Holly Lawford-Smith speaks on the topic 'Where have all the lesbians gone?' at the Brisbane IWD Women’s Day rally on 6th March 2021.
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There is a second protest against me on the University of Melbourne campus. The issues are ‘high-profile TERFs teaching “Feminism” courses’ [apparently it’s not real feminism unless it centres men], a vague accusation of ‘hate speech’, and a demand that the university condemn noconflicttheysaid.org.The Melbourne University Branch of the NTEU used their mailing list…
University of Melbourne Associate Professor Dr Holly Lawford-Smith says it is “absolutely baffling” modern feminists are pushing for inclusivity over the rights and safety of women.“That’s where the feminists are, they’re trying to be maximally inclusive and now making feminism this thing that’s really about not hurting men’s feelings than actually protecting women,” she…
I launched the website www.noconflicttheysaid.org to raise awareness about women’s experiences of women-only spaces being disrupted as a result of gender identity ideology.Two of my colleagues incited a Twitter mob (here and here), and an Open Letter was created asking for “swift and decisive” (albeit unspecified) action to be taken against me by the…
Fine, Cordelia., Sojo, Victor., & Lawford-Smith, Holly. ‘Why does workplace gender diversity matter? Justice, organizational benefits, and policy’, Social Issues and Policy Review 14/1 (2020), pp. 36-72.Lawford-Smith, Holly. ‘Democratic Authority to Geoengineer’, Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy 23/5 (2020), pp. 600-617.Lawford-Smith, Holly. & Tuckwell, William. ‘Act Consequentialism and the No-Difference Challenge‘, in…
Holly Lawford-Smith says a bill being debated in Victoria’s parliament rolls sexual orientation and gender identity together when there’s “virtually no evidence” of change or suppression practices on the basis of gender identity.Dr Lawford-Smith, a University of Melbourne senior lecturer, spoke to Sky News about what she found troubling in the bill – also…
Nina Vallins is a lawyer, and a founding member and spokeswoman for the Victorian Women's Guild. We talk in this video about the conversion therapy bill currently before the Victorian Parliament, a version of which is likely to be introduced in Tasmania early in the new year. Questions & timestamps below.Timestamps00.00 - 00.36…
A presentation of some of Catharine MacKinnon's ideas from her (1991) paper 'From Practice to Theory, or What is a White Woman Anyway?' She defends the idea that there is such a thing as being treated as a woman, regardless of other identity features, and she talks about what the caricature of 'white woman' as…
Holly Lawford-Smith interviews Kath Deves, law graduate and co-founder and spokeswoman for Save Women's Sport Australasia, about the new conversion therapy bill put forward in the Australian state of Victoria.Change or Suppression (Conversion) Prohibition Bill 2020 (VIC)
