Phelan, Kate., & Lawford-Smith, Holly. ‘Feminist Separatism Revisited‘, Journal of Controversial Ideas 3/2 (2023), pp, 1-18.
A talk prepared for the Lesbian Lives Conference, Brisbane, 16th-17th September 2023.
This is a re-recording of a talk I gave on the 6th of December 2023 at Princeton. The original video (with very bad sound quality, but edited subtitles) is here, if you prefer to watch the original.And here's the link to the event.
Bev Jackson in conversation with Professor Jo Phoenix, Holly Lawford-Smith, Jo Bartosch and Andrew Doyle about the appropriation of our language and what that means for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals.
Kate & Holly discuss Mary Harrington's book Feminism Against Progress (2023).
GB News | Sex matters: ‘Gender identity rights’ Holly Lawford Smith examines gender-critical beliefs
'As far as I know, It's the first time that a marginalised group's protection is said to depend on a lie.'Author, Holly Lawford Smith, discusses her new book where she examines gender-critical beliefs.
Our Edinburgh Speakeasy was recorded live on Wednesday 25th October at the city's The Counting House venue.Joining us to discuss the threat posed to free speech by growing attempts to police ‘hate speech’ were Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Holly Lawford-Smith, the editor of Scottish Legal News, Kapil Summan,…
Are women generally exploited in pornography? Even in cases where women report that their pornography career is empowering, have they nevertheless been degraded? And if heterosexual pornography undermines women’s dignity, is this true of gay male pornography too?
(At 28 mins) Is it really necessary to hate those that you disagree with - especially politically? Dr Holly Lawford-Smith goes through the reasons why we hate and what the consequences of that hate are and reminds us that, 'not every conservative is a representative of the far right, nor is every small-l liberal a communist. We should be able to discuss the ideas themselves calmly, logically, rigorously, and constructively'.
Do we live under a patriarchy? Should women boycott sex with men? What's the Nordic approach to prostitution? Is masculinity celebrated more than feminity? We cover all that + more in this conversation with Holly Lawford-Smith, a philosopher and academic whose work primarily focuses on topics in political philosophy. Holly has been the subject of…
Mianne Bagger was the first transsexual woman to compete in a women's professional golf tournament. In 2022 Mianne and Holly were both guests on the SBS Insight episode 'Gender Games: Trans women and sport'. Mianne talks with Holly here about the controversial topic of the ethics of gender transition.
