Authors: Gabriele Oliva Abstract We live in a time when the concept of gender has become a political and media target. Butler, with her essay, intervenes in this debate with her trademark rigorous lucidity, showing how the “gender panic” is nothing more than a rhetorical construction used to reinforce patriarchal and conservative models of power. […]
Oliva G. Judith Butler (2024). Who’s Afraid of Gender? Read More »
Authors: Micol Pizzolati Abstract Drawing on Memory Work workshops facilitated at three Italian universities, this article explores how queer students create and inhabit spaces of collective care and belonging within academic contexts. By linking scholarship on queer student experiences with those on the politics of care, this work examines participants’ desires and motivations for fostering
Authors: Richard Bourelly, Ale Santambrogio Abstract This exploratory study examines the power dynamics and resistance strategies surrounding adopting the alias career (carriera alias) in Italian schools and the lack of teacher training, focusing on Cavour High School in Rome. Through semi-structured interviews with two trans* students, Andrea and Marco, and two student representatives, the research