Dr Shawna Marks is a researcher, writer and thinker focused on systems change, masculinities and domestic, family and sexual violence.
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Transitioning from the ‘Friendly Neighbourhood Feminist’ to Shawna Marks
The Friendly Neighbourhood Feminist blog was initially something I thought of as an outlet for my many, many thoughts on feminism and my researcher, but also on academia and the minefields I was navigating there. It was initially anonymous, in part because of my own fear about sharing my thoughts, how unrefined (read: raw) I…
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An introduction to the social construction of sex, gender and sexuality
The featured image shows (clockwise from top left) Violet Chachki, non-binary drag queen known for competing on the Ru Paul’s Drag Race Season 7, Ericka Hart, sex educator, model and activist who identifies as non-binary, Chellaman, a trans man, actor and activist, Munroe Bergdorf, model, speaker, activist, and trans woman, and Alok V Menon, poet, activist,…
Dr Shawna Marks 