Feminism
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Her creators were ‘sex radicals’ and she was designed to represent the suffragist as pin-up. Jill Lepore draws
on newly discovered private papers to tell the secret history of the world’s most famous female superhero -
The entrepreneur and immigrant is a woman in her 40s in a business that favors young men, but she shrugs it off: ‘Anything with power, guys are there first’
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Rebecca Schiller: A local authority has failed to make drinking in pregnancy a crime, but we should be wary about further attempted incursions
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Hadley Freeman: The lingerie retailer’s ‘fashion show’ had the air of a Playboy mansion party minus the weird old man in a silk bathrobe
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Peggy Young took her employer to court for placing her on unpaid leave when she was pregnant, but what about women who suffer in silence? We want to hear your stories.
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Emily May and Debjani Roy: Tuğçe Albayrak died after intervening in an attack in Offenbach – but the responsibility for ending such violence lies with communities, not individuals
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Hugh Muir, Jinan Younis, Flic Everett, Anouchka Grose and Franklyn Addo: Were Elizabeth Lauten's comments about Sasha and Malia Obama just those of a foolish adult or a toxic revelation? Our panel considers the evidence
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Royal Holloway’s feminist society have turned an insult into a campaign by showing just how ugly they can be
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Theatrical provocateurs Ontroerend Goed take on gender inequality in their new show. Three members of the all-female cast discuss shouting about everyday sexism
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Have your say on the American Civil Liberties Union’s lessons, plus eBay’s magic mirrors, Anita Sarkeesian, and a new way to respond to rape threats on Facebook
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The Australian actor speaks out in support of Watson’s HeForShe campaign, while praising Julia Gillard, Hillary Clinton and Christine Lagarde as role models for women
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Erin Cressida Wilson drew on a young education in erotica for her first script, Secretary. Ahead of the release of Men, Women and Children, she looks back at those first glimpses from the back row
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Selina Thompson tackles the emotive subjects of bodies and food with wit, plain talking and provocation, writes Lyn Gardner
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Did women getting the vote make a difference? This global ‘post-feminist’ study is fundamentally misconceived. By Susan Pedersen
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Australia books blog Still looking for Alibrandi: migrant teens deserve their own young adult fiction
First-generation teens ill-served by pop culture want to read a range of stories, says Sarah Ayoub, books that can help us all understand their lives
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Alev Scott: Suggestions that women do not ‘rise to the bait’ ignore the insidiously divisive message Erdoğan is popularising
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Letter: I helped with Una Kroll’s campaign to be elected on a Women’s Rights ticket in 1974, following a plea for assistance in the Guardian
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Editorial: More than 60 years after it began, the beauty contest still looks like a cattle market. But at least it’s not an abattoir
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From Gropers to Men Who Hate Hillary, in a series of essays Kipnis explores a diverse array of males with humour, insight and a contrarian’s point of view
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Turkish president also accuses feminists of not understanding special status attributed to mothers by Islam
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Jessica Valenti: It’s suddenly cool to be a feminist. But what does that mean for feminism as a movement?
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In Mumbai, street harassment and cat-calling is commonplace for some women. But comedian Aditi Mittal says attitudes and behaviour are changing
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Amy Gray: As crimes go, abandoning a newborn in a drain is awful. Cases like this are exceedingly rare, but our society’s neglect of mothers makes them possible
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Catherine Bennett: Instead of singling out ‘dating expert’ Julien Blanc, Theresa May should go for the truly scary misogynists
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Deborah Orr: From Silkwood to Working Girl, you can trace the rise of female equality in the films made by the director, who died this week. Many of his collaborators were female, and his movies portrayed his subjects as more than just pretty faces
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Crowdfunder launches doll based on proportions of average 19-year-old woman’s body, with optional extra ‘physical flaws’
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I enjoy nothing more than reading male critiques of feminism from relevance-deprived former politicians. Especially ones that call mothers’ mental health into question
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The comedian recalls being fired from her waitressing job in New York after challenging a male customer’s throwaway remark
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Attack had taken place after protests against series of assaults on women for wearing clothing perceived to be immodest
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Self-styled pick-up artist apologised amid accusations he promotes dangerous and abusive behaviour toward women in seminars intended to ‘help men improve dating skills’
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Julie Bindel: Instead of worrying about the Rosetta scientist wearing an ‘offensive’ shirt, or Dapper Laughs, or Julien Blanc, we should be tackling the root causes of inequality
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Have your say on the idea of gender equality ratings, Uber’s latest row with journalists, Snapchat Snapcash and more. By Stuart Dredge
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Mayor likens critics of Dr Matt Taylor to ‘Islamist maniacs’ and says there must be must be room for eccentricity
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An act of ‘slut-shaming’ in Nairobi has prompted women to protest in defence of their right to wear what they choose
Women! Stop being so ostentatious