Iskra de Vries
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533847 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Iskra de Vries |
| GIVEN NAMES | Iskra |
| FAMILY NAME | de Vries |
| SIGNATURE | DE VRIES I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0009-0001-2371-9793 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Exploring (anti-)gender articulations around the Dutch Transgender Bill 2021
This article examines arguments contesting the Dutch Transgender Bill of 2021, situating them within the context of Dutch sexual politics. Drawing on feminist discourse analysis, I first analyze how terms such as gender and “gender ideology” are articulated. I then conceptualize part of this contestation as liberal cisnormativity , pointing toward a rhetorical device that enables a seemingly liberal critique of the legislation while not rejecting…
Abortion Lawfare and the Margin of Appreciation in the ECtHR Jurisprudence on Poland
This article examines the legal device known as the margin of appreciation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). To critically evaluate its modus operandi, we first explore scholarly literature on its functioning to then analyse the margin’s application in abortion-related jurisprudence. By relying on the framework of reproductive justice, we present three objections to the doctrine. First, spurious incrementalism addresses individualise…
Reimagining Double Consciousness beyond the Colour Line
Drawing on online semi-structured interviews and mental mapping, this article examines the so-called LGBT-Free Z*nes in Poland. It offers two main contributions. First, it shows how LGBTQ+ participants interpret these zones and how their subjectivities enable them to negotiate the workings of state-sanctioned LGBTQ+phobia. Second, by mobilizing the Du Boisian notion of double consciousness, the article elucidates the dynamic of this negotiation a…
Polemics on Polish Progressiveness and Patriotism
This article examines cultural hierarchies in practices of knowledge production using Robert Kulpa’s concept of leveraged pedagogy. Engaging with the work of Stanley Bill and Jennifer Ramme on Poland’s progressive organizing, conceptions of Polishness and patriotism, we challenge the binaries of the transnational and the national, and national and exclusionary, by entering into a scholarly polemic guided by the Fanonian notion of national conscio…
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Reimagining Double Consciousness beyond the Colour Line
Drawing on online semi-structured interviews and mental mapping, this article examines the so-called LGBT-Free Z*nes in Poland. It offers two main contributions. First, it shows how LGBTQ+ participants interpret these zones and how their subjectivities enable them to negotiate the workings of state-sanctioned LGBTQ+phobia. Second, by mobilizing the Du Boisian notion of double consciousness, the article elucidates the dynamic of this negotiation a…
Polemics on Polish Progressiveness and Patriotism
This article examines cultural hierarchies in practices of knowledge production using Robert Kulpa’s concept of leveraged pedagogy. Engaging with the work of Stanley Bill and Jennifer Ramme on Poland’s progressive organizing, conceptions of Polishness and patriotism, we challenge the binaries of the transnational and the national, and national and exclusionary, by entering into a scholarly polemic guided by the Fanonian notion of national conscio…
Exploring (anti-)gender articulations around the Dutch Transgender Bill 2021
This article examines arguments contesting the Dutch Transgender Bill of 2021, situating them within the context of Dutch sexual politics. Drawing on feminist discourse analysis, I first analyze how terms such as gender and “gender ideology” are articulated. I then conceptualize part of this contestation as liberal cisnormativity , pointing toward a rhetorical device that enables a seemingly liberal critique of the legislation while not rejecting…
Abortion Lawfare and the Margin of Appreciation in the ECtHR Jurisprudence on Poland
This article examines the legal device known as the margin of appreciation at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). To critically evaluate its modus operandi, we first explore scholarly literature on its functioning to then analyse the margin’s application in abortion-related jurisprudence. By relying on the framework of reproductive justice, we present three objections to the doctrine. First, spurious incrementalism addresses individualise…
Consciousness (2 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Adjudication (1 work) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 work) · Bodily integrity (1 work) · Compassion (1 work) · Construct (python library) (1 work) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (1 work)