Left Side of the Story: Labour, Welfare, and Workplace
By Cultural Shifts and Berrak Kabasakal — April 10th, 2008
The fourth panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.
Posts Tagged ‘women’
From Disabled to Dispossessed: CPP Disability Benefits and the Decline of Social Citizenship
By Mary Rita Holland — April 10th, 2008
What were formerly considered ‘entitlements’ of highly vulnerable citizens are increasingly viewed as charity
Gazing Back Into the Closet: Theorizing about Queer Women in the Workplace
By Lesley Vaage — April 10th, 2008
How frustrating it is to step out of that suffocating Closet only to find yourself in a hall of two-way mirrors—undoubtedly, a common experience for queer women who “come out” in the workplace. This paper will attempt to tease out some of the regulatory forces …
IP Rights and New Technologies: Pills, Pirates & Sex Dolls
By Cultural Shifts and Eliot Che — March 18th, 2008
Comments on the first panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.
Marxxxist Alienation: Sexual Anthropomorphism of Realdolls™ and Construction of Man
By Elizabeth Record — March 18th, 2008
Looking at the changing interactions between the organic and inanimate constructions of capitalism.
International Human Rights Protection in the Citizenship Gap: The Case of Migrant Sex Workers
By Christine Hughes — November 30th, 2007
The Convention to Protect All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families has been heralded as a significant international achievement in the protection of migrant workers. Antoine Pecoud and Paul de Guchteneire assert that it represents “the most comprehensive international treaty protecting migrants’ rights …
The Gin Craze: Drink, Crime & Women in 18th Century London
By Elmire — November 30th, 2007
Eighteenth century London was home to the gin craze, a chapter in English history that marked the unprecedented mass consumption of this newly developed spirit. This paper traces the development of this complex urban phenomenon and examines how Parliamentarians came to attribute many of the …
