Social media’s not just making girls depressed, it’s making us bitchy too
Instagram taps into our competitive psychology and tendency for girl-on-girl bullying.
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Judith Butler on Roe vs Wade, trans rights and the war on education
The philosopher and gender theorist says the restriction of abortion rights is part of a project to restore patriarchy.
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Periods: the inside story
28ish Days Later, Radio 4’s day-by-day journey through the menstrual cycle, is lively and wildly informative.
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The real question is why it has taken so long for the Met to be put under special measures
Sarah Everard, Child Q or Bianca Williams should be reason enough.
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My experience of Rotherham shows the real problem isn’t brown men, it’s how we treat working-class girls
Stop dog-whistling about Pakistani men on the pretext of caring about poor schoolgirls.
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Give women menstrual leave so we can stop pretending periods don’t exist
If a woman isn’t hired because she might take time off due to period pain, perhaps she would be better…
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The Met’s treatment of women is an outrage – but who will act?
We must not let our lack of surprise at the police’s misogyny turn into apathy.
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How “dead-end work” reinforces the gender pay gap
Linda Babcock and Laurie Weingart, authors of The No Club, reflect on why women are often given “non-promotable tasks”.
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International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree: “Women come into their own when they are older”
The author of Tomb of Sand on writing in Hindi, the politics of daily life, and why “people think English…
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Is there a woman out there who likes her body?
1 May 2000: The complex politics of cosmetic surgery begs the question – when will society judge us at more…
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Can you joke about rape?
We must not deny a voice to victims who deal with their issues by belittling them.
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Why can’t Labour get behind a woman leader?
Women deserve better than deputy.
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Taliban condemn girls to a “lifetime of lockdown” by shutting schools
Shukria Barakzai saw the damage first-hand under the last regime when she ran secret lessons from her flat in Kabul.
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How to get an abortion in post-Roe America
If the right to abortion is overturned, women will be forced to seek ingenious means to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
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The dual atrocity of rape in the war on Ukraine
Sexual violence as a weapon of war is not only a crime against humanity, it’s often treated as a side…
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The Mail’s Angela Rayner story exposes a sexism women know all too well
No matter how far we rise, we’re seen as women foremost; as hysterical and sexual objects of ridicule.
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Women’s sport is growing fast – but so is the dominance of a few elite teams
The breakaway brilliance of Australia’s cricketer and FC Barcelona Femení highlights the celebratory mood of top-flight female competition.
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Truth’s out: our “natural” birth obsession kills
The Shrewsbury report proves C-sections save lives.
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Doesn’t Liz Truss know climate change isn’t gender neutral?
Women are more affected by climate change than men. The UK government must acknowledge this in its upcoming development strategy.
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Reports of the death of the girlboss have been greatly exaggerated
The girlboss walks among us. She lives in Molly-Mae Hague’s hustle tips and Jane Campion’s misguided comment to the Williams…
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