For International Women's Day the Centre for Religion in Society is hosting a talk by Dr Finn Mackay.

Finn is senior lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of England, UWE Bristol, and is a longstanding feminist activist, founder of the London Feminist Network, reviver of the Reclaim the Night March and a veteran of the Women's Peace Movement. Finn's latest book, 'Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars', explores the political backlash aimed at the trans rights movement, with the aim of providing a radical feminist perspective that is inclusive of trans and nonbinary identities. A brilliant storyteller, Finn will put the political and radical discourse back into International Women's Day.

T he talk will run from 5.00 - 6.00pm, then followed by a drinks reception and book signing in the Atrium until 7.00pm.

About the Centre for Religion in Society:

The Centre for Religion in Society (CRiS) at York St John University provides a forum where scholars and practitioners can come together to examine the role of religion in the cultural, social, and political life of society.

Hold this date! UWE Social Sciences Research Group event. I am honoured to be hosting visiting Professor from Boston speaking in Bristol. FREE. Tickets will be available soon.

Professor Suzanna Danuta Walters, Northeastern University, Boston, Mass, US. Women's, Genders, and Sexualities Program. Editor in Chief of International feminist journal Signs. Public lecture: "On Loving Feminism: Disagreements, Politics, and the Feminist Future".

Watershed, Bristol. Room: Waterside 2.

Starts 6pm.

Ends 7.30pm

Välkommen till samtal med Finn Mackay och Anna-Maria Sörberg på Whippet Lab, torsdag 5 oktober. Samtalet startar 18.30 (öppet från 17).

Welcome to a conversation between Finn Mackay and Anna-Maria Sörberg at Whippet Lab, Stockholm, October 5th.

“In a way I have been researching this book my whole life, because I have been studying masculinity for as long as I can remember. Like many queer people, I realized the sociological separation of sex and gender early on, and in that space was where I made my home.”

Meet sociologist Finn Mackay, author of the acclaimed Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars - the Politics of Sex - on 30 years of queer and feminist organizing, practice and conversations.

Background: five years ago, the UK was ready to update the Gender Recognition Act with self-identification as a base. Currently, the same country is far from this political plan and wants to use its veto to stop Scotland from introducing a likewise update. The UK's polarized conversation about gender has become so vocal that it is called the gender war between so called gender criticals and a general public polarization around issues on gender and sexuality.

How did we end up here, where is Sweden heading and what are the openings for a continued critical feminist dialogue?

Finn Mackay talks to author Anna-Maria Sörberg about new or different approaches to gender and a continued dream of a feminist revolution. The conversation will be moderated by gender research scholar Ulla Manns.

The conversation is in English, free of charge and open to all.

Organized by Department of Gender Studies, Södertörn University in collaboration with Whippet Lab.

Välkommen till samtal - welcome to a conversation | Facebook

Sociologist Finn Mackay and Philosopher Tom O'Shea discuss gender and romantic attraction. Followed by open discussion with the audience.

Come and meet me in Leeds. I’ll be talking about my new book, femme/butch, gender identity and sexuality, relationships and identity.

FREE. Tickets here

Sunday 8th March. 4.30pm - 6.00pm. Malcolm X Centre, Bristol. The Problem with Liberal Feminism Speakers: Lola Olufemi, Finn Mackay, Beth Redmond In order for feminism to be a truly emancipatory movement, it has to challenge all structures of domination. Unfortunately, liberal feminism fails in this regard, because it preserves the logics of a capitalist system that allows for rampant exploitation. A society where women can reach positions of power is insufficiently reformed if women in those positions of power can dominate working class people across the globe. This panel will discuss the ‘liberal feminist mistake’ of prioritising form over substance, and explore what an alternative radical feminism looks like.

I am proud to be one of the invited speakers at this event. Voices and Visibility! Diversity Trust Bristol celebrates LGBTQI+ History Month. Lots of speakers and lunch provided.

I’m very honoured and excited to be introducing writer and activist S Bear Bergman at this fabulous event at the Arnolfini in Bristol.

Tickets and more info here

"Witty, interesting, tough and tender." (Lamda Literary) - Laugh, cry, be welcomed! Family stories that anyone can enjoy and relate to, and that LGBTQ+ people will cherish their own reflections in.

Arnolfini & UWE Sociology present S. Bear Bergman with The Whole Queer Story:

A six-year-old contrives an elaborate excuse to run through the backyard sprinkler shirtless as the neighborhood boys are free to do.

The laundry-room discovery of a transgender college student’s boxer-briefs during a visit home leads to a blow-up with his parents.

A queer, transgender, cross-cultural international wedding unites two very different, and very nervous, families.

A trio of funny, heartbreaking, astutely observant, and broadly illuminating stories told by internationally-renowned storyteller S. Bear Bergman offer both a window into a queer, transgender life and also perhaps a mirror to your own gendered experiences - regardless of what your gender may be.

During the first US presidential debate in 2016, Donald Trump interrupted Hillary Clinton 51 times.

The afternoon panel responds to Arnolfini’s relaunching exhibition Still I Rise bringing together In Between Time’s Director, Helen Cole, with Arnolfini’s Head of Programme, Kieran Swann, and leading artists from Arnolfini’s exhibition and the IBT Summit programme.

The panel, chaired by Dr Finn Mackay (UWE Sociology / Feminist Archive South) will explore the work of artists who resist patriarchal hierarchies, gender stereotypes and inequality.

Full panel TBC. More info about the festival and to book tickets here.

This event is part of the In Between Time Summit Day 2 programme. The event is included in the 1-Day Ticket and 3-Day Summit Pass OR can be booked separately.

Come and see a film with me! Bristol screening of new film ‘Seahorse’. Showing in friendly little Scott Cinemas in Henleaze. This is a screening with Ourscreen . Reserve tickets here.

Certificate 15. Directed by Jeanie Finlay. You can see more details about this documentary on the film website.

Freddy is 30 and yearns to start a family but for him this ordinary desire comes with unique challenges. He is a gay transgender man.

Deciding to carry his own baby took years of soul searching, but nothing could prepare him for the reality of pregnancy, as both a physical experience and one that challenges society's fundamental understanding of gender, parenthood and family. He quickly realises that what to him feels pragmatic, to others feels deeply confusing and confronting; this was not part of his plan.

Against a backdrop of increasing hostility towards trans people the world over, Freddy is forced to confront his own naivety, mine unknown depths of courage and lean on every friend and family member who will stand by him.

Made with unprecedented access and collaboration over three years, the film follows Freddy from preparing to conceive right through to birth. It is an intimate, audacious and lyrical story for the cinema about conception, pregnancy, birth and what makes us who we are.

This event is aimed at practitioners, researchers, students, professionals and activists in Public Health, Social Work, Mental Health, School Nursing, Nursing, Teaching, Youth Work, Education, Sociology and Social Sciences.

Join us for a one-day training conference with Dr Gail Dines, president and CEO of Culture Reframed, visiting from Massachusetts, US. The event covers issues that those working with young people and families will recognise - sexting, nudes, peer on peer abuse, teen intimate partner violence, porn addiction, media literacy, self-harm and body issues.

Hosted by University of the West of England, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

Chaired by Dr Finn Mackay, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and member of the Social Science Research Group at UWE Bristol

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ABOUT THE EVENT

In a rare appearance, award-winning writer and director Sally Wainwright (creator of Gentleman Jack, Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax) brings the story of Gentleman Jack to Bristol.

Sally is joined by Anne Choma, the series historian, researcher and author of ‘Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister’. In a special twist to the evening, award-winning duo O’Hooley and Tidow, creators of the show’s title track will perform a selection of songs celebrating extraordinary women.

Hear about the story behind the show, and its journey to primetime. Get an insight into Anne Lister and the creativity that drives one of the UK’s most celebrated directors.

ABOUT ANNE LISTER

Gentleman Jack tells the remarkable story of Anne Lister (1791 - 1840 ) a fearless and charismatic landowner, industrialist and explorer, determined to explore her sexuality. Anne Lister forged her own path in a society that had no language to define her.

A prolific diarist, Lister produced 5 million words, her journals now recognised by Unesco as a document of international significance. Saved from obscurity, the diaries, have secured Anne Lister’s legacy as one of the most fascinating figures of the 19th century.

Gentleman Jack is commissioned by HBO and BBC One.

This event is produced by Indigo Network in collaboration with Bristol Festival of Ideas. The event is kindly supported by the Royal Television Society.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS / SINGERS

>> Sally Wainwright

Sally Wainwright is writer, producer and director from Yorkshire. Winner of multiple BAFTA awards. Sally created her first original drama series in 2000 (At Home with the Braithwaites) winning the Royal Television Society’s Writer of the Year Award in 2009 for Unforgiven. Since 2012 she has created a succession of BAFTA-winning game-changing dramas with Last Tango in Halifax, To Walk Invisible, Happy Valley and now Gentleman Jack. Sally brings ingenious northern women to millions of screens.

>> O’Hooley & Tidow

Belinda O’Hooley and Heidi Tidow are a wife-and-wife folk duo from Yorkshire. Characterised by strong harmonies and humorous, heart-touching tales of the exceptional and everyday, the duo are often cited as ‘England’s answer to the McGarrigles’ (The Guardian) and are widely recognised as ‘one of British folk music’s mightiest combinations’ (Mojo). Pianist Belinda O’Hooley began her career with The Unthanks, before meeting Heidi. The duo penned ‘Gentleman Jack’ the closing theme to the series.

>> Anna Choma

Anna Choma is a writer and historical researcher specialising in the life and times of Anne Lister. She first began transcribing Anne Lister’s diaries as a post-graduate student at the University of Leeds. More recently she has worked as Sally Wainwright's advisor on the BBC drama Gentleman Jack and is author of the accompanying BBC book, Gentleman Jack - The Real Anne Lister.

>> Dr Finn Mackay (Chair)

Finn Mackay is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at UWE Bristol, currently researching lesbian and queer masculinities. A longstanding feminist activist, writer and commentator, Finn is the author of 'Radical Feminism: Activism In Movement' published by Palgrave. Finn lives in Bristol with her wife, son and two cats.