This reading group is currently not active. If you are interested to organise one with the support of Strathclyde's Feminist Research Network, please get in touch with us via email.
The Feminist Reading Group meets monthly online, and is open to anyone doing feminist study or research at any level.
For more information, and to join the Feminist Reading Group, please email rebecca.jones@strath.ac.uk
You can also find us on Twitter @StrathFemReads
TRIGGER WARNINGS - PLEASE READ
As you would expect, a feminist reading group often involves dealing with many issues which might prove triggering to survivors of trauma. Given the interdisciplinary, group-based nature of our meetings, it is not always possible to provide trigger warnings. This is because we are unable to anticipate members' contributions, and also because we recognise and acknowledge that we are unable to anticipate the diversity of materials which may be triggering for survivors of trauma.
As you would expect, a feminist reading group often involves dealing with many issues which might prove triggering to survivors of trauma. Given the interdisciplinary, group-based nature of our meetings, it is not always possible to provide trigger warnings. This is because we are unable to anticipate members' contributions, and also because we recognise and acknowledge that we are unable to anticipate the diversity of materials which may be triggering for survivors of trauma.
Please remember that Feminist Reading Group meetings are learning spaces populated with students and staff from diverse backgrounds, experiences and knowledge bases. We have to be able to ask questions, try out ideas and make 'mistakes' as part of that process. We also need to think about why we disagree and be willing to challenge our own assumptions, privileges and prejudices: of course feminists, like any other group, do not agree on everything!
Debates about trigger warnings, as well as around offence and silencing, are very live ones in feminist learning and teaching as well as in more popular forums. One particularly useful resource for this is the feminist journal Signs which has an article by Jack Halberstam along with a digital archive of writings and resources on trigger warnings which you can access free of charge here: http://signsjournal.org/currents-trigger-warnings/. Focusing more specifically on language, there are also some thought-provoking pieces in Trouble & Strife - available free here: www.troubleandstrife.org (Debbie Cameron's ‘Minding Our Language’ from October 2014, and Emma Stonebridge's ‘We need to talk about process’ from November 2014 are particularly useful).
We hope you find these resources useful.
