This 3-day virtual conference will bring together scholars, activists, and artists exploring femininities through critical lenses.
This year’s Critical Femininities Conference is on the theme of ‘Temporalities.’
Temporalities refers to the state of existing within or having some relationship to time. In what might be referred to as unprecedented times, uncertain times, or even the worst possible timeline, femininity has the potential to expand our temporal horizons and offer new possibilities. Critical conceptions of femininity can help us reach to the temporal fringes to de-centre patriarchal, colonial, white supremacist, cisheteronormative, capitalist, anti-fat, ableist, and other oppressive temporal frameworks.
Reclaiming our collective time and a critical conception of femininity can surpass the traditional conception of futurity, a legacy which reaches into the past and foresees potential for a non-traditional future. A queer, femme temporality has the potential to shift the expectations and desires of the feminine future, critiquing reproductive futurism (Edelman, 2004), anti-fat temporal rituals (Edwards and Cronin 2025), and chrononormativity (Freeman, 2010) and demanding something different, something abundant, something previously unimagined, something more (Aguas 2025, Cummings 2019, Freeman 2010).
Find out more about the cluster and past conferences at this link: /cfr/critical-femininities/
Contact us at: critfemininities@gmail.com
Ticket Information
The Critical Femininities conference has always been a space that centres graduate students, early career researchers, arts workers, and others working outside/beyond the academy. To continue creating this supportive space, this year we are experimenting with a sliding scale conference registration fee. You can pay any amount (including $0) that works with your budget. Please note the currency is Canadian dollars (CAD).
REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1993948439458?aff=oddtdtcreator
Suggested Donation:
$0-$30: For conference presenters, students, arts workers, un- or under-waged
$30-$50: For those with a living wage
$50+: For those with access to institutional funding
Please email us (critfemininities@gmail.com) if you would like an itemized receipt or have any questions