Kadi Viik / 08.06.2018

Jeff Hearn: being a man is not unequivocally valued

Professor Jeff Hearn has done research on men and masculinities for more than 40 years and at an international conference on men and gender equality held recently in Stockholm, Feministeerium had a chance to talk to him. We spoke about how men, who often have more power in society than women, still can find themself …

Christian Veske-McMahon / 23.04.2018

The Pearl necklace is very….hetero

We met in Tallinn and now we’ve been married for almost five years. Timothy and I – complicated navigation between…

Kaarin Kivirähk / 22.02.2018

Quinn Latimer: #metoo movement is literally driven by the media

Quinn Latimer is a poet, critic, and editor of one of the world’s largest art events documenta14 publications last year.…

Tarun Gidwani / 19.02.2018

Testosterone, what are you making these men do?

Maybe masculine aggression springs from testes. After all, injecting testosterone, at least to some extent, spikes levels of aggression in…

Tarun Gidwani / 19.12.2017

Why are you so angry?

Last week, I was reading a blog by the Chinese novelist Xiolu Guo in which she pours out her anger…

Ülase12 / 14.11.2017

Remedies for political loneliness

Ülase12 is a collectively organized, non-hierarchical social centre that places itself in the spectrum of leftist movement politics. Ülase12 is…

Tiina Sööt / 30.10.2017

We can’t put people in just one category

Similarly to Estonia, the constitution of Romania defines family as a gender-neutral institution based on the marriage of spouses. This…

Jaana Davidjants / 08.09.2017

Trouble with Polyamory

Hanna had recently met a guy. “Oh no”, we despaired with friends, as there seemed to be no end to…

Feministeerium / 06.03.2017

To the Women of America and the World– a warning and a rallying cry from Poland

We, the women of Poland, have watched the emergence of the biggest threat to American democracy in the person of…

Sarah Leonard and Nancy Fraser / 23.02.2017

Capitalism’s Crisis of Care

Nancy Fraser is a professor of philosophy and politics at The New School for Social Research and one of the…

Amaranta/Torian / 05.07.2016

What is a feminist space? Ülase12 social centre and its politics of care

“Why do you describe Ülase12 as a feminist space?” I’ve always been unable to produce a quick and convincing answer…

Vello Vikerkaar / 30.03.2016

Arguing with Women

A lonely dispatch from Estonia’s only feminist. I never had a sister. I’m told this is why I don’t understand…

Amaranta/Torian / 09.12.2015

Transfusing change into the Estonian Blood Donation System

It is going to be a long article, so make yourself a cup of tea. I am thrilled by the…

Amaranta/Torian / 15.10.2015

It’s the bloody law

Estonians, don’t want my blood and it makes me very sad; and angry. People have various manners to celebrate their…

Christian Veske-McMahon / 24.09.2015

Emerging Ideas in Masculinity Research: An Interview with Raewyn Connell

It happened in 2004 I think, when my life changed. There are of course many changes in life; some of…

Nele Laos / 22.09.2015

There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women

Last week I attended the Estonian Women’s Studies and Resource Centre (ENUT for short) celebration of 20 years since the…

Amaranta/Torian / 16.09.2015

To cut or not to cut?

Capitalism is in decay in Kuressaare. There, they care more about ideas than money.