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Voting for Hillary Because of Her Gender Doesn't Make You a Good...

Sanders is better than Clinton not only on economic issues, but also on reproductive choice and gay rights. The following is an excerpt from the new book False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary...

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Why don't men take a stand against sexual villains like Julien Blanc?

The basics of this story are known, too well known, in fact. Julien Blanc, a reptilian American bloke promises to teach men to pull, manipulate and (allegedly) ravage women at will. All for a price, of...

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Why don't men stand up against sexual villains like Julien Blanc?

The basics of this story are known, too well known, in fact. Julien Blanc, a reptilian American bloke promises to teach men to pull, manipulate and (allegedly) ravage women at will. All for a price, of...

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The Modern Feminist Rejection of Constitutional Government (The Heritage...

(Source: The Heritage Foundation) August 8, 2016 | First Principles Series Report on Political Thought By Christina Villegas Many people assume that it is modern feminism, not the Constitution, that...

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The 41st Chess Olympiad: China and Russia claim gold! (World Chess Federation)

(Source: World Chess Federation) China and Russia claim gold! The leaders in both divisions turned up looking confident, the Russian women in particular, who were dressed for success, giving off a...

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10 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...

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Chess: A great year for India, Sochi notwithstanding

It was the year that saw the young king keep his crown and the queen make her last move. Magnus Carlsen retaining the World championship, at the expense of Viswananthan Anand in Sochi, was widely...

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Fighting school sexism: feminist theory hits classrooms

Sixteen-year-old feminist Stella Bridie was sick of being called "bossy" and "bitchy" at school. She sees herself as ambitious and assertive. She's unafraid of asking teachers tough questions, and...

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Sexism And The Media: As Election Heats Up, Are We Nearer To Tipping Point...

At the start of what is likely to be the most important feminist election cycle in American history, the role of women in the media has become a constant topic – yet the percentage of female voices...

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After 26 years at the top, Judit Polgar surpassed by Chinese chess challenger

She hasn't exactly been dethroned, but Hungarian GM Judit Polgar's reign as the ratings queen of women's chess has finally come to an end after an astonishing 26 years of supremacy. Young Chinese...

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I am a Snoop Dogg fan. That doesn’t make me less of a feminist

When I first joined the women’s movement, in the late 1970s, I was sneered at for watching romcoms, for preferring dogs to cats, and – as time went on – refusing to go to Greenham Common. (I like a...

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Working trip to Budapest (World Chess Federation)

(Source: World Chess Federation) On January 28, the FIDE President during his working trip to Budapest visited the office of the Hungarian Chess Federation where he met with GM Judit...

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Oxford Dictionaries accused of 'sexist' usage examples including 'rabid...

Oxford Dictionaries has agreed to review the language used in its definitions after coming under fire for sexism. The publisher, part of Oxford University Press, currently prints “a rabid feminist” as...

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Citing neuroscience, a Grandmaster says men are better at chess. Smart move?

Chess master Carissa Yip, who at age 11 became the youngest female ever to defeat a grandmaster, plays a match at the chess club in Billerica, Mass. In a commentary for a chess magazine, British chess...

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What The Queen Of Chess Can Teach You About Being Successful

This month the greatest female chess player in history...

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Polgar hits out at Short

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 defeated the Briton eight times to...

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Shrill voice of Oxford Dictionary shows grating gender bias

"She's a wild promiscuous good-time girl." Who, you ask. Never mind that: the real question is why. Specifically, why does the Oxford Dictionary have such a misogynistic reflex when it comes to sample...

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Abbott ‘sexist’ more than misogynist: Australian politician

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is “a sexist” rather than a misogynist, a retiring politician from his party said in an interview yesterday, adding that he was just one of many in Australian...

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The queen who challenged the kings

The queen has made her last move. Judit Polgar, the greatest female chess player in chess, has retired from competitive chess. Statistics would also tell you that the 38-year-old Hungarian is the...

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Womens brains not hard-wired for chess grandmaster Nigel Short

When Nigel Short, one of UK's greatest ever chess players, challenged Garry Kasparov for the world title in 1993 the pair met as bitter rivals.But it appears the British grandmaster ......

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