Feminism

The Southall Black Sisters demonstrate outside the Royal Courts of Justice.

"Intersectionality", let me Google that for you

By Ray Filar - 23 October 11:17

You don’t need an MA in Gender Studies to engage with feminist ideas, just an open mind and a willingness to learn.

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Caitlin Moran. Photograph: Getty Images.

In defence of Caitlin Moran and populist feminism

By Rhiannon and Holly - 22 October 9:41

Some educated women seem to want to keep feminism for themselves and cloak it in esoteric theory.

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A banner carried during a march on the International Day of Abortion in Mexico

Abortion, reason and the left: Why Mehdi Hasan is wrong

By Caroline Criado-Perez - 15 October 8:51

It's a lack of consideration of women's lives, not gender or faith, that sours the abortion debate.

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Lena Dunham, Caitlin Moran and the problem of unexamined privilege

By Laurie Penny - 09 October 18:02

There are many ways “to be a woman”, and we should try to show more of them, says Laurie Penny.

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Lovely pears. Photo: Flickr/Hankzby, used under a Creative Commons licence

On Page 3 and in-fighting in the feminist movement

By Rhiannon and Holly - 08 October 10:01

The Sun's Page 3 is awful and outdated, and hating it doesn't mean that you hate sex, say Rhiannon and Holly of the Vagenda.

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Pro-life supporters campaign outside the House of Commons.

Do pro-choice feminists really speak for women?

By Nelson Jones - 06 October 14:56

The majority of those who want a reduction in abortion time-limits are women.

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Pavlova. Image from Flickr/AnnCN, used under Creative Commons.

Is there still a place for women’s pages in the media?

By Natalie Guest - 03 October 14:43

Not for us ladyfolk the stern black and white logic of the business pages! Not for us the brain-taxing Sudoku, with its spiky numbers and glaring empty boxes, says Natalie Guest.

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The sinister campaign against Page 3

By Martin Robbins - 03 October 12:08

At worst, campaigners are engaging in exactly the same sort of sexual policing and censorship that The Sun does. The answer is more nudity, not less, says Martin Robbins.

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