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A socialist feminist reading group.

Hosted by @silbheuig.bsky.social at Juno Books, Sheffield (and online).

On hiatus until the end of 2025.
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Common Genders is going on hiatus (until the end of 2025)

BUT

Common Genders will return in 2026!

If anyone is interested in discussing the next steps of the reading group or helping out more with it, send me an email:

sylvia@commongenders.org
Common Genders is going on hiatus Hi everyone, this is Sylvia. Founder and host of Common Genders. I will be putting Common Genders on hiatus until the end of the year. Common Genders will return in 2026 I am currently finishing off my PhD, which should be submitted by the end of the year. Understandably, I am already very busy and at full capacity trying to finish this. I also want to take the time to reflect on what I want Common Genders to be in the future. Socialists and feminists in the UK are at a critical moment; I want to ensure that in the new year, Common Genders can become a more active space for all of us to learn together. I am looking forward to engaging more with socialists and feminists in Sheffield and beyond as we enter the new year. If anyone is interested in talking about new directions or to help with Common Genders in 2026, send me an email: sylvia@commongenders.org
October 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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July session (online) ☀️ 📕

Wednesday 16th July, 6:30pm

For this session, we will be reading a range of resources on agroecological socialism. 🌳 🚜 🥕

Sign up sheet: formulaer.com/f/c90eae41-e...
July's session (online): Resources on agroecological socialism In the middle, there are two pictures, one is of an agroecological farm and another is banners from the Landworkers Alliance during the Food in our Hands protest in April 2025. Wednesday 16th July, 6:30pm. Email: sylvia@commongenders.org Instagram: @commongenders Bluesky: @commongenders.org July’s session (online): We will be reading: - Share The Land: Modelling an agroecological land-sharing approach to UK land use - Ele Saltmarsh and Jyoti Fernandes (Landworkers Alliance). Our new report ‘Share The Land’ models a vision for land use in the UK which is grounded in an agroecological land-sharing approach to farming and food production, exploring the trade-offs that arise between more localised production, dietary change and meeting climate and biodiversity targets. - Soft Fruit and Hard Labour - Rees Nicolas and Sinjin Li (Vittles Magazine) Strawberry picking and the long history of seasonal farm work. - Renewing the Land Question: Against Greengrabbing and Green Colonialism - Kai Heron and Alex Heffron (New Socialist). Neither rewilding nor agribusiness, but agroecological socialism.
June 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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We had a lovely session last night discussing Trans Femme Futures! 🏳️‍⚧️ 📕

The next sessions (one online and another at Juno Books) will be revealed over the next few days. 👀
People holding their copies of Trans Femme Futures in a circle. One of them is an e-reader and another is a mobile phone. The rest are paperbacks.
June 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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JUNE'S SESSION ☀️ 📕 🏳️‍⚧️

For June, Common Genders will be reading Trans Femme Futures by Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift.

Thursday 19th June, 7pm. Juno Books, Sheffield.

More information and tickets: www.junobooks.co.uk/bookgroups/p...
A poster for the next reading session of Common Genders. The top left says 'June's session:' On the left half is the book cover for Trans Femme Futures and at the bottom left half of the poster is the email, 'sylvia@commongenders.org' The right half of the poster features text that says the following: 'We will be reading: Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds By Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift When? Thursday 19th June, 7pm Where? Juno Books, 24 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, S1 2PD' Underneath this are the social media handles for both Instagram and Bluesky '@commongenders @commongenders.org'
May 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The third session of Common Genders will be on Wednesday 7th May at Juno Books!

Tickets: www.junobooks.co.uk/bookgroups/p...
A poster with a cream background. The top left says in black serif font, 'May's session:' The left half is the book cover of Robert Chapman's Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism. The right half is the following text in a black serif font: 'We will be reading: [italics] Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism [end of italics] By Robert Chapman. When? Wednesday 7th May, 7pm Where? Juno Books, 24 Chapel Walk, Sheffield, S1 2PD' The bottom left has an email address: sylvia@commongenders.org The bottom right has social media accounts: Instagram logo: @commongenders Bluesky logo: @commongenders.org
April 2, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Setting up at Juno Books now for the first session!
A photograph of an e reader showing the book cover of Lola Olufemi's Feminism Interrupted. In the background is a laptop with notes on the book that are out of focus.
March 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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April's session (online):

Join us for the 2nd session of Common Genders!

We will be reading and discussing chapters 3 and 4 from Daisy Payling's book, Socialist Republic.

Please complete this sign-up sheet to attend: formulaer.com/f/91499d86-9...
Red background with white text: April's session (online): Chapters 3 and 4 from: Socialist Republic: Remaking the British Left in 1980s Sheffield, by Daisy Payling. When? 10th April, 7pm. Where? Online (See post for more information). The book cover of Payling's Socialist Republic is on the left hand side. Underneath the text and cover are contact details. Email: sylvia@commongenders.org Instagram: @commongenders Bluesky: @commongenders.org
March 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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This session has already SOLD OUT!

Very excited to be hosting this and looking forward to the discussions that will be held.

For anyone outside of Sheffield or can't make it to this one, the next session will be online.

These sessions will focus on lesser known socialist feminist literature.
A poster for Common Genders with 'Sold Out!' in white text on a red-purple gradient rotated diagonally across the whole poster.
February 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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COMING SOON 👀

A socialist feminist reading group based in Sheffield (and online), Common Genders.

Further announcements will hopefully be soon.

Also on Instagram: www.instagram.com/commongenders/
The logo for Common Genders. The background is a gradient going from red at the top, to purple at the bottom. There is white text in the middle that says 'Common Genders,' in a wavy font and in a smaller font size underneath it says 'a socialist feminist reading group.'
February 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM