Fran Amery

Dr Fran Amery

Small Group Project 2022-23

Lessons from the disabled people's movement

Social movements are frequently beset by segregation. This project, however, focuses on how social movements can come together and learn from one another; in particular, how other movements might learn from the disabled people’s movement. The disabled people’s movement is often wrongly assumed to have little relevant to offer other social movements. However, we claim that the social model of disability – which draws attention to the disabling and discriminatory impacts of social structures – may be fruitfully employed to combat other areas of social injustice. In doing so, we draw on the Co-PI’s prior work developing a ‘social model of asylum’ as well as the PI’s work on collaborations between social movement groups on contentious issues.

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Areas of interest

Feminist Politics Feminism Politics Transphobia LGBTQIA+Abortion Politics Gender Risk Resilience Social Policy Women

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FG8

Biography

Dr Fran Amery joined the Department as a Lecturer in 2015, having previously taught at the University of Bristol and the University of Birmingham. Her research explores contemporary feminist politics, with a particular interest in intra-feminist debates and feminist confrontations and intersections with reactionary movements. Her current work addresses organised transphobia, particularly within the UK, and the politics of menstruation and menstrual justice worldwide. With her Bath co-authors Melanie Channon and Jennifer Thomson, she is currently writing a book called Period Politics (under contract with Policy Press). Her first book, Beyond Pro-Life and Pro-Choice (Bristol University Press, 2020), traced the history of abortion politics from the passage of the 1967 Abortion Act to contemporary debates around decriminalisation, disability rights, and sex-selective abortion. Other previous projects have explored the gendered nature of risk governance, the concept of resilience in social policy, and the status of women in universities. She is a co-convenor of the Reactionary Politics Research Network and the Bath lead of the Queer Frontiers network.

Biographical details correct as of 19.04.26