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The Guardian is late to the party on sex-based reporting
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1000+ words) When it comes to media coverage of violence against women, language matters. According to an analysis of 1. 4 billion stories published between 2017 and 2025, articles which include terms relating to misogyny have been decreasing. Even reports on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal contain…...
Why is the media promoting polyamory?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (573+ words) Marriage is under quiet attack, with several prominent media outlets normalising polygamy and relationship instability. Last week, New York magazine encouraged homewrecking'and non-spousal crushes, having previously profiled a woman who divorced her implied-lazy husband to raise their child with another…...
Sheryl Sandberg's girlboss feminism is damaging for women
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (343+ words) Sandberg's crusade is exemplar elitist feminism.' Credit: Getty Of all the things women want or need, a moral lecture from Sheryl Sandberg is not one of them. In a Linked In post and separate interview with People earlier this month,…...
The limits of bodily autonomy
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (1541+ words) Concession isn't always compassionate'Un Herd The limits of bodily autonomy Concession isn't always compassionate Pro-choice protesters in London, September 2025 (Wiktor Szymanowicz/ Getty) Infanticide should be fully decriminalised for mothers. Cases like those of Constance Marten " whose dead baby was found…...
Graham Platner, gentry liberal
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (413+ words) Platner at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine in October. Credit: Getty "We're purportedly living in a democracy. And yet we're getting into the third week of a war that seemingly every single American thinks is a stupid idea. Republicans,…...
How the BBC betrayed Jenni Murray
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (846+ words) What would have been your reaction," Jenni asked Willoughby, to being required to shave your legs when you lived as a man?" she asked. What a bizarre question, Jenni. Why would I shave my legs when I was living as…...
On Iran and the Left
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (13+ words) Progressives have a duty to stop the bombs'Un Herd...