Radical Feminist Theory Conference 2019 Organised by Radfem Collective

Radical Feminist Theory Conference 2019 organised by RadFem Collective

-Saturday 21st September-

Registration desk open: 9-9.30 pm

Session 1 Chair: Heather Brunskell-Evans

9:30 am Ruth Greenberg: Introductory remarks from the RadFem Collective 9:40 am Sheila Jeffreys: Sexuality and Radical Feminist Theory 10:10 am Gemma Aitchison: “All women are the fantasy - no exceptions”: how Bergdorfs prof- its are deadly to women. 10:25 am Questions for speaker panel

11:05 am Coffee Break (20 mins)

11:25 am Jess F: The destructive notion that lesbians are ‘born’ lesbians - another device to erase lesbians? 11:40 am Katherine Ryan: Evicted From Eden: The Sem*ntic and Ontological De-Construction of Womon 11:55 am Questions for speaker panel and summing up by chair

12:35 pm Lunch Break (1 hour)

Session 2 Chair: Sheila Jeffreys

1:35 pm Gail Dines: The battle lines between radfems and libfems around porn and “sex work” 2:05 pm Linda Bellos: Avoiding a hierachy of oppressions 2:25 pm Questions for speaker panel

3:05 pm Coffee Break (20 mins)

3:25 pm Aurora Linnea and Sherryl Kleinman: Our Bodies, Our Revolution: Reviving the Wom- en’s Health Movement 3:40 pm Aline Rossi: Fight like a feminist of the Women’s Movement 4:00 pm Questions for speaker panel and summing up by chair

4:40 pm Announcements

5:00 pm Leave venue

www.radfemcollective.org Radical Feminist Theory Conference 2019 organised by RadFem Collective

-Sunday 22nd September-

Session 3 Chair: Gail Dines

9:15 am Heather Brunskell-Evans: Queering Women and Children: Foucault, Feminism and the Sexed Body 9:45 am Rosa Senent: He who pays the piper calls the tune: Masculinity and sex purchase online - a critical discourse analysis 10:00 am Questions for speaker panel 10:40 am Coffee Break (20 mins)

11:00 am Jessica Eaton: An integrated feminist theory of the psychology of victim blaming of women 11:30 am Elaine Hutton: Radical Feminism and Ageing 11:50 am Questions for speaker panel and summing up by chair

12:30 pm Lunch Break (1 hour)

Session 4 Chair: Linda Bellos

1:30 pm Samint Art: Modesty & Hypersexualization: two sides of the same coin 1:45 pm Bettina Trabant: Marxism and Feminism 2:00 pm Lynne Harne: How do men maintain their dominance? Male supremacy, male power and resistance to radical feminism 2:15 pm Coffee Break (20 mins)

2:35 pm Hannah Harrison: ‘Asexuality’ – Why young women who reject the role of ‘sex object’ are identifying as ‘asexual’ rather than engaging in feminist activism 2:50 pm Bec Wonders: Lessons from the Vancouver Women’s Library and insights into second- wave print networks 3:05 pm Majideh Q: Reclaiming Radclyffe Hall as Lesbian: Exposing Fallacies in the Trans and Queer Rewriting of History 3:20 pm Questions for speaker panel and summing up by chair 4:05 pm Jan Williams: Plenary: Where now for radical feminism? 4:15 pm Ruth Greenberg: Goodbye from the RadFem Collective

4:30 pm Conference Closes If you can stay and help us clear up so we can ensure we clear the venue by 5pm, that would be greatly appreciated!