The latest issue of the Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship has been released. It is issue one of a two-part special volume on feminism, with issue two to be released in 2024. It features two introductory articles, and seven articles and six poems from contributors identifying as either female or LGBTQ. As part of the “Dawei Collective” they write on topics such as how feminism intersects with Marxism and economics, ethnicity, religion, and democratic and labor union politics, how feminism in Myanmar and the Global South differs from feminism in the West, and how feminists are engaging in the ongoing revolutionary struggle against patriarchal military rule in Myanmar. Their voices are grounded, honest, and uncompromising, and this special issue throws into relief how feminists of diverse backgrounds have been affected by, and are affecting, the dynamic and complex societies within Myanmar today.

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