Gender and Sexuality

Review – Gendering European Integration Theory. Engaging new Dialogues.

Petra Ahrens • Feb 3 2017 • Features

Although the volume lacks a deeper gender-blind approach, it prepares the ground for a more meaningful dialogue between gender studies and the wider social sciences.

Inhabiting Orthodoxy: Discussing Islam and Feminism, Continued

Patricia Sohn • Dec 9 2016 • Articles

Examining how Muslim women in the Middle East inscribe themselves in their own religion can help clarify differences and similarities between ‘us’ and ‘them’.

Review – The Global Trajectories of Queerness

Andrea Waling • Nov 24 2016 • Features

A must read text for anyone teaching gender studies who is seeking to diversify their accounts of queer theory, gender and sexuality from cross-cultural perspectives.

Political Contestation and the Problem of Bordered Thinking

Jonathon Whooley • Nov 3 2016 • Articles

Regionalization, internationalization and context have blinded us to the impact of larger social movements in contemporary politics.

4 Things Feminists Tell Us about Private Security: A Gender Audit on Security

Amanda Chisholm • Nov 1 2016 • Articles

In various ways feminists continue to draw our attention to how gender underpins the political and economics of security.

Hidden Victims of International Terrorism: Muslim Women in the USA

Serap Gur • Oct 31 2016 • Articles

Muslim women face a dilemma: in some places they are attacked for not wearing a headscarf, in others for wearing one. After every new terrorist attack, they are targeted.

Amazon, American, or Israeli? The Pitfalls of ‘UN-iversalising’ Wonder Woman

Robert A. Saunders • Oct 30 2016 • Articles

There is no shortage of reasons why the choice of Wonder Woman as Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls is a dangerous one for the UN.

Interview – Anthony J. Langlois

E-International Relations • Oct 27 2016 • Features

Anthony J. Langlois discusses his research on the relationship between International Relations Theory and Global Sexuality Politics.

An Exploration into Queerness and Race in Contemporary Comics

Rudy Loewe • Oct 12 2016 • Articles

Having queer characters in works, even when the narrative is not specifically about being queer, is crucial.

Review – Handbook on Gender and War

Caroline Cottet • Oct 3 2016 • Features

This book is valuable for the study of gender and violence. Not only academics but also those who deal with the issue in everyday life will find it a worthwhile read.

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