Gendering Computers in Science Fiction: What Gives?
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.
To Be or Not to Be, Nude! The Predictable Feminist Outrage
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.
Norms on Gender Equality and Violent Conflict
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.
Towards Heartfelt Positivity as a New Approach for (Feminist) IR
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.
What Does the Pussy Riot Case Tell Us about the Status of Women’s Human Rights In Russia?
In a context where feminism is demonised for transgressing a series of socially ingrained values, there is little prospect for the Pussy Riot case to be used to enhance women’s rights in Russia.
In Search of Righting Wrongs: Women and the Transitional Justice Process in Tunisia
The inclusion of women, especially Islamists as the largest group of victims, is important for the overall success of transitional justice and to ensure that women’s rights will not be eroded in Tunisia.
Feminists Theorize International Political Economy
Feminist IPE has long been characterized by critical, theoretically rich, and methodogically radical grounded research and theorization, and this is a key source of its most important analytic insights.
Feminism and the Current Debates on Women in Combat
There is no one answer to whether the opening up of direct ground-combat positions to women is a good or bad thing from a feminist perspective. Responses to the issue from gender scholars are diverse.
The Delhi Rape Case: Rethinking Feminism and Violence Against Women
Western feminism needs the support of Indian feminists to reconsider its third wave obsession with diversity and to rethink its politics and scholarship around violence against women.
Political Activism, Legal Discourses and Sexual Violence in India
Demands for legal changes are often an immediate response to issues such as the Delhi rape case. Yet, moderate successes are often useless if attitudes regarding women’s sexuality remain unchanged.
