Gender and Sexuality

Embodied Subjectivities in International Relations

Lauren Wilcox • Aug 5 2014 • Articles

Theories of war and violence in IR depend on assumptions about the relationship between bodies, subjectivity, and violence that are often more implicit than explicit.

Interview – Katrien Jacobs

E-International Relations • Jul 21 2014 • Features

Professor Jacobs discusses her research on pornography, censorship, and visual anthropology in the context of global capitalism, social control, and superpower rivalry.

Review – Feminist Strategies in International Governance

Eric M. Blanchard • Jul 15 2014 • Features

Caglar, Prügl & Zwingel’s excellent collection will hopefully help steer the agenda of institutions like the UN and the World Bank towards innovative feminist policies.

Why the Continuing Siege on Reproductive Rights?

Rebecca J. Cook • Jul 13 2014 • Articles

Understanding attacks on reproductive rights requires examining historical, psychological, legal, religious, & political perspectives to find answers.

Man-Up Mr Snowden! Masculinities and National Security

Klaus Dodds • Jun 8 2014 • Articles

Ever since news broke that Edward Snowden was the National Security Agency ‘leaker’ and fugitive, discussion has raged about his masculinity, including his sexuality.

Interview – Laura Sjoberg

E-International Relations • Apr 25 2014 • Features

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.

American Exceptionalism: The Gender Factor

Bonnie Mann • Mar 23 2014 • Articles

To undo the conceit of American exceptionalism, we have to undo the power of sovereign masculinity and address the seduction it exercises across the political spectrum.

R2P and Gender: The Marginalization of Responsibilities

Sara E. Davies • Mar 13 2014 • Articles

It is not enough to say R2P must have a gendered approach without identifying what such an approach should look like, and who is responsible for taking this forward.

Review – Gender: The Basics

Caron Gentry • Feb 18 2014 • Features

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.

The Dilemma of Living in a Complex, Multi-faith Society

Simon Thompson • Jan 23 2014 • Articles

To what extent it is permissible for a group in a democratic society to conduct its collective life in accordance with rules which are not fully congruent with the laws of that society?

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