Lauren McGrow PhD
Welcome
About
Feminist Scholar
My research focus is sex work, sex trafficking, the body, and play. I use social work, participatory action research methodologies and feminist theology to analyse faith-based activism around sex and gender issues. I am a Research Fellow with PACT.
Community Practitioner
I’ve spent 20 years working in roles supporting homeless people, sex industry workers, people using drugs and long-term unemployed people. I’m a reflective person who takes a listening approach and a strengths perspective. Most recently I have been writing and editing a forthcoming volume with Routledge.
Publications
Books
Missionary Positions: A Postcolonial Feminist Perspective on Sex Work and Faith-Based Outreach from Australia. Leiden: Brill, 2017.
Articles
“The War Against COVID-19 and Body Theology: A Relational Response,” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 37/2 (2021), 103-118.
“Doing It (Feminist Theology and Faith-Based Outreach) with Sex Workers – Beyond Christian Rescue and the Problem-Solving Approach,” Feminist Theology 25/2 (2017): 150-169.
“Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Rethinking Methods and Outcomes in Prostitution Ministry,” Australasian Pentecostal Studies 14 (2012): 6-19.
Online
International Women’s Day, March 08, 2021, #choosetochallenge, St Kilda Gatehouse News (Mar 07, 2021).
Fear at Worst, Submission at Best: A Personal Story about Family Violence and the Pentecostal Church, ABC News, The Drum. (Feb 04, 2016).
How Not to Run Off the End of the PhD Cliff, The Thesis Whisperer. (Nov 19, 2014), .
Sex Trade Laws: Prostitutes Must Lead the Debate, The Sydney Morning Herald. (Dec 22, 2013).
Gallery
Photos from exquisite places – enjoy!
Blog
Seaweave explored topics and themes related to my study areas. seaweave.wordpress.com
Contact
Please get in touch, I would love to hear from you.