ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I reflect on in/equality in terms of linguistic accessibility or exclusivity within the production of academic scientific research, starting from my doctoral experience. According to various ranking institutes, the most influential universities in the world are Anglophone. Likewise, most of the scientific research in gender studies is conducted in English. I suggest that the implications of this trend are yet to be adequately examined. Drawing on the feminist principle of politics of location, I contribute to this inquiry also by considering the ways in which the use of English has influenced my own academic experience. The effects of the predominance of the English language in university are explored in relation to: the choice of topics of study; financial aspects; dissemination of the results of the research; and finally in the search for a postdoctoral position upon completion at the end of a PhD. The aim of this analysis is to disclose the new practices of inclusion that could encourage the shaping of a more inclusive, creative, and diversified academic feminist spaces.
