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Dr Jess Ison
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Senior Lecturer & Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University. Author: Queer and Animal Provocations: Homonormativity, Animal Exploitation and Sexual Violence
I was on the The Philosopher's Zone with David Rutledge talking about my book "Queer and Animal Provocations". Have a listen!
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Queer theory and animal rights - ABC listen
This week we're exploring links between queer liberation and animal subjugation, and discovering how the struggles for acceptable queer identity are often entwined with entrenching animal exploitation...
www.abc.net.au
April 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Reposted by Dr Jess Ison
🚨 Historian Geraldine Fela has been working on producing this podcast about the 1998 waterfront dispute in Australia. Here’s the promo. Series will be a must listen for anyone who cares about unions/industrial history/politics in Australia!

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Conspiracy? War on the waterfront - ABC listen
On 8 April 1998 Australians woke up to the startling news that dogs and men in balaclavas were invading the docks around the country, locking out workers.   This is a story of political intrigue, of ...
www.abc.net.au
February 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Reposted by Dr Jess Ison
We have been censored in the US for our research on LGBTQ+ sexual violence.

My co-authors and I are extremely concerned about research and activism being censored and the speed with which organisations have acquiesced to transphobic, homophobic and misogynist demands.
February 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Went to the launch of Jess Ison’s important new book that looks at the intersection of sexual violence, animal rights, and queerness. Seriously compelling stuff 🙇🏻
January 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM