Trans Femme Futures: Abolitionist Ethics for Transfeminist Worlds

'Trans Femme Futures' envisions the future through everyday actions that revolutionise our lives. Nat Raha and Mijke van der Drift discuss struggles around trans healthcare, the need for collectives over institutions, the importance of mutual care, and transfeminism as abolition. The authors show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises.

For this event, Nat and Mijke will present ideas from the book, followed by an audience Q&A.

This event is presented in collaboration with Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham. It connects to Nat Raha’s ongoing project Liberation Laboratory, a commission by Radar.

Radar is Loughborough University's commissioning contemporary art programme. They invite artists to produce new work in response to, alongside and in provocation of research undertaken across Loughborough University’s two campuses. They also programme events bringing together artistic and academic work.

Speaker biographies

Dr Nat Raha is a poet, and Lecturer at Glasgow School of Art. She has authored four books of poetry, numerous journal articles, and her writing has been translated into 8 languages.

Dr Mijke van der Drift is tutor at the Royal College of Art, London. Mijke’s work on ethics has appeared in various formats in journals, performances, and sound pieces.

Accessibility

Five Leaves Bookshop has step-free access. For any additional access enquiries, please contact l.lopez@lboro.ac.uk