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...
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...
View ArticleVoting 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleChess: 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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