Podcasting Social Justice: Dialoges of Resistances
A podcast series about ‘anti-gender’ politics, a complex, multi-sided political and civil society movement threatening gender and sexual diversity.
In each episode, we look at how campaigns against gender and sexual equality take shape in different places, how these ideas travel across borders and across party lines, and what they mean for everyday life. Along the way, we ask how these debates affect democracy and rights, from education and the media to academic freedoms, reproductive justice, and people’s ability to live and self-identify in safety.
Across the episodes, we not only diagnose what is currently happening but also discuss how we may resist these ‘anti-gender’ mobilisations. You will hear from researchers as well as from feminist and queer organisers and collectives - together, these conversations map the solidarities and strategies that can help sustain pro-equality changes.
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This podcast series is based on the RESIST Project (2022-2026) (https://theresistproject.eu/) which examined ‘anti-gender’ politics and populisms as well as queer-feminist responses to these illiberal attacks on democracy. The study was conducted across several country cases: Belarus, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the EU, as well as a transnational case of people living in exile in Europe. In the project, we have collaborated with 40 advocacy groups, experts, and public intellectuals (e.g. journalist, doctors, artists) to create space for shared learning and grounded knowledge that amplifies those voices who are too often pushed to the margins.
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Series Citation: Kulpa, R., & Zabrzewska, A. (2026). Podcasting Social Justice: Dialogues for Resistances (Podcast Series). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21676257
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The frist two seasons of this podcast series draw on the RESIST Project, funded by the European Union under Project ID: 101060749. EU Horizon Europe (EU partners); UK Government Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme (UK partner); Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (Swiss partners).
Views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or British and Swiss funding authorities. Neither the European Union nor the granting authorities can be held responsible for them.
Podcast series was established thanks to the Knowledge Exchange grant, Edinburgh Napier University (2026).
Episodes
5 episodes
Podcast Series Teaser
Welcome to Podcasting Social Justice: Dialogues of Resistances — a podcast series about ‘anti-gender’, a complex, multi-sided political and civil society movement threatening gender and sexual diversity.In each episode, w...
Knowledges: Anti-Gender Politics and Education
What are the barriers to gender and sexual equality in higher education?What happens when “science,” “common sense,” and “neutrality” become political weapons?In this episode of Dialogues for Re...
Vulnerabilities: Weak Resistances and Precarity
How does vulnerability become a source of strength in resistance?Is vulnerability really a weakness—or is it our most vital foundation for collective resistance?In this episode of Dialogues for ...
Affects: Emotions in Anti-Gender Movements and Queer Resistances
How do emotions fuel anti-gender movements, and how can they fuel resistance too?What makes fear so politically powerful — and what happens when joy becomes a strategy of resistance?In this episode ...
Displacements: Queer Migration & Anti-Gender Politics
What does queer migration look like day to day? Paperwork, barriers, and belonging...In this episode of Dialogues for Resistance, we move beyond headlines about migration “crises” and listen instead to the lived ...