Max Soar

@maxsoar.bsky.social

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interdisciplinary/undisciplined | STS, Political Economy, other stuff | Pākehā | he/him https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-7861

Far from an immutable reality, so-called biological sex is more a constant negotiation that defies the logic of simple binaries. Given this scientific complexity, Marcroft’s bill and its supporters’ claims about “biological reality” cannot go unquestioned. Their mobilisation of scientific terminology invokes not just the authority we commonly associate with the sciences, but also a uniquely privileged claim about what (and who) is or is not designated as natural. In doing so, the bill’s proponents join a long and sordid history – from race science to eugenics – of dehumanisation disguised as scientific classification.
The cover of Science for the People vol. 27 no. 2: The Political Economy of Science
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The title of the paper set on the colours of the trans flag: "Anti-vax, anti-mask, anti-gender: The transphobic turn of the “freedom movement” during COVID-19" by Max Soar, Sophie Beaumont & Alex Ker, set o
Screenshot of news website with headline "Minister for Women says pay equity changes 'positive news for women'"