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Written from prison, the new book of poems by the writer, academic and activist shows her fire but also her deep love for Uganda.
There are many gems of female filmmaking in the archives that have been overlooked and should be made accessible to contemporary audiences
TERF is not a slur. Instead, we should use words that accurately describe how some feminists are actually anti-trans activists.
In urban Namibia, performance poetry provides a safe space for women to share their experiences and challenge traditional ideas.
Research reveals a complicated relationship between surveillance and freedom, as surveillance activities allow for greater autonomy for women hoping to work in Jordan.
NASA scientist Katherine Johnson was instrumental in getting people to the moon. Here are some of the lessons one mathematics professor believes she taught us all.
Today’s young women might be less interested in etiquette classes, but many still seek advice on presenting a polished image. It’s important to remember girlbossing is capitalism, not feminism.
A round-the-clock strike of Muslim women in a working-class neighborhood of Delhi is India’s most enduring pocket of resistance to religious discrimination, inequality and gender violence.
A new set of postage stamps pays tribute to the male voices of Australian sports commentary - but there have long been female sports broadcasters and their voices are getting louder.
The Tradwife movement confounding feminist critics is a reaction to our overburdened times.
While popular portrayals of hairdressers and beauticians present them as “bimbos”, salons can also provide a refuge for clients to share painful realities.
Men who work in female-dominated fields tend to get more prestige and higher wages.
Politicians who refuse to listen to popular demands have a reason to be concerned.
A Chilean feminist anthem is being sung across the world in protest at violence against women.
Thirty years after the Montreal Massacre that killed 14 women, new threats such as the incel movement pose dangers to the feminist movement.
From the beginning, National Public Radio vowed that it would speak with ‘many voices.’
Princess movies and opera alike reveal the limited number of models available to women. “Le Dernier Sorcier”, composed by Pauline Viardot in 1869, shows that a much richer world is possible.
Climate change will affect everyone, but women will overwhelmingly bear the greatest burden.
Henry James called her a ‘great, horse-faced bluestocking’. On the 200th anniversary of her birth, we celebrate George Eliot, a literary trailblazer with an endless appetite for ideas, living in a patriarchal time.
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