Spinifex Press vs. transgender people
Spinifex Press is an Australian publisher that produces consistently anti-transgender books. Authors include Jennifer Bilek, Heather Brunskell-Evans, Kajsa Ekis Ekman, Sheila Jeffreys, Fiona McAnena, and Janice Raymond.
Background
Spinifex Press was established in March 1991 by Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne.
Books
Renate Klein (2025). Radical Reckonings: Survival in Patriarchy. ISBN 978-1925950960
Fiona McAnena (2025). Terf Island: How the UK Resisted Trans Ideology. ISBN 978-1922964267
Sheila Jeffreys (2025). Uprooting Male Domination: Dispatches from the Sex Wars. ISBN 978-1922964243
Kajsa Ekis Ekman (2025). Being and Being Bought: Prostitution, Surrogacy and the Split Self. ISBN 978-1922964205
aurora linnea (2024). Man Against Being: Body Horror and the Death of Life. ISBN 978-1922964120
Susan Hawthorne (2024). Lesbian: Politics, Culture, Existence. ISBN 978-1925950984
Betty McLellan (2024). Truth Abandoned: How Can Democracy Survive? A Feminist Response. ISBN 978-1922964168
Jennifer Bilek (2024). Transsexual Transgender Transhuman: Dispatches from The 11th Hour. ISBN 978-1922964106
Laura Lecuona (2024). Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers. ISBN 978-1925950908
Silvia Guerini (2023). From the ‘Neutral’ Body to the Posthuman Cyborg: A Critique of Gender Ideology. ISBN 978-1925950885
Cherry Smiley (2023). Not Sacred, Not Squaws: Indigenous Feminism Redefined. ISBN 978-1925950649
Kajsa Ekis Ekman (2023). On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman. ISBN 978-1925950663
Renée Gerlich (2022). Out of the Fog: On Politics, Feminism and Coming Alive. ISBN 978-1925950540
Sheila Jeffreys (2022). Penile Imperialism: The Male Sex Right and Women’s Subordination. ISBN 978-1925950700
Caitlin Roper (2022). Sex Dolls, Robots and Woman Hating: The Case for Resistance. ISBN 978-1925950601
Melinda Tankard Reist [editor] (2022). “He Chose Porn Over Me”: Women Harmed by Men Who Use Porn. ISBN 978-1925950588
Marie-Josèphe Devillers and Ana-Luana Stoicea-Deram [editors] (2021). Towards the Abolition of Surrogate Motherhood. ISBN 978-1925950427
Max Robinson (2021). Detransition: Beyond Before and After. ISBN 978-1925950403
Janice Raymond (2021). Doublethink: A Feminist Challenge to Transgenderism. ISBN 978-1925950380
Renate Klein and Susan Hawthorne [editors] (2021). Not Dead Yet: Feminism, Passion and Women’s Liberation. 978-1925950328
Susan Hawthorne (2020). Vortex: The Crisis of Patriarchy. ISBN 978-1925950168
Renate Klein (2020). Surrogacy: A Human Rights Violation, Second Edition. ISBN 978-1925950229
Heather Brunskell-Evans (2020). Transgender Body Politics. ISBN 978-1925950229
Susan Hawthorne (2019). In Defence of Separatism. ISBN 978-1925950045
Selected media
Spinifex Press with Robyn Rowland and Renate Klein (November 20, 2025). Radical Reckonings Online Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0T2LOPnss
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Julia Long, and Sheila Jeffreys (August 27, 2025). Uprooting Male Domination: Dispatches from the Sex Wars Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqNcwZUOsUo
Spinifex Press with Renate Klein, Helen Joyce, and Fiona McAnena (August 14, 2025). Terf Island Online Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSaJma05cXQ
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Sand Hall, Jan Rivers, and Anna Kerr (April 8, 2025). Lesbians are fighting back in Australasia too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZRMdLEvDNs
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Nonie Harris, and Betty McLellan (November 21, 2024). Truth Abandoned Online Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug1BLxT3SWQ
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne and Kaye Moseley (September 4, 2024). Lesbian: Politics, Culture, Existence Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en97aHknnCk
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Caroline Norma, and Jennifer Bilek (July 19, 2024). Transsexual Transgender Transhuman – Jennifer Bilek – Global Online Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3wugiRwi1I
Spinifex Press with Bronwyn Winter and Laura Lecuona (February 23, 2024). Gender Identity: Lies and Dangers Global Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7GFUffFPIY
Spinifex Press with Bronwyn Winter and Kajsa Ekis Ekman (March 8, 2023). On The Meaning Of Sex Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfZgP_hiChM
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Betty McLellan, Anna Kerr, and Sheila Jeffreys (September 13, 2022). Penile Imperialism by Sheila Jeffreys Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xc_o5oTISI
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Julie Bindel, and Max Robinson (October 4, 2021). Julie Bindel in conversation with Detransition author Max Robinson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk9EqEYOMDg
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein, and Heather Brunskell-Evans (June 6, 2021). In Conversation with Heather Brunskell-Evans. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPKYf2TlNQ
Spinifex Press with Susan Hawthorne and Heather Brunskell-Evans (October 18, 2020). Transgender Body Politics Book Launch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6RNsd59F8
Resources
Spinifex Press (spinifexpress.com.au)
Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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