Gillard's gender opportunism puts feminists in a bind
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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 ArticleLondon Chess Classic: Anand in joint lead after two rounds
Viswanathan Anand put behind the disappointment of the world championship loss and started his campaign by turning the tables on England’s Luke McShane and later drew with another Englishman Michael...
View ArticleGillard's gender opportunism puts feminists in a bind
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View ArticleI 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...
View ArticleLondon Chess Classic: Anand in joint lead after two rounds
Viswanathan Anand put behind the disappointment of the world championship loss and started his campaign by turning the tables on England’s Luke McShane and later drew with another Englishman Michael...
View ArticleGillard's gender opportunism puts feminists in a bind
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View ArticleDaily Mail columnist Sarah Vine criticised after comparing feminists to Nazis...
Sarah Vine has been criticised for comparing feminists to Nazis in a recent column commenting on a female lawyer’s decision to publicise sexist behaviour on a professional networking site. The Daily...
View Article'Feminist or Misogynist' Proves That Everything Is Really Confusing
"Feminist vs. Misogynist" is a fun party game to play at your next womyn power sleepover (other suggested activities: decorating your seasonal tampon...
View ArticleFighting 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...
View ArticleOxford 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...
View ArticleThe 'shrill' smear against Hillary Clinton
(CNN)When I heard the legendary journalist Bob Woodward's analysis of Hillary Clinton's performance, I was taken back to a moment in my career many years ago when a top CNN executive (who no longer...
View ArticleBrussels Chess in Schools Conference (World Chess Federation)
(Source: World Chess Federation) A Chess in Schools Conference, organized by the European Chess Union (ECU) took place in the European Parliament during the afternoon of 24 February. Speakers from a...
View ArticleDaily Mail columnist Sarah Vine criticised after comparing feminists to Nazis...
Sarah Vine has been criticised for comparing feminists to Nazis in a recent column commenting on a female lawyer’s decision to publicise sexist behaviour on a professional networking site. The Daily...
View ArticleGirls is 'rabidly sexist' – why won't Lena Dunham follow her own language rules?
She’s called other people out for using misogynistic words, but there is slut-shaming and female-bashing speech littered through Dunham’s own creation. It needs to stop...
View ArticleShrill 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...
View ArticleJust because he's smiling doesn't mean he's not sexist
A sexist man is supposed to be easily identified. He is dismissive of female coworkers, makes crude comments about women and openly criticizes the gains of feminism. Yet, a new study shows that sexist...
View ArticleIn Defense of Madeleine Albright (Not That She Needs It)
Over the weekend, Madeleine Albright repeated a quote for which she has been famous for approximately 40 years. "There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women," she said. She,...
View ArticleDaily Mail columnist Sarah Vine criticised after comparing feminists to Nazis...
Sarah Vine has been criticised for comparing feminists to Nazis in a recent column commenting on a female lawyer’s decision to publicise sexist behaviour on a professional networking site. The Daily...
View ArticleAfter 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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