Sadiq Khan – A reply…
December 4, 2021
On 20th August 2021 I wrote an open letter to Sadiq Khan after the removal of feminist activist and author Joan Smith, from the role of independent co-chair to the Violence
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Transphobe – We found the witch, burn her!
A contextual constructionist account of the silencing of feminist discourse on the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and the policy capture of transgender ideology, focusing on the potential impacts and consequences for female-only spaces for victims of male violence.
Woman on a mission
Dr Shonagh Dillon has nearly 3 decades of experience working in the MVAW (Male Violence Against Women) sector, she is the founder and CEO at Aurora New Dawn working with victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking.
Events and talks
I was privileged to speak at A Women’s Place – Fighting For Women’s Services alongside Nicola Benge, Catia Freitas and Vivienne Hayes MBE. The webinar was chaired by Karen Ingala Smith.
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Recent posts
Stonewall and the Male Violence Against Women sector
November 13, 2021
(Figure 13 What is a woman? – Transwomen are Women Online Ethnography Screenshot, July 2019) Stonewall has been in the spotlight a lot recently, so I thought I would take
Following the anti feminist thread…
September 12, 2021
On 10th September – Rose Duffield MP wrote a brilliant and brave thread and in it she defended single sex spaces for female victims of male violence. The usual misogyny
Rapists are male
September 6, 2021
(Credit to Karen Ingala Smith for the title) The wonderful Murray Blackburn Mackenzie lodged a petition with the Scottish Parliament on June 2nd 2021 to accurately record the sex of
An Open Letter to Sadiq Khan
August 20, 2021
Figure 15 Silencing Node – Consequences of Speaking Out Word Cloud (Dillon, 2021) 20/08/2021 Dear Mr Khan, I write to you in respect of yesterday’s news in both The Times and
An interview with Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, OBE
August 15, 2021
Dr Jhutti-Johal is a Reader in Sikh Studies in the Department of Theology and Religion, University of Birmingham. Dr Jhutti-Johal is a board member and trustee on a number of organisations and