, hosted by the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) at the University of Manchester. The talk is free, hybrid and open to all, whether in person or online – you just need to sign up here. The abstract is below –…
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New paper out: transformative justice in universities
I have a new paper out in the Journal of Gender and Justice and co-authored with Erin Shannon, Nikki Godden-Rasul, and Tina Sikka. It’s called ‘Transformative justice in English universities: exploring the conditions of possibility.’ The abstract is below and an open-access version of the accepted manuscript is available here. If you have access, you…
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The coloniality of sexual violence
On the evening of 17th March 2025, the state of Israel unilaterally ended a nominal two-month ceasefire in Gaza. In one of the deadliest episodes of the whole genocide, that night’s assault killed more than 400 Palestinians and wounded more than 550. The morning after, Netanyahu made a statement announcing the resumption of hostilities. He…
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Spanish translation of article on Gisèle Pelicot
My article on Gisèle Pelicot and abolition feminism, originally published on the Abolitionist Futures blog, has now been translated into Spanish by the wonderful comrades at Zona de Estrategia. You can read the Spanish version below – please do share onwards to any Spanish speakers/readers you think might be interested. https://zonaestrategia.net/hace-falta-todo-un-pueblo-para-violar-a-una-mujer-comunidad-modernidad-y-gisele-pelicot/
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Sexual violence as the pretext for disposal: talk and discussion at California State
I recently did a talk and discussion for California State University San Bernardino’s ‘Conversations on Race and Policing‘ series, which is now on YouTube and Spotify (also embedded below). This was based on Chapter Six of my upcoming book – the chapter focuses on how sexual violence functions as a bordering project, and traces what…
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First podcast on new book
I was recently interviewed by Dominic Bowen on The International Risk Podcast, about my new book Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism. We covered a lot of ground, including: how I frame sexual violence as a tool of racial capitalism; how this changes the way we think about its causes and solutions; how the idea of…
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