Women's Voices
An Interview With Muslim Women
(EDIT: This piece was originally referred to as a focus group – I have received criticism on twitter for referring to it as that and
May 8, 2022
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Survivors Network letter to the EHRC
In response to the long-awaited Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance on single sex spaces, a rape crisis service, Survivors Network Brighton, published an
April 18, 2022
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DA Act – Data Collection – Replacing the Protected Characteristic of ‘Sex’ with ‘Gender Identity’ for Victims in Safe Accommodation
When something gets under my skin it can really gnaw away at me, I don’t tend to give up easily. So, following on from my
February 26, 2022
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Post research reflections…
It has been nine months since I defended my research and earned the title Doctor – much to my kids dismay this does not automatically
February 16, 2022
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Victims Bill Consultation
The government opened a consultation into the proposed Victims Bill which aims to build on the Victims Code. The consultation ran from 9th December 2021
February 3, 2022
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Sadiq Khan – A reply…
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
December 4, 2021
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Stonewall and the Male Violence Against Women sector
(Figure 13 What is a woman? – Transwomen are Women Online Ethnography Screenshot, July 2019) Stonewall has been in the spotlight a lot recently, so
November 13, 2021
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Following the anti feminist thread…
On 10th September – Rose Duffield MP wrote a brilliant and brave thread and in it she defended single sex spaces for female victims of
September 12, 2021
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Rapists are male
(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
September 6, 2021
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An Open Letter to Sadiq Khan
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
August 20, 2021
Women's Voices
An interview with Dr Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, OBE
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
August 15, 2021
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Sex offenders in single sex spaces – where’s my movement?
On the 2nd and 3rd August 2021 respectively The Telegraph and The Times published articles on policies that allow trans identified men into women’s single
August 3, 2021
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A Scottish Sister Speaks
I was lucky enough to catch up with Jessie* over Zoom, here is our conversation (obviously edited because we can both have a chat and
July 24, 2021
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Single Sex Services on a spectrum…
(Photo credit Marco Melgrati Online Ethnography, Screenshot July 2020) If I had a pound for every time I had read a call for clearer guidance
July 10, 2021
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TERF/BIGOT/Transphobe – The Elevator Pitch
When you finish a long piece of work like a doctoral thesis people frequently (and if you are a chatterbox, like me – somewhat annoyingly)
July 2, 2021
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Welcome to my website!
Thanks so much for visiting. I hope you find the contents useful even if you don’t agree with it all (spoiler alert you won’t)…
June 15, 2021