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'''Kajsa "Ekis" Ekman''' is a Swedish author, freelance journalist and debater. Until 2022 her main journalistic venue was the left-wing daily ''Dagens ETC'', where she was a freelance contributor of opinion articles, but the newspaper fired her in 2022 following controversial comments she made about ].<ref name=expe/> Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of the small anarcho-syndicalist newspaper '']'', but fired shortly afterwards, which generated extensive debate.<ref name=svt-arb></ref><ref name=exp-arb> (</ref><ref name=dnst/> Her articles have also been published by '']'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Author: Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=https://steigan.no/author/kajsaekisekman/ |publisher=] |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> '']'' and '']'', and she has been an op-ed contributor to '']''. She is known for controversial views on transgender people and what she refers to as "]" in her articles and a book, which have generated extensive debate and criticism in Sweden.<ref name=dnst/> | |||
'''Kajsa "Ekis" Ekman''' is a Swedish author and journalist. She has written several books on prostitution, surrogacy, the Eurocrisis, the Greek economy and capitalism. She lectures worldwide on topics such as trafficking and capitalism. She writes for the Swedish major daily ]'s<ref>{{Cite web|title=”Coronakrisens utfall ligger i våra händer”|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/bokrecensioner/a/kRJ9JB/coronakrisens-utfall-ligger-i-vara-hander|access-date=2023-05-13|website=Aftonbladet|language=sw}}</ref> culture page where she is a literary critic as well as for the Norwegian daily ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=”Landet som aldri glemmer”|url=https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2023-04-11/landet-som-aldri-glemmer|access-date=2023-05-14|website=Klassekampen|language=no}}</ref> She has also written in ] about illegal adoptions and child trafficking between Sweden and Chile.<ref>{{Cite web|title=”Errements de l'adoption internationale”|url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2023/05/EKMAN/65725|access-date=2023-05-11|website=Le Monde Diplo|language=fr}}</ref> | |||
== Biography and work== | |||
She is one of the directors of the Swedish Observatory for Human Rights<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman {{!}} SOHRI — Swedish Observatory for Human Rights Information (SOHRI) |url=https://www.sohri.org/kajsa-ekman |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Swedish Observatory for Human Rights Information (SOHRI) |language=en-GB}}</ref> and has founded various activist groups such as Klimax, Swedish Feminist No to Surrogacy and the "Nätverket för Grekland" (Network of Solidarity with Greece.) <ref>"Nätverket För Grekland, Verksamhetsberättelse 2013-14, 2014</ref> | |||
⚫ | Her book ''Being and Being Bought'',<ref>Ekman, Kajsa Ekis: ''Being and Being Bought - Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self.'' Melbourne: Spinifex Press, 2013</ref> compares the sex industry and the ] industry, and how they both commodify women's bodies. It argues that both industries are at the intersection between capitalism and patriarchy. It criticizes the notion of ] as being an unholy alliance between the neoliberal right and the postmodern left, used to legitimize the sex industry. After two years of investigating so-called "trade unions for sex workers" in Europe, often undercover, she notices that they in many cases are funded by pimps, states, and academics, and have very little to do with labor struggle. The book has been translated into French, English, Spanish, and German.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} | ||
She was awarded the Lenin Prize in 2020. In his speech at the prize ceremony, author ] stated: "today we celebrate the new left-wing generation’s foremost intellectual representative, Kajsa Ekis Ekman. Kajsa has a combination of empirical overview and intellectual sharpness and depth that I think is unique in Sweden today. The only comparisons I can think of are the slightly older international sisters Naomi Klein and Arundhati Roy."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Göran Therborn's speech to Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=http://www.leninpriset.se/prisutdelning/goran-therborns-speech-to-kajsa-ekis-ekman/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=Leninpriset |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
⚫ | Her book ''Stolen Spring''<ref>Ekman, Kajsa Ekis: ''Κλεμμένη Ανοιξη'' Athens: Kedros Publishers, 2014</ref> describes the eurocrisis as seen from Athens, and the way in which it affected the Greek economy. Ekman criticizes the view that the eurocrisis was caused by the Greek workers, and instead traces it back to changes in capitalism and the construction of the euro as a currency that does not benefit economies of southern Europe. She was given the prize "Swedish-Greek of the Year" 2016 for her solidarity with Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|title=”Sverige och Grekland har mycket gemensamt”|url=https://www.etc.se/inrikes/sverige-och-grekland-har-mycket-gemensamt|access-date=2022-06-21|website=Dagens ETC|language=sv}}</ref> | ||
== Books== | |||
==Views == | |||
===Transgender people=== | |||
⚫ | In 2021 she published the book ''Om könets existens'' about what she refers to as a new "]" and the "new discourse around gender" which according to Ekman is idealist as opposed to a dialectical-materialist view on sex. The book was criticized for relying on far-right "] sources"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Samuelsson |first1=Sanna |title=Recension: Fake news-källor i Ekis Ekmans nya bok|trans-title=Review: Fake news sources in Ekis Ekman's new book |url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/recension-om-k%C3%B6nets-existens-av-kajsa-ekis-ekman-1.45711193 |date=28 April 2021 |work=]}}</ref> and depicting ] as a threat.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandberg |first1=Linn |title=Om transkvinnan som hot|trans-title=On trans women as a threat|url=http://tidskriftenrespons.se/recension/om-transkvinnan-som-hot/ |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=Respons}}</ref> '']'' described the book's anti-trans rhetoric as "abhorrent" and said that it "it is debatable whether this book deserves any discussion at all."<ref>{{cite news |title=Kan diskuteres om boken i det hele tatt fortjener omtale|trans-title=It is debatable whether this book deserves any discussion at all |url=https://www.morgenbladet.no/boker/anmeldelser/2021/07/16/enoyd-redningsridder/ |date=16 July 2021 |work=]}}</ref> Maria Horvei wrote that Ekman's "onesided" book argues against ].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Horvei |first1=Maria |title=Å vere eller ikkje få vere |url=https://www.vinduet.no/kritikk/a-vere-eller-ikkje-fa-vere-om-konets-existens-av-kajsa-ekis-ekman/ |date=10 September 2021 |work=]}}</ref> The ] published a book titled ''100 fel i 'Om könets existens''' that argued that her book contained numerous inaccuracies and dubious sources.<ref>{{cite web |title=100 fel i “Om könets existens” |url=https://www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/trans/100-fel-i-ekmans-bok/ |publisher=RFSL |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> In 2021, the Forum for Gender Studies at ] cancelled a discussion of Ekman's book, with the statement that "the Forum for Gender Studies is not a place for transphobia and anti-trans hate".<ref name="svtse">{{cite web |title=Universitet ställde in seminarium om Kajsa Ekis Ekmans bok |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/universitet-stallde-in-seminarium-om-kajsa-ekis-ekmans-bok |publisher=] |access-date=10 December 2021}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | In February 2018 a talk she was scheduled to give was cancelled by the ] (Roks), in response to controversial comments she made on transgender issues, which Roks declared inconsistent with their beliefs and mission to serve "all those who identity as women and girls."<ref name="roks">{{cite web |title=Uttalande angående Kajsa Ekis Ekmans deltagande på Roks konferens 20 februari |url=https://www.roks.se/index.php/nyheter/uttalande-angaende-kajsa-ekis-ekmans-deltagande-pa-roks-konferens-20-februari |access-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318220059/https://www.roks.se/index.php/nyheter/uttalande-angaende-kajsa-ekis-ekmans-deltagande-pa-roks-konferens-20-februari |archive-date=18 March 2018}}</ref> Maria Ramnehill argued that Ekman spreads scaremongering propaganda about trans women,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ramnehill |first1=Maria |title=Ekis Ekman sprider skrämselpropaganda om transkvinnor|trans-title=Ekis Ekman spreads scaremongering propaganda about trans women |url=https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/ekis-ekman-sprider-skr%C3%A4mselpropaganda-om-transkvinnor-1.5066365 |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=]}}</ref> while feminist ] wrote that the result of Ekman's views is oppression.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Tiina |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekmans feminism blir till förtryck |url=https://www.expressen.se/kultur/ide/kajsa-ekis-ekman-skuldbelagger-transpersoner/ |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=Expressen}}</ref> In 2020 Ekman participated in the Swedish launch of the anti-trans group ] (WDI) and its manifesto.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish Launch of the Declaration of Women's Human Rights Campaign |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gTysvfm4Ww |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> She has also appeared in WDI's "Feminist Question Time" podcast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Feminist Question Time|url=https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/webinars/feminist-question-time-links/ |publisher=WDI |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | Her book ''Being and Being Bought'',<ref>Ekman, Kajsa Ekis: ''Being and Being Bought - Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self.'' Melbourne: Spinifex Press, 2013</ref> compares the sex industry and the ] industry, and how they both commodify women's bodies. It argues that both industries are at the intersection between capitalism and patriarchy. It criticizes the notion of ] as being an unholy alliance between the neoliberal right and the postmodern left, used to legitimize the sex industry. After two years of investigating so-called "trade unions for sex workers" in Europe, often undercover, she notices that they in many cases are funded by pimps, states, and academics, and have very little to do with labor struggle. The book has been translated into French, English, Spanish, and German.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} |
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⚫ | In an article in '']'' she was described by critics as a "leading figure in the new transphobic movement."<ref name=dnst>{{cite news |title=Därför stormar det på tidningen Arbetaren igen |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/darfor-stormar-det-pa-tidningen-arbetaren-igen/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=]}}</ref> Ekman complained over the article, resulting in criticism from an ethics body over the fact that she was not offered the opportunity to comment on the criticism of her.<ref></ref> | ||
⚫ | Her book ''Stolen Spring''<ref>Ekman, Kajsa Ekis: ''Κλεμμένη Ανοιξη'' Athens: Kedros Publishers, 2014</ref> describes the eurocrisis as seen from Athens, and the way in which it affected the Greek economy. Ekman criticizes the view that the eurocrisis was caused by the Greek workers, and instead traces it back to changes in capitalism and the construction of the euro as a currency that does not benefit economies of southern Europe. She was given the prize "Swedish-Greek of the Year" 2016 for her solidarity with Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|title=”Sverige och Grekland har mycket gemensamt”|url=https://www.etc.se/inrikes/sverige-och-grekland-har-mycket-gemensamt|access-date=2022-06-21|website=Dagens ETC|language=sv}}</ref> | ||
⚫ | ===Controversies over firings from ''Dagens ETC'' and ''Arbetaren''=== | ||
Her book "On the Meaning of Sex - Thoughts on the new Definition of Woman" (Spinifex Press, 2022) analyzes the "new discourse around gender" which according to Ekman is idealist as opposed to a dialectical-materialist view on sex. She there delves into the consequences the new discourse around sex has, and compares it to the "one-sex model" of Greek antiquity. | |||
⚫ | Until 2022 she was a regular contributor of opinion articles to the left-wing daily ''Dagens ETC''. In 2022 she was fired from ''Dagens ETC'' after she had made several controversial comments such as claiming that ] (RT) publishes "very solid journalism."<ref name="skd">{{Cite news |date=12 April 2022 |title=Ekis Ekman om ETC: Utkastad efter tio år |work=Skånska Dagbladet |url=https://www.skd.se/2022-04-12/ekis-ekman-om-etc-utkastad-efter-tio-ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Carlsson Tenitskaja |first=Alexandra |date=11 April 2022 |title=Dagens ETC avslutar samarbete med Kajsa Ekis Ekman |work=] |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/dagens-etc-avslutar-samarbete-med-kajsa-ekis-ekman/ |access-date=14 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Köper man rysk propaganda ställer man sig på fel sida |url=https://www.ttela.se/%C3%A5sikt/ledare/k%C3%B6per-man-rysk-propaganda-st%C3%A4ller-man-sig-p%C3%A5-fel-sida-1.70567322 |access-date=30 April 2022 |work=Ttela}}</ref> ETC's editor said she had "whitewashed RT and what they are up to in the world."<ref name=expe></ref> | ||
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Later in 2022 she briefly worked as an editor of the small anarcho-syndicalist newspaper '']''. She was let go following criticism from other members of staff against her appointment. Her views on trans people were cited as a particular point of contention.<ref name=svt-arb /><ref name=exp-arb/><ref name=dnst/> | |||
⚫ | In February 2018 a talk she was scheduled to give |
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⚫ | In an article in '']'' she was described by critics as a "leading figure in the new transphobic movement."<ref name=dnst>{{cite news |title=Därför stormar det på tidningen Arbetaren igen |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/darfor-stormar-det-pa-tidningen-arbetaren-igen/ |access-date=4 May 2023 |work=]}}</ref> Ekman complained over the article, resulting in |
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===Pro-Palestine activism=== | ===Pro-Palestine activism=== | ||
She was a participant in the 2015 ] whose aim was to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. She, along with ], was imprisoned by the Israeli military |
She was a participant in the 2015 ] whose aim was to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. She, along with ], was imprisoned by the Israeli military. She considers ] to be a country based on "ethnic cleansing and apartheid".<ref>{{cite web |title=Elvander saknar exempel på antisemitism inom vänstern |url=http://flamman.se/a/elvander-saknar-exempel-pa-antisemitism-inom-vanstern |access-date=4 May 2022}}</ref> | ||
===Other topics=== | ===Other topics=== | ||
Ekman was one of the speakers at the 2014 ] |
Ekman was one of the speakers at the 2014 ]. In her ], "Everybody talks about Capitalism, but what is it?", she speaks about the free market as a useful tool, but capitalism as a force unable of moral responsibility, and plan for the climate, the country, and the world. She suggests regulation of the finance sector to avoid crises, and suggests "democracy in all sectors of society, also in the working place".<ref>{{Citation|title=Everybody talks about capitalism -- but what is it? | Kajsa Ekis Ekman | TEDxAthens|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq5lX-j6Prg|language=en|access-date=2022-06-21}}</ref> | ||
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Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of the small anarcho-syndicalist newspaper '']'', but fired shortly afterwards after the other staff protested against the CEO sidestepping them in the process. <ref name=svt-arb></ref><ref name=exp-arb> (</ref><ref name=dnst/> | |||
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Swedish writer and activistKajsa "Ekis" Ekman is a Swedish author, freelance journalist and debater. Until 2022 her main journalistic venue was the left-wing daily Dagens ETC, where she was a freelance contributor of opinion articles, but the newspaper fired her in 2022 following controversial comments she made about Russia Today. Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of the small anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren, but fired shortly afterwards, which generated extensive debate. Her articles have also been published by Steigan.no, Klassekampen and Feminist Current, and she has been an op-ed contributor to Aftonbladet. She is known for controversial views on transgender people and what she refers to as "gender ideology" in her articles and a book, which have generated extensive debate and criticism in Sweden.
Biography and work
Her book Being and Being Bought, compares the sex industry and the surrogacy industry, and how they both commodify women's bodies. It argues that both industries are at the intersection between capitalism and patriarchy. It criticizes the notion of sex work as being an unholy alliance between the neoliberal right and the postmodern left, used to legitimize the sex industry. After two years of investigating so-called "trade unions for sex workers" in Europe, often undercover, she notices that they in many cases are funded by pimps, states, and academics, and have very little to do with labor struggle. The book has been translated into French, English, Spanish, and German.
Her book Stolen Spring describes the eurocrisis as seen from Athens, and the way in which it affected the Greek economy. Ekman criticizes the view that the eurocrisis was caused by the Greek workers, and instead traces it back to changes in capitalism and the construction of the euro as a currency that does not benefit economies of southern Europe. She was given the prize "Swedish-Greek of the Year" 2016 for her solidarity with Greece.
Views
Transgender people
In 2021 she published the book Om könets existens about what she refers to as a new "gender ideology" and the "new discourse around gender" which according to Ekman is idealist as opposed to a dialectical-materialist view on sex. The book was criticized for relying on far-right "fake news sources" and depicting trans women as a threat. Morgenbladet described the book's anti-trans rhetoric as "abhorrent" and said that it "it is debatable whether this book deserves any discussion at all." Maria Horvei wrote that Ekman's "onesided" book argues against strawmen. The Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights published a book titled 100 fel i 'Om könets existens' that argued that her book contained numerous inaccuracies and dubious sources. In 2021, the Forum for Gender Studies at Mid Sweden University cancelled a discussion of Ekman's book, with the statement that "the Forum for Gender Studies is not a place for transphobia and anti-trans hate".
In February 2018 a talk she was scheduled to give was cancelled by the National Organisation for Women’s Shelters and Young Women's Shelters in Sweden (Roks), in response to controversial comments she made on transgender issues, which Roks declared inconsistent with their beliefs and mission to serve "all those who identity as women and girls." Maria Ramnehill argued that Ekman spreads scaremongering propaganda about trans women, while feminist Tiina Rosenberg wrote that the result of Ekman's views is oppression. In 2020 Ekman participated in the Swedish launch of the anti-trans group Women's Declaration International (WDI) and its manifesto. She has also appeared in WDI's "Feminist Question Time" podcast.
In an article in Dagens Nyheter she was described by critics as a "leading figure in the new transphobic movement." Ekman complained over the article, resulting in criticism from an ethics body over the fact that she was not offered the opportunity to comment on the criticism of her.
Controversies over firings from Dagens ETC and Arbetaren
Until 2022 she was a regular contributor of opinion articles to the left-wing daily Dagens ETC. In 2022 she was fired from Dagens ETC after she had made several controversial comments such as claiming that Russia Today (RT) publishes "very solid journalism." ETC's editor said she had "whitewashed RT and what they are up to in the world."
Later in 2022 she briefly worked as an editor of the small anarcho-syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren. She was let go following criticism from other members of staff against her appointment. Her views on trans people were cited as a particular point of contention.
Pro-Palestine activism
She was a participant in the 2015 Free Gaza Flottilla whose aim was to break the siege of Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. She, along with Dror Feiler, was imprisoned by the Israeli military. She considers Israel to be a country based on "ethnic cleansing and apartheid".
Other topics
Ekman was one of the speakers at the 2014 Festival of Dangerous Ideas. In her Ted Talk, "Everybody talks about Capitalism, but what is it?", she speaks about the free market as a useful tool, but capitalism as a force unable of moral responsibility, and plan for the climate, the country, and the world. She suggests regulation of the finance sector to avoid crises, and suggests "democracy in all sectors of society, also in the working place".
Awards
- 2010 – The Robespierre Prize
- 2016 – Sara Lidman-priset
- 2020 – The Lenin Award (Sweden)
References
- ^ Dagens ETC bryter med Ekis Ekman
- ^ ”Fejden är ett tragikomiskt offentligt sammanbrott”
- ^ Ekis Ekman sparkas från Arbetaren – efter kritiken (
- ^ "Därför stormar det på tidningen Arbetaren igen". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- "Author: Kajsa Ekis Ekman". Steigan.no. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- Ekman, Kajsa Ekis: Being and Being Bought - Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self. Melbourne: Spinifex Press, 2013
- Ekman, Kajsa Ekis: Κλεμμένη Ανοιξη Athens: Kedros Publishers, 2014
- ""Sverige och Grekland har mycket gemensamt"". Dagens ETC (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-06-21.
- Samuelsson, Sanna (28 April 2021). "Recension: Fake news-källor i Ekis Ekmans nya bok" [Review: Fake news sources in Ekis Ekman's new book]. Göteborgs-Posten.
- Sandberg, Linn. "Om transkvinnan som hot" [On trans women as a threat]. Respons. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- "Kan diskuteres om boken i det hele tatt fortjener omtale" [It is debatable whether this book deserves any discussion at all]. Morgenbladet. 16 July 2021.
- Horvei, Maria (10 September 2021). "Å vere eller ikkje få vere". Vinduet.
- "100 fel i "Om könets existens"". RFSL. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- "Universitet ställde in seminarium om Kajsa Ekis Ekmans bok". Sveriges Television. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- "Uttalande angående Kajsa Ekis Ekmans deltagande på Roks konferens 20 februari". Archived from the original on 18 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- Ramnehill, Maria. "Ekis Ekman sprider skrämselpropaganda om transkvinnor" [Ekis Ekman spreads scaremongering propaganda about trans women]. Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- Rosenberg, Tiina. "Kajsa Ekis Ekmans feminism blir till förtryck". Expressen. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- "Swedish Launch of the Declaration of Women's Human Rights Campaign". Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- "Feminist Question Time". WDI. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
- DN klandras för kränkande omdöme om Ekis Ekman
- "Ekis Ekman om ETC: Utkastad efter tio år". Skånska Dagbladet. 12 April 2022.
- Carlsson Tenitskaja, Alexandra (11 April 2022). "Dagens ETC avslutar samarbete med Kajsa Ekis Ekman". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- "Köper man rysk propaganda ställer man sig på fel sida". Ttela. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- "Elvander saknar exempel på antisemitism inom vänstern". Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- Everybody talks about capitalism -- but what is it? | Kajsa Ekis Ekman | TEDxAthens, retrieved 2022-06-21
- "The Lenin Award". Retrieved 22 March 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Leninprisen til Kajsa Ekis Ekman". Steigan.no. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
External links
- Media related to Kajsa Ekis Ekman at Wikimedia Commons