Publications by authors named "Christine Jackson-Taylor"

Current discussions about gender identity are increasingly politicised, particularly in the UK. An individual's body becomes a site of competing interests that attempt to regulate the physical, social and moral boundaries between biological sex and a socially realised gender. Care becomes defined within this context.

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Care, while having no clear boundaries, facilitates a nurturing that requires a disposition to act in another's interests. Care, however, is never disinterested and dividing practices vie with transformative potential, to define what is regarded as appropriate support. Current healthcare for young people who question their gender identity reflect this tension, particularly in the UK, where ideological inscriptions can subvert caring intent.

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In 2023, 25% of adults in England, Wales and Northern Ireland experienced food insecurity. The concentration of food insecurity in both socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and households containing children raises concerns about its uneven nutritional and health impacts across different groups. In parallel with rising food insecurity over the past decade, concerns about the environmental consequences of human diets are intensifying, where urgent changes are needed to people's diets to avoid irreversible environmental damage.

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