Blue plaque honours Caroline Norton, ‘unsung hero of women’s rights’
Caroline Norton, a woman at the centre of one of the most publicised court cases of the 19th century and an “unsung hero in the fight for women’s rights”, is being celebrated with a...
Tunnel visionary: why was land artist Nancy Holt never given her due?
Holt made mesmerising works that filtered stars and vanished in the desert heat. But land art was seen as a male preserve. A new exhibition redresses the balance The story of land art is...
‘It has never been more pertinent’ – Margaret Atwood on the chilling genius of...
Here come the planes. They’re American planes! Musicologists and the less young will recognise those lines, which are from Laurie Anderson’s 1981 unlikely voice-synthesiser hit O Superman . This song, if it is one...
From Line of Duty to The Fall: why can’t TV shows stop killing women?
“A few years ago I was sent something: ‘Here’s the premise, a woman’s body found naked wrapped in clingfilm, where do you go next?’” That one example from an anonymous screenwriter perfectly captures crime...
‘Sexism stands at the door’: 11 female film-makers written out of mainstream Hollywood history
Everything we’re told about cinema is that it’s shaped by men. If women feature at all in many Hollywood histories, it’s to look gorgeous on screen and lead interesting personal lives off it. But...
Yvonne Brewster: ‘I wasn’t going to faff around the edges of the fringe’
antastic! Because all of us lickkle, and all of us tallawah, and all of us are women,” said Jamaican actor Mona Hammond when Yvonne Brewster suggested a name for her theatre company. Hammond, who...
So Here’s the Thing…….
So here's the thing.....we all stand on the shoulders of giants and its good form and great practice and helps us to build a REAL version of history when we remember to give a...
Scotland becomes first nation to provide free period products for all
Scotland has become the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to period products after a four-year campaign that has fundamentally shifted the public discourse around menstruation.
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?? New equalities chief ??
Caroline Nokes voted against same sex marriage in 2013 Tory MP Caroline Nokes, who voted against same sex marriage, has been elected to oversee the scrutiny in parliament of LGBTQ+ and equalities issues. The...
That damned woman: why my Faustus is female
A man (it is almost always a man) strikes a deal for greatness and pays a terrible price for it. The Faust myth teaches us to be careful of what we wish for, that...
Rights activist Almaas Elman shot dead
Almaas Elman, a prominent rights activist, was shot dead in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. Almaas, who came from a leading family of peace campaigners, was travelling by car inside the heavily fortified airport...
DAME has just become the world’s first climate-positive period brand
courtesy of Instagram/@dameforgood The sustainable period brand has invested in a carbon offsetting project in an effort to be kinder to the environment Sustainable period brand DAME , who created the world’s first reusable...
Artist Judy Chicago on capturing the highs and lows of being human
On Fire at 80, 2019 © Donald Woodman The feminist artist speaks on how she uses her art to understand birth and death, and all the emotions, anxieties, accidents in-between When the celebrated feminist...
We LOVE AOC
It isn’t often that you hear someone rave about a great congressional hearing they’ve seen online. Heck, outside of big national events, I’m going to bet you have never willingly watched C-Span. But less...
Flour power: Worth reading to the end
The best thing since sliced bread turns out not to be sliced bread. Our supermarket loaf, which accounts for 80% of all the bread bought in the UK, is sweetish, soft and pappy. The...
Who Is Belle Delphine, the Gamer Girl Selling Her Bathwater?
Belle Delphine. Photo: @belle.delphine/Instagram What a time to be alive. Years ago, used bathwater existed almost solely as a vehicle for hurling out babies. Now, in the age of Instagram and e-commerce, it’s something...
Listen to The xx’s latest album, I See You
Five years after Coexist, the UK band's third album is finally here The xx have dropped their third studio album, titled I See You . The 10-track LP includes previously released singles “ On...
Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its glory
@shooglet The Florida-based photographer and artist talks through their creative process, self-acceptance, and overcoming Instagram’s anti-nude algorithm Shoog McDaniel ’s photographs of fat, often queer, people are undoubtedly among the most striking pieces of...
Gaslight: the return of the play that defined toxic masculinity
The term “gaslighting” – psychological manipulation intended to make the victim question their sanity – has become embedded in our language. This year, accusations of gaslighting were aimed at Love Island housemates Michael and...
Countries with strong women’s rights likely to have better health and faster growth, study...
Overall, nations with robust women’s rights had better health than those countries where women’s rights were only modestly or poorly respected Countries which have a strong track record on women’s rights are more likely...
