Unlearning and reimagining, together
Purpose
Beyond Patriarchy creates collective learning journeys to explore how patriarchy shapes our lives, relationships, and ways of organising — and what it takes to unlearn them in practice.
While open to all, we place particular emphasis on engaging men*, where patriarchal patterns are often most normalised and least questioned, supporting responsibility, repair, and more just ways of being together.
The journey is for you if you want to:
- Explore how patriarchy shows up in your life — not just ‘out there’, but in your thoughts, feelings and everyday interactions.
- Move beyond individual self-improvement towards understanding the systems you’re a part of.
- Take responsibility for impact and harm without collapsing into guilt, shame, or defensiveness.
- Stay with discomfort and uncertainty long enough for something new to emerge.
- Learn alongside others through shared reflection, embodied practice, and honest conversation.
This journey may not be for you if you’re looking for:
- Quick fixes, certainty, or techniques without deeper questioning.
- Debate or purely intellectual critique.
- Therapy or personal crisis support.
- A space without accountability for impact.
You don’t need to have the right language or answers — but a willingness to engage, reflect, and stay present is essential.
* Men and persons who have been socialised as boys or men.
Blog
Explore stories from participants, learning reflections and announcements on our blog.
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We’re republishing this commentary from the Generative Journalism Alliance, written by Jack Becher, GJA Co-Steward. The only change is the title and this introduction. To find out more about the GJA, visit the Substack or LinkedIn, leave your reflections in the comments section, or join an upcoming session. Over the past two years, Beyond Patriarchy
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Part Two of a two-part series on 1) what we are learning and 2) what is emerging in this transitionary phase for the Beyond Patriarchy project. Part One is available here. Over the past two years, Beyond Patriarchy has grown through sustained practice, and attention: to what participants bring, to what feels difficult to stay
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Part One of a two-part series on what we are learning and what is emerging in this transitionary phase for the Beyond Patriarchy project. Part Two is available here. Over the past two years, Beyond Patriarchy has been a lived experiment in collective learning. It began with the question: What does it take to move
Acknowledgments
This work stands on the shoulders of many others. It builds on generations of feminist, queer, anti-racist, Indigenous, and decolonial thinkers, practitioners, and organisers — and, more importantly, on the lived labour of those who have resisted patriarchy while bearing its greatest harms. Any clarity or possibility that has emerged here is indebted to those histories, struggles, and forms of care, even where they are only partially named.
Special thanks to collaborators at C*SPACE, Democratic Society, CitizensLab, Ulex Project and the Generative Journalism Alliance alongside several close allies and partners who support inspire and inform this work.
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