Professor Sjoberg discusses gender and war, queer theory, women and gender in the International Relations discipline, her new blog, and offers advice for young scholars.
Hilary Lips leaves no stone unturned in her nuanced discussion of the construction of gender, issues of gender violence and the importance of deconstructing gender norms.
Mia Bloom’s Bombshell is an important contribution to the literature on the varied roles women perform in organized violence networks outside the formal structure of the state.
The transformation heralded by the 2011 uprisings still remains a very long way off. Replacement of one type of authoritarian state by another is very far from a feminist revolution.
Women are under-represented in International Relations. e-IR wants to hear from you: how do we bring more women’s voices into e-IR, as well as into the IR field as a whole? What do you think?
The prosecution of wartime sexual violence in Africa has created a debasing narrative about the bodies of African women, raising doubts over justice’s impartiality and independence from local influences.
Neil deGrasse Tyson wants to know why female computer voices always announce self-destruct sequences. The answer might be found in IR’s approach to feminism.
Feminist posturing, worried about the unintended consequences and racism of FEMEN’s unrest, leave no space for those women who may feel empathetic towards Amina Tyler and towards FEMEN.
Åsa Ekvall investigates the strong correlation between gender equality and violent conflict and finds that although causality is difficult to prove there is still value in examining the link between the two.
Feminist IR is preoccupied with the study of suffering, exploitation and vulnerabilities. A new approach should draw upon posthumanism to include joy, amusement and heartfelt positivity.
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