Wench Tactics? Openings in Conditions of Closure

Fletcher, Ruth; Ashiagbor, Diamond; Barker, Nicola; Cruz, Katie; El‐Enany, Nadine; Godden-Rasul, Nikki; Grabham, Emily; Keenan, Sarah; Manji, Ambreena; McCandless, Julie; McGuinness, Sheelagh; Ramshaw, Sara; Russell, Yvette; Samuels, Harriet; Stewart, Ann; Thomas, Dania

doi:10.1007/s10691-017-9355-y

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“…A future in which we challenge existing models of open access in publishing as a starting point. The issues with open access are manifold and we have reflected on these previously (Fletcher et al 2017).…”

Section: Gender Race and Labour Politics: Working In And Through Thementioning

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“…In this editorial we think through some of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and state responses to the spread of the virus in the context of our ongoing efforts to employ decolonising techniques and deploy wench tactics (Fletcher et al 2017 ; Naqvi et al 2019 ). In doing so, we seek to make sense of our new lived realities, although in many ways, just this attempt to make sense of the effects on our existence is both bewildering and revealing.…”

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A Wench’s Guide to Surviving a ‘Global’ Pandemic Crisis: Feminist Publishing in a Time of COVID-19

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Russell

2020

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It has been quite a year so far(!) and as the wenches we are, we have been taking our time to collect our thoughts and reflections before sharing them at the start of this issue of the journal. In this editorial we think through the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effects on the world, on our lives and on our editorial processes. We renew our commitment to improving our operations as a journal and its health along with our own as we deploy wench tactics to restore, sustain and slow down to negotiate this new reality, this new world. We conclude with an introduction to the fascinating contents of this issue along with a collaborative statement of values on open access as part of a collective of intersectional feminist and social justice editors. Through all of the pain and suffering we focus our gaze on hope: hope that we can come through this global crisis together engaging in critical conversations about how we can be better and do better as editors, academics and individuals for ourselves, our colleagues and our journal.

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A Wench’s Guide to Surviving a ‘Global’ Pandemic Crisis: Feminist Publishing in a Time of COVID-19

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2020

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“…We have started to address this by working further to develop our long-standing International Advisory Board and our participation in the writing workshops, but this is still in its infancy. Another priority is money: we need to carry on deploying wench tactics and argue for more open access options (Fletcher et al 2017). The last time we tactically slowed down our labour, were kinder to ourselves and took time to produce the work we wanted.…”

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Back at the kitchen table: Reflections on decolonising and internationalising with the Global South socio-legal writing workshops

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It has been three years since we held the Feminism, Legality and Knowledge (FLaK) seminar to respond to our developing frustrations and excitement around feminist legal studies and academic publishing. In the wake of our 25th anniversary in 2018, we critically reflect further on our original intention to stock up on decolonising techniques to mix feminism, legality and knowledge whilst building on previous consideration of our self-proclaimed 'international' status. These reflections are prompted by editorial board members' experiences as participants in the Cardiff Law and Global Justice Centre's British Academy-funded Global South Socio-Legal Writing Workshops in Accra (Ghana), Nairobi (Kenya) and Recife (Brazil) in 2018. Following an explanation of the concerns with academic publishing that have prompted this reflection, we provide a narrative of our experiences in each of the three workshops exploring the lessons learned and their impact on our practice as editors and scholars in feminist legal studies. We finish with a renewal of our commitment to decolonise our minds and practices by continuing to struggle to earn the label 'international' for the journal now and in future. A brief introduction to the contents of this issue of FLS follows the reflection.

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“…In 2016, and coinciding with its 25th anniversary, FLS hosted the inaugural Feminism, Legality and Knowledge conference (FLaK) at Queen Mary, University of London (Fletcher 2015b;Fletcher et al 2016aFletcher et al , 2017. This event was very much developed and led by Ruth, who saw the need for a collaborative discussion between feminist activists and scholars around how to manage the paradoxes of the academy in which many of us exist and the role of the journal, if any, in resolving these.…”

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“…She envisioned the editorial as a place we could discuss current issues of concern to us, as well as introducing and curating our content. Her desire to confront and explore the discomfort and paradoxes, as well as the potentiality, of the academy and academic published is probably best crystallised by the editorial on 'Wench Tactics' she drafted in 2017 (Fletcher et al 2017). In 'Wench Tactics', and consistent with the ideas generated by FLaK, Fletcher asks 'How does feminism enact openings and closings in conditions of violence?'…”

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