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'''Kajsa Ekis Ekman''' (born in 1980) is a Swedish author, journalist, and debater. Her works have sparked debate in subjects regarding ] issues, ], ], and ]. She identifies as a ] and has written a book and several articles from a ] perspective,<ref name=Foultier/><ref name=Sandberg/> leading to accusations of being ]. She participated in the Swedish launch of ]. Until 2022 she wrote for ''{{ill|Dagens ETC|sv}}'', but she was let go amid controversy in 2022.<ref></ref> Later in 2022 she was hired as editor of '']'', but let go shortly afterwards, which generated extensive debate.<ref name=svt-arb></ref><ref name=exp-arb> (</ref><ref name=dnst/> Currently, she is the editor-in-chief of Parabol Press<ref name="parabol">{{cite web|title=We who make Parabol |url=https://www.parabol.press/redaktionen/ |website=Parabol Press |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> and contributes to a number of other Swedish publications. The awards she received include the ] in 2010 and ] in 2020. '''Kajsa Ekis Ekman''' (born July 25 1980) is a Swedish feminist author, journalist, and debater. Her work has sparked debate on the subjects of ], ], and ]. Ekman is currently the editor-in-chief of the news and opinion website ''Parabol Press,''<ref name="parabol">{{cite web|title=We who make Parabol |url=https://www.parabol.press/redaktionen/ |website=Parabol Press |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> and writes for numerous Swedish publications. Her awards include the 2010 ] and the 2020 ].


== Biography == == Biography ==
Ekman grew up in Stockholm and initially became involved in the ] in her early teens.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lindh |first=Kristina |date=2021-04-02 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: Feministerna är lurade |language=sv |work=Svenska Dagbladet |url=https://www.svd.se/a/jBkvje/kajsa-ekis-ekman-feministerna-ar-lurade |access-date=2023-05-21 |issn=1101-2412}}</ref> That led her to engage in political activism for ] and ] and subsequently the left-wing movement.<ref name=":0" /> Ekman grew up in Stockholm and became involved with the ] in her early teens.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Lindh |first=Kristina |date=2021-04-02 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: Feministerna är lurade |language=sv |work=Svenska Dagbladet |url=https://www.svd.se/a/jBkvje/kajsa-ekis-ekman-feministerna-ar-lurade |access-date=2023-05-21 |issn=1101-2412}}</ref> That led to involvement with political activism for ] and ].


She participated in the protests at ], coined the ''Gothenburg Riots'', and has mentioned experiencing a decline in activist movements as an aftermath.<ref name=":0" /> During an open house at Swedish newspaper ''],'' she voiced her opposition to the newspaper's lack of appeal to young people.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Färlin |first=Mårten |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: "Det borde finnas ett halvårs karantän mot mediedrev" |url=https://www.resume.se/insikt/helgintervjuer/kajsa-ekis-ekman-det-borde-finnas-ett-halvars-karantan-mot-mediedrev/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Resumé |language=sv}}</ref> Journalist ], editor at the newspapers Whats-On-appendice ''DN på stan'' encouraged her to write something herself and send it in. She had an article published, which led to a collaboration that sparked her interest in writing.<ref name=":1" /> She participated in the protests at the ]. During an open house at the Swedish morning newspaper ''],'' she criticised the paper's lack of appeal to young people.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Färlin |first=Mårten |date=June 10, 2016 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: "Det borde finnas ett halvårs karantän mot mediedrev" |url=https://www.resume.se/insikt/helgintervjuer/kajsa-ekis-ekman-det-borde-finnas-ett-halvars-karantan-mot-mediedrev/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Resumé |language=sv}}</ref> Journalist ], editor of the paper's supplement ''DN på stan'' encouraged her to write and submit something herself. Ekman submitted an article that was published. This led to a collaboration that sparked her interest in writing.<ref name=":1" />


She has studied ] at university level, among other subjects.<ref name=":1" /> She has studied ] at university level, among other subjects.<ref name=":1" />


Ekman has founded several networks and organizations, including the climate action group ''Klimax'', ] ''Feministiskt Nej till Surrogatmödraskap'' and ] support network ''Nätverket för Grekland.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bornlid Lesseur |first=Marcus |date=May 14, 2014 |title=En cigg i regnet med Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=https://www.lundagard.se/2014/05/14/en-cigg-i-regnet-med-kajsa-ekis-ekman/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=] |language=sv-SE}}</ref> She was a spokesperson for the group ''Shut It Down,'' which worked in 2010 to stop the ]ed ] '']'' using acts of ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rehnbergh |first=Rikard |date=2010-06-03 |title=Våldsam polisinsats vid miljöaktion |url=https://www.arbetaren.se/2010/06/03/valdsam-polisinsats-vid-miljoaktion/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Arbetaren |language=sv-SE}}</ref> Ekman has founded several networks and organizations, including the climate action group ''Klimax'', the ] ''Feministiskt Nej till Surrogatmödraskap'' and ] support network ''Nätverket för Grekland.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bornlid Lesseur |first=Marcus |date=May 14, 2014 |title=En cigg i regnet med Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=https://www.lundagard.se/2014/05/14/en-cigg-i-regnet-med-kajsa-ekis-ekman/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=] |language=sv-SE}}</ref> In 2010, she was a spokesperson for the ] action ''Shut It Down,'' aimed at the ]ed ] '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rehnbergh |first=Rikard |date=2010-06-03 |title=Våldsam polisinsats vid miljöaktion |url=https://www.arbetaren.se/2010/06/03/valdsam-polisinsats-vid-miljoaktion/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Arbetaren |language=sv-SE}}</ref>


Ekman serves as editor-in-chief of Parabol Press.<ref name="parabol" /> She contributes to the cultural section of '']'',<ref name=":1" /> she has written a few op-eds for the Norwegian newspaper '']'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Klassekampen articles by Kajsa Ekis |url=https://klassekampen.no/s%C3%B8k/kajsa%20ekis?av=Kajsa+Ekis+Ekman&ikkeav=Av+Kajsa+Ekis+Ekman&emne=&kategori=|website=klassekampen.no}}</ref> she is is a literary critic at the Swedish daily ]'s cultural section,<ref>{{cite web|title=Aftonbladet articles by Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/av/kajsa-ekis-ekman |website=Aftonbladet.se}}</ref> and she contributes to '']''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dalademokraten.se/skribent/d4038293-7ece-4c82-9fea-6156b4b12cb2 | title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman }}</ref> She has also contributed to '']''<ref>{{cite web|title=Editorials by Kajsa Ekis Edman |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2023/05/EKMAN/65725 |website=monde-diplomatique.fr|date=May 2023 }}</ref> and '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kajsa Ekman articles on Truthdig |url=https://www.truthdig.com/author/kajsa_ekis_ekman/ |website=truthdig.com</ref> Ekman serves as editor-in-chief of ''Parabol Press''.<ref name="parabol" /> She is a literary critic for ],<ref>{{cite web|title=Aftonbladet articles by Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/av/kajsa-ekis-ekman |website=Aftonbladet.se}}</ref> and a columnist for '']''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dalademokraten.se/skribent/d4038293-7ece-4c82-9fea-6156b4b12cb2 | title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman }}</ref> She has also written for '']''<ref>{{cite web|title=Editorials by Kajsa Ekis Edman |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2023/05/EKMAN/65725 |website=monde-diplomatique.fr|date=May 2023 }}</ref>, '']''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kajsa Ekman articles on Truthdig |url=https://www.truthdig.com/author/kajsa_ekis_ekman/ |website=truthdig.com</ref> ''Feminist Current'' and '']''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} She lectures internationally on prostitution, surrogacy, and ].<ref name=":1" />


⚫ In 2020, Ekman was awarded the ] given that she is an "independent socialist and feminist with the whole world as her field of work."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=http://www.leninpriset.se/pristagare/kajsa-ekis-ekman-5/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Leninpriset |language=sv-SE}}</ref> She has referred to herself as "generally left-wing."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Röstlund Jonsson |first=Christoffer |date=February 19, 2016 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: "Högdalens ägare är korkade kapitalister" |work=Stockholm Direkt |url=https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/kajsa-ekis-ekman-hogdalens-agare-ar-korkade-kapitalister}}</ref>
She has previously worked as an editorial writer for left wing paper ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Runevad Kjellmer |first=Jakob |date=2022-04-12 |title=Ekis Ekman om avbrutna ETC-samarbetet: "Kan inte vara sant" |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/kajsa-ekis-ekman-om-avbrutna-etc-samarbetet-kan-inte-vara-sant |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> and was a member of the editorial board for the magazine ].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-28 |title=Sara Lidman-priset till Kajsa Ekis Ekman |pages=23 |work=Norrländska socialdemokraten}}</ref> Ekman has been published in TruthDig, FeministCurrent, and Kathimerini.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} She lectures internationally on prostitution, surrogacy, and theory of crisis.<ref name=":1" />

⚫ In 2020, she was awarded the Swedish ] given that she is an "independent socialist and feminist with the whole world as her field of work."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=http://www.leninpriset.se/pristagare/kajsa-ekis-ekman-5/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Leninpriset |language=sv-SE}}</ref> She has referred to herself as "generally left-wing."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Röstlund Jonsson |first=Christoffer |date=February 19, 2016 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: "Högdalens ägare är korkade kapitalister" |work=Stockholm Direkt |url=https://www.mitti.se/nyheter/kajsa-ekis-ekman-hogdalens-agare-ar-korkade-kapitalister}}</ref>


== Books == == Books ==
Ekman made her debut as an author in 2010 with the book ''Being and Being Bought'', subtitled "''Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self''". It received mixed reviews, and her stance against surrogacy sparked debate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lindström |first=Linn |url=https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26084 |title=Exploaterad surrogatmamma eller altruistisk värdmamma? En diskursanalys av den svenska debatten om surrogatmödraskap |date=2012 |publisher=Malmö högskola/Hälsa och samhälle |access-date=2023-05-21}}</ref> ] described it as "one of the year's most important books" in Dagens Nyheter, and it has been translated into English, German, Spanish, and French.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Being and Being Bought" at Spinifex Press website |url=http://spinifexpress.com.au/Bookstore/book/id=246/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626224858/http://spinifexpress.com.au/Bookstore/book/id=246/ |archive-date=June 26, 2014}}</ref> The debate led the ] and ] to take a stance against surrogacy in Sweden.{{cn|date=July 2024}} Ekman made her debut as an author in 2010 with the book ''Being and Being Bought'', subtitled "''Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self''". It received mixed reviews, and her stance against surrogacy sparked debate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lindström |first=Linn |url=https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26084 |title=Exploaterad surrogatmamma eller altruistisk värdmamma? En diskursanalys av den svenska debatten om surrogatmödraskap |date=2012 |publisher=Malmö högskola/Hälsa och samhälle |access-date=2023-05-21}}</ref> ] described it as "one of the year's most important books" in ''Dagens Nyheter''. It has been translated into English, German, Spanish, and French.<ref>{{Cite web |title="Being and Being Bought" at Spinifex Press website |url=http://spinifexpress.com.au/Bookstore/book/id=246/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140626224858/http://spinifexpress.com.au/Bookstore/book/id=246/ |archive-date=June 26, 2014}}</ref> The ensuing debate led the ] and ] to take stances against surrogacy in Sweden.{{cn|date=July 2024}}


Ekman's book {{Lang|sv|Skulden: Eurokrisen sedd från Aten}} (approximately "The Debt: Eurocrisis perceived from Athens"), from 2014, explores the ] and ] from a Greek perspective. The book was translated into Greek under the title {{Lang|el|{{Script|Greek|κλεμμένη άνοιξη}}}} (approximately "The Stolen Spring"). It challenges the myth of the lazy Greek often cited in Sweden and the rest of EU.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsson |first=Petter |date=2013-08-27 |title=Greker lata och tröga – eller? |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Qlw75R |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref> For the book and her engagement in Greece, she received the "Swedish-Greek of the Year" award in 2015.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Weslen |first=Andrea |date=2015-12-16 |title="Sverige och Grekland har mycket gemensamt" |url=https://www.etc.se/inrikes/sverige-och-grekland-har-mycket-gemensamt |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref> Ekman's book {{Lang|sv|Skulden: Eurokrisen sedd från Aten}} ("The Debt: The Eurocrisis viewed from Athens"), published in 2014, explores the ] and ] from a Greek perspective. The book was published in Greek with the title {{Lang|el|{{Script|Greek|κλεμμένη άνοιξη}}}} ("The Stolen Spring"). It challenges the myth of the lazy Greek often cited in Sweden and the rest of the EU.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larsson |first=Petter |date=2013-08-27 |title=Greker lata och tröga – eller? |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Qlw75R |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref> For the book and her involvement with Greece, Ekman received the 2015 "Swedish-Greek of the Year" award.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Weslen |first=Andrea |date=2015-12-16 |title="Sverige och Grekland har mycket gemensamt" |url=https://www.etc.se/inrikes/sverige-och-grekland-har-mycket-gemensamt |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref>

Ekman's book ''On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman'', which addresses what she refers to as the new understanding of gender, was published in April 2021. It spurred major controversy and Ekman was dubbed a "]", trans-exclusionary radical feminist, by parts of the feminist and LBGT-movement.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}


== Views == == Views ==


=== Transgender issues === === Transgender issues ===
Ekman har written several articles and a book promoting ] ideas.<ref name=Foultier>{{cite journal |last1=Foultier |first1=Anna Petronella |title=Recension: Om könets existens: tankar om den nya synen på kön |journal=Tidskrift för politisk filosofi |date=2021 |volume=25 |issue=2–3 |pages=98–115 |url=https://philarchive.org/archive/FOUEEO|quote=I slutändan visar sig Ekis Ekmans argument i hög grad vara hämtade från den transexkluderande – »gender critical» – feminism som har fått stort genomslag främst i Storbritannien, men också i andra länder, och som inte ens är särskilt ny.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahlerup |first1=Amanda |title="Samtidens tillfälliga nycker?" |date=2023 |publisher=Lunds universitet |page=19 |quote=Den feministiska rörelse som betraktar transpersoners rättigheter som ett hot mot kvinnors rättigheter och transkvinnor som upprätthållare av patriarkala strukturer benämns ofta som transexkluderande radikalfeminister (TERFS). De själva benämner sig dock som ”gender critical” och har, liksom de högerkonservativa krafterna, en synlig organisering i sociala medier. I spetsen för denna rörelse i Sverige står Kajsa Ekis Ekman, som bland annat skrivit den transkritiska boken Om könets existens (Sandberg 2021).}}</ref>


⚫ In 2020 Ekman published the book ''On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman''. She argues that one set of ] has been replaced by another. Where one was previously expected to dress in a certain way, have certain interests and exhibit certain personality traits based on one's sex, one's sex is now supposed to be determined by one's style of dress, interests and personality traits.{{cn|date=August 2024}}
In 2020 Ekman participated in the Swedish launch of anti-trans group ] (WDI; formerly named Women's Human Rights Campaign or WHRC).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tausz |first1=Ben |title=Collaboration between transphobic feminists and the far right — some facts |url=https://www.workersliberty.org/story/2022-09-12/collaboration-between-transphobic-feminists-and-far-right-some-facts |date=13 September 2022 |work=Workers' Liberty}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swedish Launch of the Declaration of Women's Human Rights Campaign | date=16 July 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gTysvfm4Ww&ab_channel=Women%27sDeclarationInternational%28WDI%29 |publisher=] |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> She has also participated in other WDI events, such as WDI's "Feminist Question Time."<ref>{{cite web |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman, journalist, writer, and activist, Sweden on her latest book | date=3 June 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=8rM3aIbXtuA&ab_channel=Women%27sDeclarationInternational%28WDI%29 |publisher=] |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref> In 2022 she appeared alongside prominent anti-trans activists ] and WDI founder Heather Brunskell-Evans, in an event focused on surrogacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Object Now |url=https://objectnow.org/ |access-date=17 May 2024}}</ref>

Ekman argues that the perception of gender has shifted from being biological to being experiential, and that this risks undermining the issue of women's rights.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Torén Björling |first1=Sanna |last2=Thegerström |first2=Nicklas |date=2021-04-24 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman: Nya synen på kön gynnar inte kvinnor |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/kajsa-ekis-ekman-nya-synen-pa-kon-gynnar-inte-kvinnor/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willfors |first=Signe |date=2018-03-07 |title=Så har turerna gått kring Kajsa Ekis Ekman och transfeminismbråket |url=https://www.svt.se/opinion/kajsa-ekis-ekman-och-transfeminismbraket-detta-har-hant |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> Transgender individuals are mentioned in her book ''Being and Being Bought'' (2010), but it was first in the latter part of the 2010s that Ekman picked up the conflicts she believes exist between women's rights issues and later transgender rights demands. In an article from 2018, Ekman writes that gender has been redefined from being a reproductive function to constituting an identity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ekis Ekman |first=Kajsa |date=2018-01-17 |title=Könet i knoppen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/wE8VAP |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref> In addition to addressing ethical questions related to medical treatment of minors, the article discusses existing and potential negative effects of the new definition of gender. She expressed a surprise that the shift of paradigm she saw had not been discussed.

⚫ In 2020 Ekman published the book ''On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman''. She argues that one kind of gender roles has been replaced by another. Where one was previously expected to dress in a certain way, have certain interests, and exhibit certain personality traits based on one's physical sex, now the physical sex is supposed to be determined by how one dresses, what interests one has, and what personality traits one exhibits.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

====Reception of gender views====
Ekman's gender-critical writings have resulted in criticism for her views on transgender people. Maria Ramnehill argued in 2018 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=Göteborgs-Posten}}</ref>

Ekman's 2018 article about the transition of gender from a reproductive function to an identity sparked a heated debate in the Swedish media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-19 |title=HELENA GRANSTRÖM: Kön är inte bara en subjektiv upplevelse |url=https://www.expressen.se/kultur/ide/ar-kon-verkligen-en-subjektiv-upplevelse/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.expressen.se |language=sv}}</ref> Several transgender women criticized her sharply, and Ekman was described as "provocatively unsupportive".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-22 |title=Kön – en kamp på liv och död |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/Xw6pPn |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref> Ekman responded to the criticism and called for answers to her questions, and some expressed that the questions were important and should be discussed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-02-08 |title=Ge mig svar – inte ordsallader |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/rLErqa |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref>

In 2022 Ekman complained over an article in '']'' where she had been described 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> 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 2020 book ''On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman'' evoked many reactions and divided opinions. Swedish ] such as ] and ] gave the book positive reviews. Among those who distance themselves from Ekman's stance is ], a Swedish national organisation working for ], which responded to Ekman's book by publishing a list of a hundred things they believed were wrong in Ekman's book.<ref name=rfsl>{{cite web |title=100 fel i "Om könets existens" |date=7 June 2021 |url=https://www.rfsl.se/verksamhet/trans/100-fel-i-ekmans-bok/ |publisher=RFSL |access-date=30 April 2022}}</ref> The book also faced sharp criticism in daily and evening press for some of its conclusions and use of sources.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Andersson |first=Elisabet |date=2021-05-05 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekmans bok får hård kritik |language=sv |work=Svenska Dagbladet |url=https://www.svd.se/a/oA5VRR/hard-kritik-mot-kajsa-ekis-ekmans-bok |access-date=2023-05-21 |issn=1101-2412}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Salomonsson |first=Sanna |date=2021-04-28 |title=Recension: "Fake news-källor i Ekis Ekmans nya bok" |url=https://www.gp.se/1.45711193 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=] |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ölmedal |first=Ida |date=2021-04-19 |title=Transpersoner görs till murbräckor i kampen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/41kEve |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref> 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 name=Sandberg>{{cite journal |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/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618104608/https://tidskriftenrespons.se/recension/om-transkvinnan-som-hot/|archivedate=2021-06-18 |date=2021|journal=Respons: Recensionstidskrift för humaniora & samhällsvetenskap|issue=3|pages=41–43}}</ref> '']'' described the book's rhetoric as "abhorrent" and said that "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>

On a few occasions, Ekman has been canceled from speaking engagements after her criticism of the new perception of gender received attention. For example, she was canceled by national ] organisation ] in 2018 with the reasoning that her statements about gender are "incompatible with Roks' ideology".<ref name=roks>{{Cite web |last=Grönberg |first=Anna |date=2018-02-21 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman avbokad från Roks konferens – efter debatt om kön |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/kajsa-ekis-ekman-avbokad-fran-konferens-efter-debatt-om-kon |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> ] canceled a breakfast seminar at short notice that was partially based on Ekman's book, citing that a breakfast seminar was not the appropriate format for the topic. In a communication, the Forum for Gender Studies stated that they "ased on questions and comments received in connection with the seminar, would like to emphasize that the Forum for Gender Studies is not a place for transphobia and trans-hate." Ekman responded to the communication on ] with the question, "So, at first, you were planning to have a place for 'transphobia and trans-hate,' but then changed your mind?"<ref name=svtmitt>{{Cite web |last=Rönnqvist Fors |first=Klara |date=2021-05-07 |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 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref>


=== Högdalen swimming pool === === Högdalen swimming pool ===
In 2010, Ekman put up the bathtub of the Municipal commissioner for Sports, Regina Kevius, for sale on the online marketplace ] in protest against the commissioner's privatization of the public swimming pool in ], Stockholm. The ad was removed by Blocket because the bathtub did not belong to the advertiser. Ekman argued that by the same logic, Kevius also had no right to sell the swimming pool, as it belonged to the people. The inspiration came from activists in ] who put up local politicians' homes for sale on online realtor site ] after the city started selling properties from the public housing stock. Ekman followed up by posting books that she guessed the chairman of the municipal board in Nacka was reading since he put the operation of libraries out for tender.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomsen |first=Dante |date=March 18, 2011 |title=Hon säljer toppmoderatens badkar |url=https://www.dagensmedia.se/medier/pr/hon-saljer-toppmoderatens-badkar/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903134423/http://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/pr/article3130977.ece |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Media |language=sv}}</ref> In 2010, Ekman put the bathtub of the Municipal commissioner for Sports, Regina Kevius, up for sale on the online marketplace ] in protest against the commissioner's privatization of the public swimming pool in ], Stockholm. The ad was removed by Blocket because the bathtub did not belong to the advertiser. Ekman argued that by the same logic, Kevius also had no right to sell the swimming pool, as it belonged to the people. The inspiration came from activists in ] who had put local politicians' homes up for sale on online realtor site ] after the city had started selling properties from the public housing stock. Ekman followed up by posting books that she guessed the chairman of the municipal board in Nacka was reading since he put the operation of libraries out for tender.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomsen |first=Dante |date=March 18, 2011 |title=Hon säljer toppmoderatens badkar |url=https://www.dagensmedia.se/medier/pr/hon-saljer-toppmoderatens-badkar/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903134423/http://www.dagensmedia.se/nyheter/pr/article3130977.ece |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Media |language=sv}}</ref>


=== Illegal adoptions === === Illegal adoptions ===
In 2018, Ekman revealed in an article in Aftonbladet that children had been stolen from China for adoption when politician ] had a tenure as chairman of the Swedish Adoption Center.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Kristersson svek de stulna barnen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/KvA9R7 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref> He has since become the leader of the ] and further on ]. Over thirty children were placed from orphanages involved in human trafficking. The article was followed up by a report in Dagens Nyheter in 2022, which showed that Kristersson was aware of the suspicions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sköld Patrik |first=Josefin |date=2022-11-21 |title=Ulf Kristersson fick larm om kinesisk barnhandel – adoptionerna fortsatte |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/ulf-kristersson-fick-larm-om-kinesisk-barnhandel-adoptionerna-fortsatte/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> Ekman expressed surprise that no investigating journalists had picked up the story. In 2018, Ekman revealed in an article in ''Aftonbladet'' that children had been stolen from China for adoption when politician ] had a tenure as chairman of the Swedish Adoption Centre.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Kristersson svek de stulna barnen |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/KvA9R7 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=www.aftonbladet.se |language=sv}}</ref> He has since become the leader of the ] and further on the ]. Over 30 children were placed from orphanages involved in human trafficking. The article was followed up by a report in ''Dagens Nyheter'' in 2022, which showed that Kristersson had been aware of the suspicions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sköld Patrik |first=Josefin |date=2022-11-21 |title=Ulf Kristersson fick larm om kinesisk barnhandel – adoptionerna fortsatte |url=https://www.dn.se/sverige/ulf-kristersson-fick-larm-om-kinesisk-barnhandel-adoptionerna-fortsatte/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> Ekman expressed surprise that no investigating journalists had picked up the story.


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=== Views on capitalism and robotization === === Views on capitalism and robotization ===
Ekman has given a TEDx talk on capitalism. In her speech, she explains that she sees the past thirty years as a right-wing offensive, where capitalists have sought to recover the lost profits of the oil crisis through three strategies. First, by privatizing and infiltrating the welfare sector, second, by engaging in banking and speculative activities to a greater extent, and third, by lowering wages and/or relocating to low-wage countries. In the Swedish Television program {{Lang|sv|Idévärlden}} in 2017, she states that capitalism is anarchistic by nature.<ref>. Tidsintervall: 4.55–4.58. Publicerades den 13 februari 2017</ref> Ekman has given a TEDx talk on capitalism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ekman |first=Kajsa |date=13 Jan 2015 |title=Everybody talks about capitalism -- but what is it? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq5lX-j6Prg |access-date=26 Aug 2024 |website=YouTube}}</ref> In her speech, she explains that she views the past 40 years as a right-wing offensive, where capitalists have sought to recover the lost profits of the ] through three strategies. First, by privatising and infiltrating the welfare sector. Second, by engaging in banking and speculative activities to a greater extent. Third, by lowering wages and/or relocating to low-wage countries. In a 2017 episode of the ] programme {{Lang|sv|Idévärlden}}, she states that capitalism is anarchistic by nature.<ref>. Tidsintervall: 4.55–4.58. Publicerades den 13 februari 2017</ref>

⚫ === Labor market ===
⚫ In several articles, Ekman has written about the class society and the growing social disparities. She has criticized, among other things, why work-related accidents involving workers do not receive any attention in the media, as in this article from 2020: "There are no online threads where hobby detectives try to figure out what happened. It doesn't become a political issue where parties try to outdo each other in who does the most. And companies are almost never prosecuted for causing the deaths of workers. It's as if the whole of Sweden silently accepts that our country should be built at the expense of sacrificing workers, especially Eastern Europeans."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ekis Ekman |first=Kajsa |date=2020-03-01 |title=Arbetare dör på jobbet – men borgarna vill inte rädda deras liv |url=https://www.etc.se/ledare/arbetare-dor-pa-jobbet-men-borgarna-vill-inte-radda-deras-liv |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref>

== Editorial board at ''Dagens ETC'' ==
Swedish left-wing magazine and publisher ] started a ], ''Dagens ETC'', in 2014. It was a print publication with a clear left-wing profile and Ekman was contracted as an freelance writer of the editorials. Her contract was terminated with immediate effect in April 2022 after she wrote an article about the ] newspaper '']'', in the wake of the ] 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Säll |first=Anton |date=2022-04-14 |title=Veckans bråk: Fallet Ekis Ekman |url=https://www.fokus.se/kultur/veckans-brak-fallet-ekis-ekman/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Fokus |language=sv-SE}}</ref> Ekman's article is an investigative report on the economic and political interests that influence the Ukrainian newspaper. The article focuses on the newspaper's financing, which Ekman argues comes from the ] and the ]. The article also addresses the connections between the CEO and the defense reporter of the newspaper with the Ukrainian militia ], particularly highlighting their links to nazism, as well as the affiliations of many of the reporters with the ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ekis Ekman |first=Kajsa |date=2022-04-10 |title=Varför accepteras Kyiv Independents nazistkopplingar? |url=https://www.etc.se/ledare/varfoer-accepteras-kyiv-independents-nazistkopplingar |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref>

The article was accused of reproducing Russian propaganda, casting suspicion on Ukraine, and praising Putin.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=Erik Helmerson: Varför är det så viktigt att misstänkliggöra Ukrainas kamp? |url=https://www.dn.se/ledare/erik-helmerson-varfor-ar-det-sa-viktigt-att-misstankliggora-ukrainas-kamp/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=DN.SE |language=sv}}</ref> Specific criticism was directed at Ekman for choosing this topic during an ongoing war.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=LINDA JERNECK: Tokvänstern ser nazister överallt – men blundar för krigsbrott |url=https://www.expressen.se/ledare/linda-jerneck/tokvanstern-ser-nazister-overallt-men-blundar-for-krigsbrott/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.expressen.se |language=sv}}</ref> ETC decided to end its collaboration with Ekman, who was also accused of plagiarism since a similar article had been published before hers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farran-Lee |first=Lydia |date=2022-04-11 |title=Dagens ETC bryter med Kajsa Ekis Ekman |url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/dagens-etc-bryter-med-kajsa-ekis-ekman |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=SVT Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> However, Andreas Gustavsson, the editor-in-chief of ETC, had already reviewed Ekman's article prior to its publication and was able to refute the plagiarism allegations. He also clarified that the article was not the reason for ending the collaboration but rather Ekis' behavior on social media. On Instagram, Ekman had compared RT (TV channel) with Telesur, Al-Jazeera, and CNN. Gustavsson was accused of inability to recognize Russian propaganda, despite several articles with similar messages to Ekman's being published in close proximity to her article.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-21 |title=HYNEK PALLAS: Vänstern känner inte igen den ryska propagandan |url=https://www.expressen.se/kultur/hynek-pallas/vanstern-kanner-inte-igen-den-ryska-propagandan/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.expressen.se |language=sv}}</ref>

ETC's actions were questioned from various quarters, and a debate on freedom of speech and press freedom ensued.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cwejman |first=Adam |date=2022-04-12 |title=Ekis Ekman bör ha rätt att ha fel |url=https://www.gp.se/1.70471675 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=] |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kadhammar |first=Peter |date=2022-04-12 |title=Det finns en särskild plats i helvetet för fega redaktörer |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/ALwPwj |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref> Several writers at ETC, including ], ], and ], have expressed their support for Ekman's position as an opinion columnist, including through an open letter published in ETC and signed by twelve colleagues who write for ETC.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-04-20 |title=Stefan Sundström: Varför kan vi inte ha två tankar i huvudet samtidigt? |url=https://www.etc.se/kronika/stefan-sundstroem-varfoer-kan-vi-inte-ha-tvaa-tankar-i-huvudet-samtidigt |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Chefredaktören borde ompröva sitt beslut |url=https://www.etc.se/debatt/chefredaktoeren-borde-omproeva-sitt-beslut |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref>


⚫ === Labour market ===
== Executive editor at ''Arbetaren'' ==
⚫ Ekman has written several articles about class society and growing social disparities. She has criticized, among other things, the fact that work-related accidents do not receive any attention in the media, as in this article from 2020: "There are no online threads where hobby detectives try to figure out what happened. It doesn't become a political issue where parties try to outdo each other in who does the most. And companies are almost never prosecuted for causing the deaths of workers. It's as if the whole of Sweden silently accepts that our country should be built at the expense of sacrificing workers, especially Eastern Europeans."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ekis Ekman |first=Kajsa |date=2020-03-01 |title=Arbetare dör på jobbet – men borgarna vill inte rädda deras liv |url=https://www.etc.se/ledare/arbetare-dor-pa-jobbet-men-borgarna-vill-inte-radda-deras-liv |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens ETC |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Chefredaktören borde ompröva sitt beslut |url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Persson |first=Sonja |date=March 6, 2023 |title=Vi jobbar hela dagarna men vi pratar aldrig om det |url=https://visombyggerlandet.se/vi-jobbar-hela-dagarna-men-vi-pratar-aldrig-om-det/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Vi som bygger landet}}</ref>
After the summer of 2022, the chairman of the board of the ] magazine '']'', Thomas Karlsson, announced that he had appointed Ekman as the acting editor-in-chief for a year. This decision sparked protests when the editorial staff and the board learned about it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Källén |first=Matilda |date=2022-09-07 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman ogiltigförklarar uppsägning från Arbetaren |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur/kajsa-ekis-ekman-ogiltigforklarar-uppsagning-fran-arbetaren/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> The protests resulted in several employees receiving warnings, the resignation of the board, and the temporary intervention of the central committee of the owner, the ] ], taking over as a new board.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Nesser |first=Johannes |date=August 29, 2022 |title=SAC tillsätter extern utredning – "Vi fick information via medier" |url=https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/sac-tillsatter-extern-utredning-vi-fick-information-medier |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Journalisten}}</ref> The new board terminated the agreement with Ekman, which she refused to accept, citing Swedish ] (LAS) among other reasons.<ref name=":3" /> Consequently, Ekman was relieved of her duties and subsequently filed a lawsuit against the newspaper.<ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Ekis Ekman |first=Kajsa |date=2022-12-08 |title="Helst en mindre färgstark chefredaktör" |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/8JG56r |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Aftonbladet |language=sv}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nesser |first=Johannes |date=May 15, 2023 |title=Nu ska tvisten mellan Ekis Ekman och Arbetaren avgöras |url=https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/nu-ska-tvisten-mellan-ekis-ekman-och-arbetaren-avgoras |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Journalisten}}</ref> She won the lawsuit, the court found the contract breach unlawful, and ''Arbetaren'' had to compensate for lost income for the full year and damage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nilsson |first=Madeleine |date=June 16, 2023 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman vinner mot Arbetaren – uppsägningen ogiltigförklaras |url=https://www.dagensmedia.se/medier/tidskrifter/kajsa-ekis-ekman-vinner-mot-arbetaren-uppsagningen-ogiltigforklaras/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Dagens Media |language=sv}}</ref>


== ''Arbetarbloggen'' == == ''Arbetarbloggen'' ==
During her time at the newspaper ''Arbetaren (''that translates to ''The Worker)'', she began to set up a blog called "arbetarbloggen" (i.e "the Workers' Blog"), where anyone should be able to blog about their everyday work place.<ref name=":42"/> The newspaper shared stairways with the syndicalist labor union ], and she was inspired by stories from their visitors.<ref name=":42"/> However, the newspaper did not follow through with the launch, and when she had to leave, she started ''arbetarbloggen.se,'' where workers can submit stories about their everyday work experiences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nesser |first=Johannes |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekmans nya satsning – låter arbetstagare berätta själva |url=https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/kajsa-ekis-ekmans-nya-satsning-later-arbetstagare-beratta-sjalva |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Journalisten|date=21 November 2022 }}</ref> She is the editor-in-chief, and anyone can contribute to the blog with the option to remain anonymous.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om oss |url=https://www.arbetarbloggen.se/om-oss/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.arbetarbloggen.se |language=sv-SE}}</ref> The blog is not intended to report on misconduct or serve as another platform for political debate. One of the points is that workers spend a significant part of their lives at work, but it is rarely mentioned on social media or other interaction creating a lack of knowledge about each other's everyday experiences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Persson |first=Sonja |date=March 6, 2023 |title=Vi jobbar hela dagarna men vi pratar aldrig om det |url=https://visombyggerlandet.se/vi-jobbar-hela-dagarna-men-vi-pratar-aldrig-om-det/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Vi som bygger landet}}</ref> During her time at syndicalist newspaper '']'' (''The Worker)'', Ekman got the idea for a workers' blog where anyone would be able to blog about their workplace.<ref name=":42"/> The newspaper shared stairways with the syndicalist labour union ], and she was inspired by stories from their visitors.<ref name=":42"/> However, the newspaper did not follow through with the launch, and when she had to leave, she started ''arbetarbloggen.se,'' where workers can submit stories about their everyday work experiences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nesser |first=Johannes |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekmans nya satsning – låter arbetstagare berätta själva |url=https://www.journalisten.se/nyheter/kajsa-ekis-ekmans-nya-satsning-later-arbetstagare-beratta-sjalva |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Journalisten|date=21 November 2022 }}</ref> She is the editor-in-chief, and anyone can contribute to the blog with the option to remain anonymous.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Om oss |url=https://www.arbetarbloggen.se/om-oss/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=www.arbetarbloggen.se |language=sv-SE}}</ref> The blog is not intended to report on misconduct or serve as another platform for political debate. One of the points is that workers spend a significant part of their lives at work, but it is rarely mentioned on social media or other interaction creating a lack of knowledge about each other's everyday experiences.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Persson |first=Sonja |date=March 6, 2023 |title=Vi jobbar hela dagarna men vi pratar aldrig om det |url=https://visombyggerlandet.se/vi-jobbar-hela-dagarna-men-vi-pratar-aldrig-om-det/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Vi som bygger landet}}</ref>


== Awards == == Awards ==


* 2010 – ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamrud |first=Annika |date=2010-02-04 |title=Roy Andersson får Leninpriset |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/roy-andersson-far-leninpriset/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref> * 2010 – ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamrud |first=Annika |date=2010-02-04 |title=Roy Andersson får Leninpriset |url=https://www.dn.se/arkiv/kultur/roy-andersson-far-leninpriset/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv}}</ref>
* 2015 – Swedish-Greek of the Year, appointed by "Nämnden för kulturellt samarbete mellan Sverige och Grekland", an Governmental board för cultural cooperation between Sweden and Greece.<ref name=":2" /> * 2015 – Swedish-Greek of the Year, appointed by "Nämnden för kulturellt samarbete mellan Sverige och Grekland".<ref name=":2" />
* 2016 – ] Prize<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-26 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman får Sara Lidman-priset |language=sv |work=Dagens Nyheter |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bocker/kajsa-ekis-ekman-far-sara-lidman-priset/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |issn=1101-2447}}</ref> * 2016 – ] Prize<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-01-26 |title=Kajsa Ekis Ekman får Sara Lidman-priset |language=sv |work=Dagens Nyheter |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/bocker/kajsa-ekis-ekman-far-sara-lidman-priset/ |access-date=2023-05-21 |issn=1101-2447}}</ref>
* 2020 – ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erlandsson |first=Martin |date=2020-01-28 |title=Kajsa "Ekis" Ekman yngsta mottagaren av Leninpriset |url=https://www.gp.se/1.23206073 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=] |language=sv}}</ref> * 2020 – ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Erlandsson |first=Martin |date=2020-01-28 |title=Kajsa "Ekis" Ekman yngsta mottagaren av Leninpriset |url=https://www.gp.se/1.23206073 |access-date=2023-05-21 |website=] |language=sv}}</ref>


== Books == == Books ==


* ''Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self'' (''Varat och varan : prostitution, surrogatmödraskap och den delade människan''. Stockholm: Leopard. 2010) * ''Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self'' (''Varat och varan : prostitution, surrogatmödraskap och den delade människan''. Stockholm: Leopard. 2010)
* ''Skulden : eurokrisen sedd från Aten''. Stockholm: Leopard. 2013 * ''Skulden: Eurokrisen sedd från Aten''. Stockholm: Leopard. 2013
* ''Texter 1998–2015''. Perspektiv ; 1. Stockholm: ETC Förlag. 2015 * ''Texter 1998–2015''. Perspektiv; 1. Stockholm: ETC Förlag. 2015
* ''On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman (Om könets existens – tankar om den nya synen på kön.'' Stockholm: Polaris, 2021) * ''On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman (Om könets existens – tankar om den nya synen på kön.'' Stockholm: Polaris, 2021)


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Swedish journalist and activist

Kajsa Ekis Ekman
Caucasian woman with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a red shawlEkman in 2023
Born (1980-07-25) July 25, 1980 (age 44)
Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Years active2010–present
Awards

Kajsa Ekis Ekman (born July 25 1980) is a Swedish feminist author, journalist, and debater. Her work has sparked debate on the subjects of prostitution, surrogacy, and capitalism. Ekman is currently the editor-in-chief of the news and opinion website Parabol Press, and writes for numerous Swedish publications. Her awards include the 2010 Robespierre Prize and the 2020 Lenin Award.

Biography

Ekman grew up in Stockholm and became involved with the punk movement in her early teens. That led to involvement with political activism for animal rights and anti-fascism.

She participated in the protests at the European Council meetings in Gothenburg 2001. During an open house at the Swedish morning newspaper Dagens Nyheter, she criticised the paper's lack of appeal to young people. Journalist Viggo Cavling, editor of the paper's supplement DN på stan encouraged her to write and submit something herself. Ekman submitted an article that was published. This led to a collaboration that sparked her interest in writing.

She has studied literature at university level, among other subjects.

Ekman has founded several networks and organizations, including the climate action group Klimax, the anti-surrogacy network Feministiskt Nej till Surrogatmödraskap and Greece support network Nätverket för Grekland. In 2010, she was a spokesperson for the civil disobedience action Shut It Down, aimed at the fossil fuelled powerplant Värtaverket.

Ekman serves as editor-in-chief of Parabol Press. She is a literary critic for Aftonbladet, and a columnist for Dala-Demokraten. She has also written for Le Monde diplomatique, Truthdig. Feminist Current and Kathimerini. She lectures internationally on prostitution, surrogacy, and crisis theory.

In 2020, Ekman was awarded the Lenin Award given that she is an "independent socialist and feminist with the whole world as her field of work." She has referred to herself as "generally left-wing."

Books

Ekman made her debut as an author in 2010 with the book Being and Being Bought, subtitled "Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self". It received mixed reviews, and her stance against surrogacy sparked debate. Maria Sveland described it as "one of the year's most important books" in Dagens Nyheter. It has been translated into English, German, Spanish, and French. The ensuing debate led the Left Party and Feminist Initiative to take stances against surrogacy in Sweden.

Ekman's book Skulden: Eurokrisen sedd från Aten ("The Debt: The Eurocrisis viewed from Athens"), published in 2014, explores the economic crisis in Europe and Greek government-debt crisis from a Greek perspective. The book was published in Greek with the title κλεμμένη άνοιξη ("The Stolen Spring"). It challenges the myth of the lazy Greek often cited in Sweden and the rest of the EU. For the book and her involvement with Greece, Ekman received the 2015 "Swedish-Greek of the Year" award.

Views

Transgender issues

In 2020 Ekman published the book On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman. She argues that one set of gender roles has been replaced by another. Where one was previously expected to dress in a certain way, have certain interests and exhibit certain personality traits based on one's sex, one's sex is now supposed to be determined by one's style of dress, interests and personality traits.

Högdalen swimming pool

In 2010, Ekman put the bathtub of the Municipal commissioner for Sports, Regina Kevius, up for sale on the online marketplace Blocket in protest against the commissioner's privatization of the public swimming pool in Högdalen, Stockholm. The ad was removed by Blocket because the bathtub did not belong to the advertiser. Ekman argued that by the same logic, Kevius also had no right to sell the swimming pool, as it belonged to the people. The inspiration came from activists in Gothenburg who had put local politicians' homes up for sale on online realtor site Hemnet after the city had started selling properties from the public housing stock. Ekman followed up by posting books that she guessed the chairman of the municipal board in Nacka was reading since he put the operation of libraries out for tender.

Illegal adoptions

In 2018, Ekman revealed in an article in Aftonbladet that children had been stolen from China for adoption when politician Ulf Kristersson had a tenure as chairman of the Swedish Adoption Centre. He has since become the leader of the Moderate Party and further on the Prime Minister of Sweden. Over 30 children were placed from orphanages involved in human trafficking. The article was followed up by a report in Dagens Nyheter in 2022, which showed that Kristersson had been aware of the suspicions. Ekman expressed surprise that no investigating journalists had picked up the story.

Israel

Ekman argues that Israel as a state is "built on occupation, the displacement of people, and apartheid" and that this should be criticized.In the summer of 2015, she participated as an activist aboard one of the ships in the Ship to Gaza campaign to protest against Israel's blockade of Gaza. The ship was overtaken by the Israeli military, and she was subsequently detained for a week in Giv'on Prison in Ramla.

Views on capitalism and robotization

Ekman has given a TEDx talk on capitalism. In her speech, she explains that she views the past 40 years as a right-wing offensive, where capitalists have sought to recover the lost profits of the oil crisis through three strategies. First, by privatising and infiltrating the welfare sector. Second, by engaging in banking and speculative activities to a greater extent. Third, by lowering wages and/or relocating to low-wage countries. In a 2017 episode of the Sveriges Television programme Idévärlden, she states that capitalism is anarchistic by nature.

Labour market

Ekman has written several articles about class society and growing social disparities. She has criticized, among other things, the fact that work-related accidents do not receive any attention in the media, as in this article from 2020: "There are no online threads where hobby detectives try to figure out what happened. It doesn't become a political issue where parties try to outdo each other in who does the most. And companies are almost never prosecuted for causing the deaths of workers. It's as if the whole of Sweden silently accepts that our country should be built at the expense of sacrificing workers, especially Eastern Europeans."

Arbetarbloggen

During her time at syndicalist newspaper Arbetaren (The Worker), Ekman got the idea for a workers' blog where anyone would be able to blog about their workplace. The newspaper shared stairways with the syndicalist labour union SAC, and she was inspired by stories from their visitors. However, the newspaper did not follow through with the launch, and when she had to leave, she started arbetarbloggen.se, where workers can submit stories about their everyday work experiences. She is the editor-in-chief, and anyone can contribute to the blog with the option to remain anonymous. The blog is not intended to report on misconduct or serve as another platform for political debate. One of the points is that workers spend a significant part of their lives at work, but it is rarely mentioned on social media or other interaction creating a lack of knowledge about each other's everyday experiences.

Awards

Books

  • Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self (Varat och varan : prostitution, surrogatmödraskap och den delade människan. Stockholm: Leopard. 2010)
  • Skulden: Eurokrisen sedd från Aten. Stockholm: Leopard. 2013
  • Texter 1998–2015. Perspektiv; 1. Stockholm: ETC Förlag. 2015
  • On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman (Om könets existens – tankar om den nya synen på kön. Stockholm: Polaris, 2021)

References

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