Feminism has always been complicated – just ask the women of the Seventies
A short film at Tate Britain is a reminder of the glorious energy and contradictions of the women’s liberation movement.
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The triple betrayal of Israeli women
Between the Israeli government and atrocity deniers, the women raped in the 7 October attack are still being victimised.
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How women were left out of the story of evolution
A radical new history argues that human society was shaped not by hunter-gatherer skills but the bodies of our female…
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Toxic positivity movements are gaslighting women
Celebrating pain does not make it go away.
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Carol Gilligan: why I changed my mind on the gender binary
The psychologist was a feminist icon for her work on how gender shapes our morality. But now, in her eighties,…
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How the MeToo backlash helped Russell Brand
Also this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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Don’t let TikTok tell you how to dress
Influencers are charging hundreds of dollars for consultations to tell you how to dress for your “seasonal colours” or “Kibbe…
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The problem with Charlotte Proudman
The “Feminist Barrister’s” entitled sensationalism detracts from her causes.
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The witchcraft generation
Gen Z is swapping traditional faiths for magic spells.
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The Policy Ask with Martha Lane Fox: “Women should be in every place decisions are made”
The entrepreneur and president of the British Chambers of Commerce on the economic crash, co-launching gov.uk and Rwanda’s policies on…
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Why do men think it’s feminist to hate on Barbie?
Progressive men see Barbiemania as a capitalist conspiracy. Women see a femininity they’ve had to repress for years.
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Why biological sex matters
Some argue that lived experience and personal choice trump biology – but they are wrong.
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The gender binary is false
We should question a mindset that viciously excludes whole groups of people.
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How I fell for women’s football
It was banned by the FA for 50 years, but the football my team plays has opened up a more…
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The women classical music forgot
Leah Broad’s Quartet restores the pioneering work and colourful lives of Britain’s finest female composers.
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Anohni: “There needs to be a reckoning”
The singer who rose to fame with her band Antony and the Johnsons on her mentor Lou Reed, transphobia and…
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Lucinda Williams: “Poor women? After a while that becomes ridiculous”
The songwriter on her stroke, country vs rock, and why she hates “feminists in music using the fact that they’re…
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Susan Sontag’s women problem
In the feminist thinker’s essays of the 1970s, members of her sex are portrayed as political pawns rather than human…
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The ancient Greeks will never be feminists
Publishing is obsessed with bending old male stories into womanly shapes.
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For economic growth, send the men home
Research finds the UK’s measly paternity leave is a drag on the economy.
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