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Abortion reforms remove protection for mothers, insists peer
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (775+ words) A peer and disability rights campaigner has emphasised the "inherent value of every single life" as she spearheads a last-ditch attempt to overturn the government's abortion reforms. Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest claimed that the landmark legislation had not had…...
Judge investigated over X account that ‘targeted female barrister’
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (562+ words) A crown court judge was accused of using an anonymous social media account to conduct a campaign of online harassment against a female barrister and feminist campaigner. Judge Daniel Sawyer, who sits in Portsmouth, stood accused of breaching judicial guidance…...
Doctors jailed for killing baby ‘born alive’ during abortion
1+ week, 5+ day ago (456+ words) Doctors in South Korea have been imprisoned for murder after killing a baby that was "born alive" during an abortion, in a case that has drawn attention to the country's lack of legislation on terminating pregnancies. An 81-year-old obstetrician, identified…...
Feminists look away. Domesticity has become a luxury
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (673+ words) We like to tell the story of modern women as a clean arc of liberation. Girls outperformed boys at school, surged into university and the workplace, and forced men, companies and policy to catch up. Much of that is true....
Left-wing women and right-wing men: it’s a dating disaster zone
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (444+ words) When I started dating, politics wasn't necessarily a dealbreaker, but it was a litmus test to understand who someone really was and how they saw the world. We didn't need to share identical views, but there had to be agreement…...
Deborah Cameron obituary: linguist, feminist and firebrand
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (258+ words) Men are not from Mars and women are not from Venus. That was the view of Deborah Cameron who, according to The Sunday Times, was "Britain's pre-eminent feminist philologist. She was also the Rupert Murdoch professor of language and communication…...
I tried the ‘hot-take dating’ trend — here’s what happened
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (211+ words) These might not sound like the best chats to have on a first date. And yet more young people are having them than ever before. They're not slips of the tongue, either, but rather intentional discussions that form part of…...
100 Nights of Hero review — does this film think it invented feminism?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (343+ words) Emma Corrin plays a dead-eyed handmaid and Charli XCX is genuinely awful in this po-faced adaptation of a graphic novel 100 Nights of Hero review " does this film think it invented feminism? Beware the graphic novel as source material. That should…...
All Is But Fantasy review — the RSC turns the Bard into feminist pop
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (242+ words) The rules of the game could be clearer: actors acknowledge the audience but also pick at how to tell these stories, as if in rehearsal. White tells us how often she has seen these classics done certain ways but also…...
Caitlin Moran: ladies, let’s flood X with nude fakes of Elon Musk
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (524+ words) Over the years, I've found one of the most useful pieces of advice I've given " whether to my daughters, friends or, on occasion, myself " is this: "Are the men doing this? Is this taking up men's time? Is this something…...