How is the violence perpetuated by Omar Mateen and Brock Turner related?
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The crimes of Brock Turner and Omar Mateen may be discussed as if they’re unrelated. They’re not.
Anxiety: gender specific.
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New research reveals some startling findings and discovers the problem is worst in the West.
Gillian Anderson as Jane Bond.
It’s time for a new Bond – what about a woman? Two academics debate the cultural implications of changing the spy’s gender.
Hillary Clinton celebrates her nomination.
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Political scientists from Texas A&M, UMass Boston and Emory University react to Tuesday’s big milestone for women in American politics.
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One reason for the series’ success can undoubtedly be found in its spectacle of violence and sex.
The new VW Beetle: heading into the sunset?
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How an icon took a wrong turn.
If we don’t change the way we teach science and maths, we might come to regret it.
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It’s a mistake to allow teenagers to drop maths – it should be made compulsory at A-Level.
A detail from Stanisław Wyspiański’s “Macierzynstwo” (1905).
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What are we really talking about when we criticize women who breastfeed in public?
A 19th-century photograph of a women’s restroom in a Pittsburgh factory.
It wasn’t even until the late 19th century that this was codified into law.
Victorian-era, middle-class black women who loved to read and write didn’t have many role models.
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When biographer Gretchen Gerzina came across an old British newspaper article calling Sarah E. Farro “the first negro novelist,” she wondered: who was Farro, and why had she been lost to history?
Unequal.
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Dress codes in the workplace have a long and complicated history for women – especially those in corporate life.
Body matters.
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Some feminists are causing controversy for challenging views about what it means to be a woman.
False assumptions about the “average worker” impacts on decisions about childcare, paid parental leave and aged care funding.
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False economic assumptions beset the federal budget and that should worry both political parties.
Hillary Clinton has a promising chance to become the first female U.S. president.
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Are Americans ready to elect a woman as president? A SUNY professor take a global perspective on what it would mean for women’s rights.
Beyoncé and Jay Z’s marriage is the immediate focus of ‘Lemonade.’ But it’s also a tale of the black family in America.
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Prince had ‘Purple Rain.’ Michael Jackson had ‘Thriller.’ And now Beyoncé has her own self-reflective masterpiece.
A woman in Burkina Faso collects firewood. Developing nations – and particularly women in these nations – are more vulnerable to climate change, and have less ability to adapt.
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Climate justice is becoming an increasingly important part of climate action.
An altercation between protesters broke out at Wits University with men attacking women.
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A violent attack on a female student at one of South Africa’s prominent universities was not an isolated incident. It told a universal tale of how patriarchy still rules.
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The association of female underclothes with fashion and seduction owes as much to the advertising and film industries as it does to technical innovation.
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Margaret of Anjou can still speak to modern women in power today.
Sathima Bea Benjamin was seldom recognised during her lifetime as a performer.
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It took ages for one of African jazz’s hidden masterpieces to be reissued. Still today, four decades later, 1976’s ‘African Songbird’ tells volumes about the politics of the time.