An Apology to JK Rowling
JK Rowling recently published an eminently reasonable, heartfelt treatise, outlining why it is important to preserve the category of woman. There’s only one thing wrong with it: it assumes a…
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Petra Bueskens
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Dr Petra Bueskens is an Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Melbourne, a psychotherapist in private practice and a freelance opinion writer. Her books include Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities (Routledge 2018) and the edited volumes Mothering and Psychoanalysis (Demeter, 2014) and Australian Mothering: Historical and Sociological Perspectives (Palgrave, 2020).
Wollstonecraft’s Dilemma: Identity Politics and Feminism
Although the ideology of identity politics remains hegemonic in the academy and in many social institutions, a growing—and arguably necessary—body of critique has been emerging. These critiques have emanated both…
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