Why do women join white nationalist and other far-right movements? Misogyny is rampant on the alt-right, along with the notion that women’s primary role is to be wives and child-bearers. But the liberal centre can be an ambivalent place for women too. Feminism was founded on the ideal of equality, and on the belief that […]
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Tracy Llanera: Resentment, Guilt, and Shame Under Patriarchy Panel
Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera will be participating in a public panel on resentment, guilt, and shame under patriarchy live on Zoom on August 9, 2021. The event will begin with three short talks: Dr Louise Richardson-Self (UTAS) — “Affirmative Action, Gender, and Merit” Dr Tracy Llanera (UNDA/UConn) — “Misogyny, Feminism, and the Alt-Right“ Dr Filipa Melo Lopes (Edinburgh) […]
Tracy Llanera: Guest on “The Minefield”
Listen to Assistant Professor Tracy Llanera’s recent guest appearance on The Minefield with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens on ABC Radio National. In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life. This episode addresses such questions as whether a […]
Tracy Llanera: Alt-Right, Misogyny, and Feminism
Listen to Tracy Llanera’s recent interview on Radical Philosophy (3CR Community Radio–Melbourne, Australia). Dr. Tracy Llanera discusses how the alt-right is different from other racist groups, what is meant by the term “White Power Barbie” and the exit cases of women from other extremist groups.
Lewis Gordon: Pan-African Forums, Africa Day
Professor Lewis Gordon served as a panelist on the Pan-African Forums: Africa Day event hosted by The Elephant. *** To commemorate Africa Day, we think about how Pan-Africanism has reproduced itself, evolved theoretically and practically in different spaces through reflection and critique, and catalysed a range of important initiatives all over Global Africa, focusing on […]
Lewis Gordon: 47th Connecticut People’s World African-American History Month Celebration
Read about the 47th Connecticut People’s World African-American History Month Celebration, “Georgia On My Mind, The Third Reconstruction,” in People’s World. Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon served as the keynote speaker for the event.
Lewis Gordon: “How the Court of Law Needs to Change for Racial Justice in America”
Listen to Professor and Department Head Lewis Gordon’s recent interview on Let’s Go There with Shira & Ryan, “Racial Justice in America: Police Officers Need to be Subject to the Law and Not Above the Law.” **Episode Description** “Minnesota is in a state of crisis. During the high profile trial of Derek Chauvin trial for […]
Tracy Llanera: The Women Doing Philosophy Group in the Philippines
At the height of the pandemic crisis in 2020, Filipino women philosophers everywhere gathered virtually to form the group Women Doing Philosophy. Read two feature essays about the organization in the APA-Black Issues in Philosophy Blog: “To Slay a Specter: on the Founding of the Women Doing Philosophy Group in the Phillippines” by Cass Teodosio, […]