The politics of gender and identity

Mackay, Finn; Bacevic, Jana

Abstract

Can we find a way through and even around the messy “gender wars” currently raging on-and offline? A 2021 profile of Finn Mackay in The Guardian described them as “the writer hoping to help end the gender wars”. However, in the days leading up to this conversation in early April 2022, the UK government reneged on their promise to ban conversion therapy for trans people and Finn acknowledges that the gender wars have significantly worsened in the time following the publication of their book, Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars, in 2021. In this conversation, Finn explores the histories of feminist exclusions; the deepening political antagonism towards the trans community; the performance of gender; and much more.

Citation

Mackay, F., & Bacevic, J. (2023). The politics of gender and identity. In A. Morgan (Ed.), What Matters Most: Conversations on the Art of Living (3-12). Agenda Publishing. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.1357297.5

• Online Publication Date: Jan 23, 2024
• Publication Date: May 18, 2023
• Deposit Date: Mar 22, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 26, 2024
• Pages: 3-12
• Book Title: What Matters Most: Conversations on the Art of Living
• ISBN: 9781788216241
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.1357297.5
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2346032