Liz Murray: My Fight Against The Male-Only Membership of Oxford's Vincent's Club - A Journey to Feminism

Liz Murray: My Fight Against The Male-Only Membership of Oxford's Vincent's Club - A Journey to Feminism

I was startled, recently, when someone referred to me as a ‘militant feminist’. While I identify as a woman and volunteer my time with gender-related projects like the Good Lad Initiative, I never felt a strong sense of connection to feminist causes. I never imagined myself writing letters, having heated debates or starting petitions. I never imagined that I would lobby for, never mind spearhead, an equality campaign at Oxford University.

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Joanne Cave: "Maybe Her Brain Was Falling Apart" - Young Women, Care and New Iterations of Work-Life Balance

Joanne Cave: "Maybe Her Brain Was Falling Apart" - Young Women, Care and New Iterations of Work-Life Balance

My mother started showing signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s about four years ago, when I was 19 years old, several years before I arrived in Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. We didn't realize this at the time, but her disease would accelerate very quickly. In three years, she progressed from early retirement to a secure dementia ward in a long-term care facility.

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A Fond Farewell to Communications Officer Seb Baird

The Rhodes Project extends the warmest farewell and well wishes to our Communications Officer, Seb Baird, who will be leaving us to take up a new position as Digital Officer at the Time to Change Campaign. This national effort seeks to end stigma and discrimination experienced by people with mental health problems.

A core member of the Rhodes Project team for the past eighteen months, Seb has helped transform the outward face of the Project through our website, social media, and blog, substantially building up our online content.

We look forward to hearing about his new work—and feel reassured that he will keep in touch across our channels. You will be greatly missed, Seb!

Speaker Event: Patricia Hill Collins, 'We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Lessons from US Black Feminism'

We are pleased to be welcoming Patricia Hill Collins to speak in Oxford on 22 May 2015. 

When it comes to feminism, anti-racism, and similar social justice projects, the true test lies less in how we celebrate victories, but rather in how we respond to defeat. In her talk, she sketches out three ideas or "lessons" culled from the rich tapestry of Black feminism in the U.S. that might inform contemporary social justice projects.

Professor Patricia Hill Collins is currently Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her work primarily concerns issues of feminism and gender in the African American community, and she has been central in advancing the concept of intersectionality.

To book a place at the event, please make sure to sign up via our Eventbrite page

 

We are delighted to be co-hosting this event with the Oxford Human Rights Hub

'How Do You Do It?' Hard Lessons in Work-Life Balance

"I couldn’t be both an MP and a mum – at least not without falling short of my own high standards for both. It was scary and horrible. But the sense of relief that came when I admitted defeat was amazing. Driving home the day I announced my decision to step down, I had to grip the steering wheel with all my strength to stop the front of the car from lifting off the ground and floating up into the sky." 

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