Bang van ecofeminisme?
Deze column is ook te vinden in de eerste editie van Spijker, een nieuw online feministisch magazine dat volledig gratis toegankelijk is. Met hun magazine willen ze lezers bewust maken van het actuele belang van gendergelijkheid en de voordelen van feminisme. *** Bang van ecofeminisme “Nee, feminisme moet zich enkel bezighouden met de rechten van […]
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Compulsory Heterosexuality: for women questioning their sexuality
This article is based on a text written by a variety of authors on the topic of compulsory heterosexuality, with an extra note of the editor of this blog on the validity of all sexualities and how they can change throughout your life. The full master document provides a very good overview of the most […]
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How To Be An Ally To the +
Author: Evelien Feys.Time: 10 min You have probably noticed that in many forms of the acronym, be it LGBT+, LGBTQ+ or LGBTQIA+, there is a ‘+’ at the end of it. This post will give you some more information on why people put it there and what it can mean. So what does the + […]
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Do Black lives still matter on December 6th?
In June 2020, after yet another senseless killing of an African American man at the hands of the state, many streets in the world were filled with people protesting the structural and institutional discrimination and racism against Black people and People of Colour around the world. Some of those streets were in Belgium. In June […]
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Equal opportunity in academia: can we count on quota?
Institutions of higher education in Belgium and in the rest of the world still grapple with achieving gender equity. According to official KU Leuven statistics, as of December 2019, 30% of Senior Academic Staff within KU Leuven were women. KU Leuven has since reiterated its commitment to improving its gender policy. But what is the current […]
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Opinion: “Can straight actors play LGBT roles?”
There has been some controversy surrounding the question whether straight actors can or should play LGBT roles. The answers have been very short and very simple: usually it’s something along the lines of “yes, it is called acting”. But this question is actually a very complex one, and sassy one-liners really don’t do the job […]
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#JusticeForSanda: Open brief aan Rector Luc Sels
Geachte rector Luc Sels Op 26 juli 2020 lazen we met verbazing en walging de reconstructie van de laatste uren van KU Leuven student, Sanda Dia, tijdens de fatale studentendoop in december 2018. We waren vol ongeloof bij het lezen van de feiten: studenten die een medestudent urenlang op dergelijke wijze konden folteren. Maar wat […]
Read moreQuick Guide to LGBTQI Related Films, Documentaries, and TV Shows
This list was made for KU Leuven Pride Week 2020! In collaboration with Leonardo LGBT International, LOKO, Stura Diversity, and the KU Leuven LGBTQI InfoPoint. The last couple of years have seen a huge increase in the number of LGBT+ related movies and TV shows available on mainstream streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon […]
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OPINIE: De schuld in de onschuld van een straatnaam #LeopoldIIMustFall
“Kortrijk schrapt Leopold II-laan in Heule,” luiden de Belgische krantenkoppen na een besluit van het Kortrijks gemeentebestuur. Eerder nog werd het standbeeld van de voormalige koning op het Troonplein in Brussel met witte verf beklad. Een zoveelste doelgerichte actie die onze lugubere koloniale erfenis tracht aan te kaarten en te bekritiseren binnen een moeilijk maar broodnodig dekoloniseringsdebat.
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OPINIE: Islamitisch recht en de sluier van onwetendheid aan de faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
Het koloniale verleden laat nog steeds sporen na, ook in de academische wereld. Voor het handboek Rechtsvergelijking, meer bepaald het hoofdstuk ‘Islamitisch recht’, is dit helaas niet anders.
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