Pestaño: The best female players in history
WHILE reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway dominates the men’s game, Hou Yifan,19, of China does the same for women. She was recently named the Asian Chess Federation (ACF) “Woman Player of...
View ArticleOf course women can play top-level chess How British Grandmaster Nigel Short...
For a top-ranked chess player with an enviable ability to think strategically, it was an uncharacteristically rash move. Nigel Short just claimed that men and women had differently wired ......
View ArticleTempest on a chess board Hungarys Polgar disputes UKs Short
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - British chess master Nigel Short has made a bad opening gambit by saying women are inferior at the game, says former Hungarian grandmaster Judit Polgar, who has ......
View ArticlePatriarchy is Other Men: Why ‘Why Courageous Clementine Ford Is Not The...
New Matilda has been swamped with submissions about yesterday’s article on Clementine Ford. This is the first of a series we’ll publish over the next few days, and is written by Lifted Brow co-editor...
View ArticleThe Bravery To Be Vulnerable
An experiment in #100DaysofVulnerability Six years ago, I went through a 10 day Vipassana silent meditation course. It was easily, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Not the silence mind you....
View ArticleThe Left's Abandon of Females
Politics revolves around what is seen and what can be said about it, around who has the ability to see and the talent to speak, around the properties of spaces and the possibilities of time. - Jacques...
View Article10 common comments on feminist blogposts – and my responses
Since I founded the Everyday Sexism Project, I have been writing about the abuses that women face: from catcalling to violence. With almost comforting regularity, the same criticisms appear...
View ArticleIs Joss Whedon a feminist?
(CNN)It's almost cliché to call Joss Whedon a polarizing figure, because you don't get to be an auteur of billion-dollar blockbuster epics without breaking eggs, and occasionally hearts. He's one of...
View ArticleIs Olympic Nudity a Feminist Victory?
With women making up 45% of all competitors and a record high of 47.5% of events open to female athletes, this year's Olympic Games in Rio is closer to achieving gender equality than ever before, ....
View ArticleGeena Davis: ‘After Thelma & Louise, people said things would improve for...
Having built a career playing strong women, the Hollywood star is taking on sexism in the film industry, with a gender equality project that will launch at this year’s London film festival...
View ArticleFeminazi: the go-to term for trolls out to silence women
Last week, a young female barrister was called a ‘feminazi’ after complaining about a sexist message sent via LinkedIn. How did this clunky bit of wordplay become so widespread – and could it ever be...
View ArticleYoung, male and feminist – if only there were more of them
Schools and universities have their share of students engaging in sexist and misogynistic behaviour. But there are also those who are standing up against it – and their numbers are growing...
View ArticleA Feminist's Guide to Critiquing Hillary Clinton
Fair warning: This blog is not going to be angry. It will not be written in all caps. There will be no vulgarity. And it probably won't go viral. I don't care. What I do care about is the fact I've...
View ArticleFeminists treat men badly and it's bad for feminism
Feminist male-bashing has come to sound like a cliche – a misogynist caricature. Feminism, its loudest proponents vow, is about fighting for equality. The man-hating label is either a smear or a...
View ArticleWho’s Afraid of #FreeStacy?
In an age of lies, the truth is dangerous. When Twitter announced the creation of a “Trust and Safety Council” last month, every intelligent observer understood that censorship would be the result. The...
View ArticleOuting sexism is a growing sport – and a big step for equality
Sister act: tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams. Photograph: Sportsphoto 2014 is a terrible year to be a sexist arsehole. Just ask the president of the Russian Tennis Federation, who was recently...
View Article6 Female Illustrators Weigh in on Sexism, Feminism and the Newsweek Fiasco
Illustration industry sexism can't silence the female perspective. Sadly, gender disparity is part and parcel of almost every industry on our little blue planet. According to the Bureau of Labor...
View ArticleThe Left’s Abandonment of Females
Politics revolves around what is seen and what can be said about it, around who has the ability to see and the talent to speak, around the properties of spaces and the possibilities of time. – Jacques...
View ArticleStand Up For Heresy
A review of The New Philistines: How Identity Politics Disfigure the Arts by Sohrab Ahmari. Biteback Publishing, (October 16, 2016) 128 pages. Postmodernism might have had a liberating effect on the...
View ArticleSocial Justice Bullies: The Authoritarianism of Millennial Social Justice
Social justice, as a concept, has existed for millennia — at least as long as society has had inequity and inequality and there were individuals enlightened enough to question this. When we study...
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