Krista Siegfrids, Finland's Eurovision entry, locks lips on stage
By Eleanor Margolis - 21 May 10:29

This is a time in which we gays should be kissing and holding hands anywhere and everywhere.

"Fat" Betty from Mad Men.
By Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett - 21 May 8:11

Enviable curves v skinny self-control.

Ed Miliband with his wife Justine Thornton and his two children.
By Glen Poole - 17 May 11:04

Jon Cruddas and Diane Abbot have argued this week that Labour must value the roles that fathers play in modern families. But first, it must stop policies which disadvantage men.

Eye to eye with Ralph Steadman's "Self-Portrait".
By Philip Maughan - 16 May 15:43

“He isn’t a cartoonist, really. He’s a fine artist.”

Tough at the top: the greatest number of social divisions occurs in the wealthie
By Danny Dorling - 16 May 15:05

Britain's poor were absolutely and relatively better off until Thatcher was elected in 1979. Since then, the bottom half of society is worse off than it was in 1983.

The high street in Newport, South Wales. Photograph: Getty Images
By Dawn Foster - 16 May 14:08

The cultural heart of a community is under sustained attack.

My mother didn’t have any say in her divorce - I did.
By Irna Qureshi - 15 May 17:33

My mother and I both married men from Pakistan. Both marriages ended in divorce, but their circumstances and our attitudes towards them could not have been more different: it is a sign of how much has changed.

Cindy Sherman's Untitled (2010/2011). Image: Metro Pictures.
By Natasha Walter - 15 May 16:27

The NS of 1913 may have been in the vanguard for women’s rights yet its tone was hectoring, even patronising. But today’s popular feminists should not forget that the pioneers’ concerns still have weight.

Toronto Pride.
By Peter Tatchell - 15 May 12:17

The bid to ban pro-Palestine group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid as well as the slogan “Israeli apartheid” is a direct attack on freedom of speech and the right to protest.

Part of Pot Noodle's Facebook ad campaign. Photograph: Pot Noodle/Facebook
By Rhiannon and Holly - 15 May 11:33

Pot Noodle joined the list of brands which seem determined to drive away women. They should realise that ironic hipster sexism is still sexism.

Adult onesie. Photograph: Getty Images.
By Eleanor Margolis - 14 May 10:21

Adults, myself included, are regressing to childhood - moving back in with their parents, job-hunting in between porn-viewing sessions and eating bowls of Frosties for dinner. Who could blame us?

Dove's new campaign.
By Laurie Penny - 11 May 9:26

Beauty is about class, money, power and privilege - and it always has been.

Stuart Hall receiving his MBE in 2012. Photograph: Getty Images
By Laurie Penny - 10 May 10:52

It’s not just about Jimmy Savile, or Stuart Hall, or the BBC, or the Socialist Workers’ Party, or two American high-schoolers crying in court, or three young women chained in a basement in Ohio, or one dead girl in a hospital in Delhi. After too long, people are fighting back against rape culture – and there's nothing worse than watching the bigots stand their ground.

By New Statesman - 08 May 16:02

A society in which birth determines destiny is not only absurdly unjust, it is economically damaging.

New Statesman
By Jason Cowley - 08 May 14:41

New Statesman editor Jason Cowley speaks to Anthony Little, headmaster of Eton College, about the role of public schools, the new crop of Etonians ruling public life and Gove's education reforms.

A worker stands at the tills of the world's largest McDonalds, in London. Photog
By Sarah Ditum - 08 May 14:41

Stay strong, women of Virgin: no one should have the power to dictate your underwear, says Sarah Ditum.

New Statesman
By Laurie Penny - 08 May 13:58

After the financial crash of 2008, Iceland refused to bail out its banks and overthrew its government. But five years on, has its flirtation with an alternative to austerity ended?

New Statesman
By Alex Hern - 08 May 12:09

We aren't surprised Richard Branson introduced new see-through tops for the female staff at Virgin Trains. We thought a little photo-essay might explain why…

1958: "Mr and Mrs C Baker and family of Cambridge take part in a march from Traf
By Glosswitch - 08 May 11:43

If feminism winds up assuming “someone else” will raise the kids while “we” get on with the real work, it's just become what it was fighting.

'Catafalque' by British Artist Sean Henry in the grounds of Glyndebourne.
By A C Grayling - 08 May 10:03

A C Grayling: What makes us human?

The Heygate housing estate near Elephant and Castle in London. Photograph: Getty
By Frances Ryan - 02 May 14:53

Suicide should never be exploited for political ends, but it would be wrong to ignore the effect of the cuts on people's mental health.

New Statesman
By Phil Jones - 02 May 7:12

Introducing a new series on the most fundamental question of all, in partnership with BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine show.

New Statesman
By Nicholas Lezard - 01 May 10:12

Nicholas Lezard's "Down and Out" column.

Hilary Mantel, after winning her first Booker prize. Photograph: Getty Images
By Sarah Ditum - 26 April 9:44

How many brilliant writers will be sorted away entirely, never making the cut as novelists because they're weighed down with the tag "woman"?

When do thin models become unhealthy models? Photo: Getty
By Rhiannon and Holly - 24 April 13:16

Eating disorders are still not really regarded as diseases in the same way as cancer or malaria or measles - and in part, that's because of the work of the fashion industry to fetishise the ultra-skinny.

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