Tag: Feminism
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Support in Self Isolation #4: gender, feminism and queer studies e-books (massive folder)
Gender research is one of those things that gets me excited, and having access to a large folder of resources really, really gets me going. Here is a link to an open access Google Drive folder of e-books that cover a very broad range of topics under the banners of gender, feminism, and queer studies.…
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Support in Self Isolation #2: FACTS 2020 Report
On Sunday March 8, FACTS 2020 was published and launched worldwide. FACTS is an independent piece of research carried out every two years by female:pressure, a global music network for people working in electronic music. FACTS quantifies the gender of performers on the line ups of electronic music festivals worldwide, and the 2020 edition highlighted…
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Support in Self Isolation #1: COVID-19 Online Resources
For everyone who is self-isolating and staying at home there is the opportunity of time alongside the crisis. Regularly throughout our time in lock down I will share useful and interesting online resources, such as open documents created by music communities, feminist e-books, books to order online, music podcasts, feminist podcasts and communities. This first…
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A site for change: Woman are Boring continue to shift perceptions of women in research
Women are Boring is a digital footprint with a unique agenda – to provide a platform for critical research undertaken by women worldwide. Since 2016, WaB has developed into the nucleus for a very special kind of subversive orbit. Today in 2018 the much loved women’s research website continues to shine a light on the…
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Resistance transmission: Activists in Palestine crowdfunding for women’s radio
This is a call for action and support. Recently through the female:pressure network a call for donations was made by four women activists in Palestine who are establishing a radio station led by Palestinian women at the Jordan Valley (Area C). “The main goal is to support WOMEN and give them the opportunity to creatively…
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A guide to feminist media research: Part one, introductory papers
The exact origins of media and communications research are often debated as uncertain, and have been described as “never fully charted“. Though generally, we can say that from the 1940s onward media studies developed significantly as a recognised field of research that has distinct linkages to numerous subjects within social science and the humanities (for…
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Alien She’s ‘Goodbye 8’ is my voting anthem
On Friday May 25, I’m going home to Galway so that I can vote in the referendum to repeal the Eighth Amendment of our constitution. I’m voting yes. There are thousands of reasons to vote in favour of deleting the Eighth Amendment and allowing for abortion services to take place in Ireland. We have heard…
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2019 female:pressure FACTS Survey to feature Irish festivals
Right now a lot of work is being done by female:pressure members to gather data on the gender ratios of music festivals world wide, to create the next FACTS Survey which will be released next year. Irish music festivals are going to be a much more prominent part of this research. Since 2012, the online…
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The (brief) argument for research in resistance
I believe in resistance, and I believe in knowledge as resistance. When I look in the mirror I see a woman, a journalist, a bisexual and a potential voice – in that order. In my lifetime I have realised myself as all four of these things. But the first was one that I had to…
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Researching gender in music: gendered space, female visibility & redesigning environments
Discussing the environment of the music industry and the research that led me to question female visibility, and gendered space in music.
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