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.

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