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The future of pornography - panel debate. Speakers | Finn Mackay, Rowan Pelling, Peter Tatchell
No full textMany believe that porn's dark fantasies risk corrupting relationships and society. Has this arisen because pornography is largely created by men? Could feminist pornography featuring authentic sex, diverse bodies and female perspectives offer a truly liberating alternative? Or is porn fundamentally incompatible with intimacy and a problem for all of us until its abolished? Feminist thinker Finn Mackay, author of Belle de Jour: Diary of a London Call Girl Brooke Magnanti, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell and Erotic Review editor Rowan Pelling imagine the future of pornography.In association with the New College of the Humanities
Queer
No full textFinn Mackay reviews the history of queer activism and queer theory, while situating this history in the context of our current fraught political situation
Beyond men and women - Should we fight prejudice or gender?
No full textFrom Facebook's customisable gender option to popstars in drag, the traditional categories of male and female are now being challenged in the mainstream. But what would a world beyond gender really look like? Would it eradicate inequality or instead embed stereotypes? Should we keep gender and fight prejudice, or would a world beyond gender be both fair and free?The PanelIn this debate, radical feminist author Finn Mackay, Labour MP Angela Eagle and Professor of Continental Philosophy Patricia MacCormack examine the potential and pitfalls of a genderless world
Radical feminism: Feminist activism in movement
No full text© Finn Mackay 2015. Feminist activism is enjoying a global resurgence. A new wave of feminists is taking to the streets in protest against rape, abuse, prostitution and inequality, and asserting a powerful new vision for women's liberation. The future of feminism has become a global march for justice and action demanding an end to male violence against women.In this ground-breaking book from one of the leading feminist activists of our generation, Finn Mackay advances a radical and pioneering feminist manifesto for today's audience that exposes the real reasons why women are still oppressed and what feminist activism must do to counter it. Through a vibrant and original account of the global Reclaim the Night March and drawing on interviews with activists from across the generations, this book confronts the controversial issues facing men, women and feminism in contemporary society to shatter the illusion that equality has been reached. Translating classic texts and charting the changes and challenges of the feminist movement from the 1970s onwards, Mackay argues that feminist activism continues to be urgent and relevant today
Philosophy in the bedroom
No full textFor 250 years de Sade's writing was outlawed. Yet Fifty Shades has turned the exploration of pain and pleasure into an oddly commonplace entertainment. Do these pursuits embed undesirable power relations or are they essential to our sexuality and a route to radical forms of ecstasy? The Panel Professor of European Philosophy Alison Stone, feminist academic Finn Mackay, founder of erotic boutique Coco de Mer Sam Roddick, and sociologist Steve Fuller debate sexuality and taboo
Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars The Politics of Sex
No full textFemale Masculinities and the Gender Wars provides important theoretical background and context to the 'gender wars' or 'TERF wars' – the violent feminist fracture at the forefront of the LGBTQ international conversation. Using queer and female masculinities as a lens, Finn Mackay investigates the current generational shift that is refusing the previous assumed fixity of sex, gender and sexual identity. Transgender and trans rights movements are currently experiencing political backlash from within certain lesbian and lesbian feminist groups, resulting in a situation in which these two minority communities are frequently pitted against one another or perceived as diametrically opposed.Uniquely, Finn Mackay approaches this debate through the context of female masculinity, butch and transmasculine lesbian masculinities. There has been increasing interest in the study of masculinity, influenced by a popular discourse around so-called 'toxic masculinity', the rise of men's rights activism and theory and critical work on Trump's America and the MeToo movement.An increasingly important topic in political science and sociological academia, this book aims to break new ground in the discussion of the politics of gender and identity
The politics of gender and identity
No full textCan we find a way through and even around the messy “gender wars” currently raging on-and offline? A 2021 profile of Finn Mackay in The Guardian described them as “the writer hoping to help end the gender wars”. However, in the days leading up to this conversation in early April 2022, the UK government reneged on their promise to ban conversion therapy for trans people and Finn acknowledges that the gender wars have significantly worsened in the time following the publication of their book, Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars, in 2021. In this conversation, Finn explores the histories of feminist exclusions; the deepening political antagonism towards the trans community; the performance of gender; and much more
How to be human
No full textThe word “humane” conjures the best we can be: kind, empathetic, considerate. Yet as a species we are uniquely competitive and warlike. Is this who we really are, and the source of our success? Should we encourage competition in our culture? Or seek to eradicate it as the likely cause of our own demise? The PanelAuthor of Booker Prize Shortlisted The Lives of Others Neel Mukherjee, senior policy advisor to Tony Blair Julian Le Grand, London Feminist Network founder Finn Mackay investigate the heart of humanity
Exploring transgender law and politics
No full textIn a large event with audience participation at the University of Oxford, organized by Ruth Chang, Catharine A. MacKinnon, together with commentators Finn Mackay, Mischa Shuman, and Sandra Fredman, engage crucial issues of transgender identity, experience, and treatment in the context of requirements for the liberation of women, and evaluate current debates by feminist standards. Legal, social, political, and philosophical questions are documented and explored
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