Feminism

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Take Back The Net: it's time to end the culture of online misogyny

By Laurie Penny - 27 January 18:02

It would be nice to think that the rot of rank misogyny was confined to fringe sites populated by lunatics. But it is found all over the web - and it's silencing its victims. Fighting it is not the same as censorship.

Gawker's Adrian Chen in a tutu, with "shoe on the head". Photo: Gawker

Roll Up For The First Annual Objectify A Man in Tech Day

By Leigh Alexander - 23 January 12:15

What if men writing tech journalism had to field compliments about their looks or sexual attractiveness any time they wanted to talk about issues of concern to their space? I’d love to find out.

Andrej Pejic on the catwalk. Photo: Getty

Andrej Pejic in Elle: fashion's love affair with a boy who looks like a girl

By Rhiannon and Holly - 14 January 10:45

Does the success of a man as a womenswear model mean that the fashion industry is finally embracing difference?

"So then I changed my relationship status to 'it's complicated'". Photograph: Ge

Silent, upbeat, with a handbag full of carrot sticks: who wants to be a New Rules Girl?

By Glosswitch - 10 January 12:57

Rules girls are Stepford wives with “difference™” stamped on back of their swan-like necks. This book makes me glad we live in an age of rampant oversharing and overexposure.

Supporters of Pussy Riot in Hamburg. Photo: Getty

Seeing red: the power of female anger

By Suzanne Moore - 08 January 10:51

Every statistic available shows that women and children are being hit hardest by this recession. Outbursts of fury, politicised and scalpel sharp, are everywhere we look, says Suzanne Moore.

Coming soon to an angry dude near you - the "pro-men" party

By Rhiannon and Holly - 07 January 11:33

Mike Buchanan thinks "state-sponsored feminism" is ruining society and women are defying their "natural instincts" by going to work. Terrifyingly, some people are taking him seriously.