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Recommended “Reading” no.1 – Building community and accountability

23 Jul 2020
Okay, let’s try this. I asked the people who follow me on my personal Instagram account if it would be helpful for me to share recommendations of what I've been…
Conversation Starters…

Militarised Police Will Not Keep Us Safe

3 Jul 202028 Jul 2020
Hi community, This article will do something different than the opinion pieces I normally write. I want to empower you to opt-in to the global movement to defund police and…
Explainers…

Who is International Women’s Day for?

5 Mar 2020
This blog is based on a talk delivered to a private business who commissioned my services in commemoration of International Women's Day.  Featured image by rawpixel In this blog, I…
About me…

Transitioning from the ‘Friendly Neighbourhood Feminist’ to Shawna Marks

5 Feb 20205 Feb 2020
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…
Academia…

An introduction to the social construction of sex, gender and sexuality

5 Dec 20195 Dec 2019
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…
Academia…

Understanding ‘stealthing’ in the context of Australian rape culture

4 Dec 20184 Dec 2018
This post is an overview of some of the key points that I made in a talk on 'stealthing' and follow up journal article. In the journal article I used…
Explainers

What is consent, anyway? A quick (academic) explainer and review of literature.

27 Apr 201713 Dec 2018
The Australian legal definition of consent is “the free and voluntary agreement to participate in sexual activity” (Fileborn, 2011) However this legal definition does not recognise the complexities of coercion…

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