Feminist Futures Conference Melbourne 28th-29th May 2011
Anyone going to this?
The conference page, for more info, is here: http://www.mfc.org.au/conference.html
Feel free to drop past facebook page/event here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?ei ... 6844001769
I'm really pissed about the organising collective's choice of panelists. Some really fucked up, anti-sex work, anti-trans* and even anti-abortion, speakers in there including, but not excluded to:
* Sheila Jeffreys: Aggressively anti-sex work (sex work is rape), anti-trans* (trans reproduces oppressive gender roles, is false consciousness and reassignment surgery is mutilation), sadomashochism is male supremacist. Also has written that dildos are evil, penetrative sex is evil, and other bizarre bullshit. Sheila has a big voice and basically practices hate speech towards trans* and sex workers.
* Melinda Tankard Reist: Views abortion as part of the oppression of womyn. Supported the ban on the RU486 abortion drug. Is also vehemently anti-sex work and anti-porn.
* Kathleen Maltzan: Greens Candidate for Richmond Victoria. Those of you in Victoria might be familiar with her. She is anti-sex work and also famous as a (extremely ill-informed) anti-trafficking campaigner. Kathleen was subject to a viral campaign by many Aussies last year around election time as a result of her history of anti-sex feminism and anti-sexwork politics. The primary aim of the campaign was to "encourage" the Greens to never run anti-sex work campaigners as candidates.
The choice of panelists has created a space that is not safe or inclusive.
Hoping that i can make it down from Sodomcity, and hoping to see a strong anarchopunk, riotgrrl, fempunk, queerpunk, whore (sex worker), ISGD (Intersex, Sex & Gender Diverse) presence.
The conference page, for more info, is here: http://www.mfc.org.au/conference.html
Feel free to drop past facebook page/event here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?ei ... 6844001769
I'm really pissed about the organising collective's choice of panelists. Some really fucked up, anti-sex work, anti-trans* and even anti-abortion, speakers in there including, but not excluded to:
* Sheila Jeffreys: Aggressively anti-sex work (sex work is rape), anti-trans* (trans reproduces oppressive gender roles, is false consciousness and reassignment surgery is mutilation), sadomashochism is male supremacist. Also has written that dildos are evil, penetrative sex is evil, and other bizarre bullshit. Sheila has a big voice and basically practices hate speech towards trans* and sex workers.
* Melinda Tankard Reist: Views abortion as part of the oppression of womyn. Supported the ban on the RU486 abortion drug. Is also vehemently anti-sex work and anti-porn.
* Kathleen Maltzan: Greens Candidate for Richmond Victoria. Those of you in Victoria might be familiar with her. She is anti-sex work and also famous as a (extremely ill-informed) anti-trafficking campaigner. Kathleen was subject to a viral campaign by many Aussies last year around election time as a result of her history of anti-sex feminism and anti-sexwork politics. The primary aim of the campaign was to "encourage" the Greens to never run anti-sex work campaigners as candidates.
The choice of panelists has created a space that is not safe or inclusive.
Hoping that i can make it down from Sodomcity, and hoping to see a strong anarchopunk, riotgrrl, fempunk, queerpunk, whore (sex worker), ISGD (Intersex, Sex & Gender Diverse) presence.
posted by Audz at 13:30
3 Comments:
In speaking to feminists in Melbourne both Melinda Tankard Reist and Sheila Jeffrey's have been uninvited. Especially Tankard-Reist for her anti-abortion views. I'm not sure I agree that Jeffreys is anti sex-worker but her view points on the trans community are troubling. There's going to be a strong socialist feminist presence there. I think that make it worth going to.
I have heard that Sheila Jeffreys will still be speaking but that her workshop on "why prostitution is violence against women" has been canceled.
I feel strongly that Sheila is anti-sex work. She supports calls to criminalise sex work and claims that all sex work is violence against women. This is anti-sex work.
Her views on trans* are indeed troubling...
I will be attending the conference and hope to see you there!
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