Feminist Law

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child’s General Comment No. 25, the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, and New Zealand’s new Online Safety (Minimum Age and Child Safety Risk Assessment) Bill each address how best to protect "children" from algorithmic and AI-related harm. However, the category performing much of this legal work, "the child", is rarely interrogated in its own right.

The Queen Bee phenomenon exposes critical limitations within existing legal and constitutional frameworks addressing gender inequality. While anti-discrimination laws, workplace harassment regimes, and feminist legal theories have made significant strides in advancing women’s rights, they remain largely oriented toward addressing overt, inter-group discrimination. In doing so, they often overlook the subtle, intra-group dynamics that shape contemporary institutional experienc