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May 19, 2019

On Being a Working Class Academic

On Being a Working Class Academic What do we mean when we refer to someone as a working class academic? Why it is necessary to point out that I am a working class academic and not just an academic. Is it because in many ways it appears to be a…

Politics

7 min read


Aug 27, 2018

On Not Being Allowed into Leftist Spaces

It is becoming quite acceptable for certain sections of the left to declare that people like me –women who are ‘gender critical’ -should not be allowed in leftist or anarchist spaces. Leaving aside the arrogance and implicit authoritarianism of this claim, its lack of critical engagement with the stance of…

Transgender

10 min read


Aug 25, 2018

Class, Identity Politics and Transgender Ideology

Class, Identity Politics and Transgender Ideology Under Thatcher and then Blair and continuing up until our contemporary moment, the working class has seen its culture slowly and progressively destroyed. The change from an industrial society to a service society produced a marked shift in focus from the working class as…

Transgender

7 min read

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