Defne Emiroğlu's blog, Zurnanın Son Büfesinde, publishes essays that critically examine gendered power in relationships and the mechanics of corruption and state capture. Readers get a sharp, personal point of view, with the corruption essays drawing on World Bank research and historical cases.
Website: https://www.defneemiroglu.com/
openDemocracy publishes investigative and analytical journalism on gender-based violence, geopolitics, migration, technology and rights. Recent issues cover women criminalised after coercive control in England and Wales, Brazil's election as a test of US regional strategy, and the spread of Project 2025-style politics in Latin America.
A journalist's newsletter sharing her reporting and analysis on abortion law, anti-trans policy, immigration enforcement prosecutions, and the history of suffrage. Each issue pairs a short personal note on her book and reporting process with excerpts and links to her longer articles.
A personal newsletter mixing memoir, essays on culture and ideas, and accessible excerpts from the author's PhD research on women garment workers and migration in Bangladesh. Readers get reflective writing alongside gender and labour research findings.
Feminist history newsletter that examines women erased from the historical record, the medical and social systems used to control them, and modern echoes of those attitudes. Issues mix historical research, book club readings and commentary on current debates.
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