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