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Holly Lawford-SmithPolitical Philosopher

Holly Lawford-SmithPolitical Philosopher

Holly Lawford-SmithPolitical Philosopher

Holly Lawford-Smith

414 articles published

Papers & Chapters

2021

Spiekermann, Kai., Slavny, Adam., Axelsen, David., & Lawford-Smith, Holly. ‘Big Data Justice: A Case For Regulating the Global Information Commons’, The Journal of Politics 83/2 (2021), pp. 577-588.Slavny, Adam., Spiekermann, Kai., Lawford-Smith, Holly., & Axelsen, David. ‘Directed Reflective Equilibrium: Thought Experiments and How To Use Them‘, Journal of Moral Philosophy 18/1 (2021), pp. 1-25.…

December 31, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Holly Lawford-Smith | 2021: Kath Deves & Holly Lawford-Smith

Sequins and sparkling jewels, pink drinks, and the year in review for gender-critical Australasia, with a sprinkling of how to not say illegal things at the end.

December 27, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Popular Articles

Those birthing people, they’re women

[This article appeared in O&G Magazine 23/4 (Summer 2021). The online version of the article was removed due to complaints, but you can still find it in the full magazine, which you can download here].In 2014, Milli Hill was in the news because Facebook had removed photos of her childbirth and given her…

December 23, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Feminist Heretics | Man Into Woman: The First Sex Change

Kate & Holly discuss a book from 1933 (part-memoir, part-biography) about Einar Wegener (Andreas Sparre / Lile Elbe), the first person to undergo 'sex reassignment' surgery.

December 22, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Popular Articles

Australia is importing UK policy on ‘gender affirmation’

December 18, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

The Political Animals: Gender Critical Feminism and the Transgender TERF War: A Conversation with Holly Lawford-Smith. December 2021

December 12, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Censorship Timeline

O&G Magazine article taken down

An article I wrote for O&G Magazine’s language issue titled ‘Those Birthing People, They’re Women’ is taken down from the website because of complaints.The article is still in the print version of the magazine, and in the full PDF of the magazine which can be downloaded here.

December 1, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Archived Essays

Peer-reviewed insults

[Posted to Medium 22nd April 2020].The following quotes are all taken from Robin Dembroff’s forthcoming reply[1] to Alex Byrne.“The slogan “woman are adult human females” is a political slogan championed by anti-trans activists, appearing on billboards, pamphlets, and anti-trans online forums”.“Byrne’s answer is, ‘clearly, yes’. Moreover, they claim…” (Footnote: “Throughout this paper,…

November 25, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

WDI: The concept of sex class: Discussed by Holly Lawford-Smith and Kate Phelan

November 16, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Catherine Karena: Holly Lawford-Smith on the UniMelb Gender Affirmation & Freedom of Speech policies

November 14, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Gender, sex and power: the debate dividing universities

November 6, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Feminist Heretics | The Right To Sex (That There Isn’t)

Kate & Holly discuss Amia Srinivasan's new book The Right To Sex (Bloomsbury, 2021).

October 16, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

WDI: Amazon Odyssey by Ti-Grace Atkinson: Discussed by Holly Lawford Smith and Marian Rutigliano

October 4, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Popular Articles

Why vaccine mandates must be a last resort

September 27, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Popular Articles

The costs of the closure of playgrounds are mounting — and our kids are paying the price

September 1, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Why single-sex spaces are a battleground for transgender rights

August 28, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

WDI: “The origins of Patriarchy” by Gerda Lerner: a discussion with Holly Lawford-Smith and Jo Brew

Radical feminist perspectives is a series of webinars run by radical feminists whose voices have been cancelled or silenced in universities, schools and the media. Frustrated that we cannot share what we know in these places, we are offering this online series.

August 15, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

WDI: How the trans activists are gaming intersectionality by Holly Lawford-Smith

July 29, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Censorship Timeline

Oxford University Press pulls my book Gender-Critical Feminism out of production

Oxford University Press pulls my book Gender-Critical Feminism out of production, reclassifies it from a trade book to an academic book, sends a chapter out for re-review, and requires further revisions. Alex Byrne describes our experiences with OUP here.

July 1, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Feminist Heretics | Mary Daly: The sex caste system

June 26, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Feminist academic targeted over advocacy for sex-segregated spaces, criticism of trans ideology

June 23, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Sky News: Melbourne academic targeted for website ‘protecting’ campus sex-segregated spaces

Melbourne academic Professor Holly Lawford-Smith says University of Melbourne campus protesters who label her new website on the "protection of sex-segregated spaces" as "transphobic" are negatively impacting women on campus.Ms Lawford-Smith said the protests have escalated from petitions and effects of media exposure to a "broad attack" such as "shutting down" a unit on…

June 20, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Melbourne University’s New Gender Affirmation Policy a ‘Violation of Conscience’: Expert

June 20, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

Transgender debate a free speech stress test for Melbourne University

June 18, 20210Comments

ByHolly Lawford-Smith

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