All Outputs (56)

No woman’s land? Revisiting border zone denizens (2019)
Journal Article

This article presents empirical data from survey research into lesbian and queer masculinities in the United Kingdom, conducted in 2017, which garnered over two hundred responses. Dominant themes emerged which addressed the differences between the se... Read More about No woman’s land? Revisiting border zone denizens.

No woman’s land? Female Masculinity in the borderlands (2018)
Journal Article

“Borders between gender categories, then, are zones of overlap, not lines” (Hale, 1998:323).

The borders Jacob Hale was referring to in this quote, are those between trans man and butch lesbian in particular. Hale argued that, rather than clear li... Read More about No woman’s land? Female Masculinity in the borderlands.

Raising children without gender stereotypes (2018)
Digital Artefact

By Dr Finn Mackay, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of England

You can now download, display and consult your very own guide to raising children without gender stereotypes, all in an A3 poster! The 20 tips introduced on t... Read More about Raising children without gender stereotypes.

The future of pornography - panel debate. Speakers | Finn Mackay, Rowan Pelling, Peter Tatchell (2018)
Other

Many 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... Read More about The future of pornography - panel debate. Speakers | Finn Mackay, Rowan Pelling, Peter Tatchell.

Beyond men and women - Should we fight prejudice or gender? (2018)
Other

From 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... Read More about Beyond men and women - Should we fight prejudice or gender?.

Lesbian/queer masculinities (2017)
Journal Article

Questions about the resonance and relevance of this classic and much stereotyped lesbian identity are not, of course, new questions. Perhaps the most well-known interrogation occurred during the famous ‘sex-wars’ of the 1980s, but arguably these deba... Read More about Lesbian/queer masculinities.

Un-teaching for boys (2017)
Journal Article

Ungendering our children - the harms of stereotyping and how to avoid them.

For men who don't mean anything by it (2017)
Journal Article

Sexual harassment sounds such a formal term, it sounds like a case at an employment tribunal. Everyone knows that sexual harassment is wrong and most probably illegal and certainly not politically correct. But an awful lot of people think that men se... Read More about For men who don't mean anything by it.

Book review: Being an early career feminist academic (2016)
Journal Article

Being an Early Career Feminist Academic: Global Perspectives, Experiences and Challenges, edited by Rachel Thwaites and Amy Pressland
Young scholars tell it like it is but is knowledge of replaceability a bar to change? asks Finn Mackay

Farewell, dear friend: The sociology of pet grief (2016)
Journal Article

An introduction to the sociology of pet grief, looking at data from the British Mass Observation Project and considering theories from the field of Animal Studies as well as Butler's theory of 'grievability'.

Andrea Dworkin - Behind the myths (2015)
Journal Article

There can be no better reason to discover the work of the late Andrea Dworkin, than all the various voices warning you not to!

Women are not their vaginas (2015)
Journal Article

I had the honour to meet and debate with Naomi Wolf in May 2015, visiting the UK to appear on Al Jazeera and talk about her last book "Vagina: A New Biography".

The mysterious case of the feminist non revolution (2015)
Journal Article

When is a revolution not a revolution? When it's about Women's Liberation of course; surprise, surprise. I'm tired of a feminism that acquiesces, of a feminism that smashes its own foundation instead of the patriarchy. Feminism is a global, political... Read More about The mysterious case of the feminist non revolution.

The biggest threat to feminism? It's not just the patriarchy (2015)
Journal Article

What is 'choice-feminism' and why isn't it feminist?

Finn Mackay on radical feminism (2015)
Journal Article

Feminism at the crossroads (2015)
Journal Article

Political not generational: Getting real about the Second Wave (2015)
Book Chapter

In the 1990s you could not move for stories about the death of feminism, the lack of politics in younger women and indeed the political disengagement of youth as a whole. Now though the media are busy suggesting that our social movement is in fact en... Read More about Political not generational: Getting real about the Second Wave.

Political Not Generational: Getting Real About Contemporary UK Radical Feminism (2015)
Journal Article

© 2014 Taylor & Francis. In this article, I present data from qualitative research with 30 self-identified radical feminists who are currently active in the British feminist movement. I explore how participants defined their feminism, and threats t... Read More about Political Not Generational: Getting Real About Contemporary UK Radical Feminism.

Radical feminism: Feminist activism in movement (2015)
Book

© 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 futur... Read More about Radical feminism: Feminist activism in movement.

Feminism in London Conference closing speech 2014 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The practice of patriarchy as a form of social governance has brought us to the brink of a planet crisis. The current model is bankrupt. In the run up to the UK general election in 2015, Finn Mackay urges feminists to engage in all forms of political... Read More about Feminism in London Conference closing speech 2014.