How the UK’s only feminist party came out in favour of gender self-ID
After years of internal divisions over the trans rights debate, the Women’s Equality Party has taken a clear position.
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Alona Ferber
Alona Ferber is special projects editor at the New Statesman.
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Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to once again lead the country, backed by an alliance of extremist parties.
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Jews. In their Own Words is a sharp illustration of how the oldest hatred is still with us
Jonathan Freedland’s play considers the prejudicial myths fuelling anti-Semitism today, and how the Royal Court became complicit.
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Sally Davies: “Anti-microbial resistance could kill us before the climate crisis does”
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Cutting taxes for women who have more children is farcical
Women contribute more to the economy than babies.
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What buying my daughter’s school uniform taught me about gender norms
Only girls get pink, frills and fairies.
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