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The Guardian view on film and feminism in China: women feel Her Story is their story

The hit comedy has struck a chord by celebrating female friendship and pushing back against misogyny

The Guardian - UK

Welcome to the femosphere, the latest dark, toxic corner of the internet… for women

‘Femcel’ influencers urge their followers to give up on gender equality and use men for financial gain – in the name of feminism

The Guardian - UK

The reasons for male suicides in India: What the numbers tell us

“Nearly one lakh men die by suicide ever year due to marriage-related problems,” screamed several television anchors and Men’s Rights Activists on social media, following the suicide of Bengaluru based techie Atul Subhash. The 35-year-old’s death and suicide notes — including one on video — have triggered a widespread debate…

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Annie Lennox: 'I don't know if I should celebrate turning 70 because there's so much more to do'

EXCLUSIVE The staunch supporter of women’s rights says ‘need for global feminism’ has never been greater as she prepares to shine a light on the issues many females face with her first show in the UK since 2019

Evening Standard

Sydney Sweeney’s controversial words about “fake Hollywood feminism” are going viral

Marie Claire

As 4B takes the world by storm, South Korea is grappling with a backlash against feminism

The 4B movement that sparked global interest in the wake of the US election has grown out of an intensely unequal society

The Guardian - AU

Short Cut To Feminism: How An Assault Changed Korean Woman's Outlook

Aspiring South Korean writer On Ji-goo never considered herself a feminist but changed her mind after being physically attacked by a man for having short hair.

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The return of 90s culture echoes a backlash to feminism that we’ve seen throughout history

I came of age in the 1990s and lived through the heavily gendered pop culture of Spice Girls and All Saints, Oasis and Blur, of lads and ladettes outdoing each other in heavy drinking and sexual exploits.

The Conversation

The Care Dilemma by David Goodhart review – a flawed study of family life

The Road to Somewhere author argues that the liberating impact of feminism has harmed our children in a book shot through with claims that don’t stand up to scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

The question of clothing: No, Muslim women still do not need saving

Last week, in an essay published in Newslaundry, writer Noamankhan Pathan drew upon his mother’s experience as being indirectly or directly forced to adopt the burqa upon her marriage, and the resulting disjunction between her desires and the injunctions placed upon her. He also argued that a prevailing culture of…

Newslaundry

The burqa paradox: Feminism’s blind spot amid patriarchal impositions

My mother was born into a traditional upper-caste, upper-middle-class family. Though her upbringing came with its share of restrictions for women, the mindset in her household was not as conservative as that of my father’s family. My father, hailing from a Peshawari lineage, grew up in a household with a…

Newslaundry

Katy Perry's Controversial Speech At MTV Video Music Awards

Katy Perry's acceptance speech at the 2024 MTV VMAs and her controversial collaborations in the music industry spark debates on feminism and ethics.

Top News

Audiobook of the week: On Women by Susan Sontag – clear-eyed wisdom

A polemical collection of the writer’s 70s journalism on feminism read by the voice actor Laurel Lefkow is just as relevant today

The Guardian - UK

Vance v Walz: in the struggle for gender equality it matters what powerful men think and whether they are allies – or not

When Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate, the governor of Minnesota and former advisor to his school’s gay-straight alliance student club was instantly compared with his Republican counterpart, J.D. Vance.

The Conversation

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No 'Feminist Propaganda': Hit Chinese Video Game In Censorship Row

The co-publisher of hit Chinese video game "Black Myth: Wukong" this week sent guidelines to foreign streamers urging them against discussing politically touchy topics like Covid-19 or feminism, players said.

The Conversation

The Alien films have always been contradictory in their feminism – but Alien: Romulus avoids the issue entirely

This piece contains spoilers.

The Conversation

How ‘woke’ marketing lets fast fashion brands get away with environmental and labour abuses

Despite growing awareness of the environmental and social consequences of fast fashion, the overproduction and overconsumption of clothes continues. To attract a more mindful public, fashion brands have employed “woke” marketing tactics and published adverts that illustrate a political and social awareness around race, LGBTQ+, feminism and the environment.

The Guardian - US

The Movement: tracing the inspiring figures of second-wave feminism

A new book by Clara Bingham goes back to the 60s and early seventies to look at the women who were grappling with how to push their cause forward

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‘I’ve got a massive ego!’: Jess Phillips on feminism, Farage and being an attention-seeker

She’s had death threats, seen her friend and fellow MP murdered, and has just survived a bruising election campaign. So what drives her?

The Guardian - UK

These trailblazing feminists may be gone, but they are certainly not forgotten

Letters: Dr Alison Ronan says feminism has been shaped by the courage of the many, not just the few; while Mary Evans is glad that many people still turn to the Women’s Library

AAP

Misogyny a 'significant' predictor of violent extremism

Almost one-in-five Australian men believe feminism should be forcibly resisted as a report calls on authorities to view misogyny as a national security threat.

The Conversation

The Gothic horror of Alice Munro: A reckoning with the darkness behind a feminist icon

This week, in a devastating story about Alice Munro’s complicity in the sexual abuse of her youngest daughter, we discovered how Munro, a Nobel Prize-winning author acclaimed for her uniquely Gothic interpretation of women’s lives, actually lived her feminism.

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“Childless” And “Unmarried” Taylor Swift Criticisms In New Op-Ed Spark Misogyny Accusations

“The most sexist garbage I have ever seen.” The post “Childless” And “Unmarried” Taylor Swift Criticisms In New Op-Ed Spark Misogyny Accusations first appeared on Bored Panda.

The Guardian - UK

There is a reason Nigel Farage hails Andrew Tate. And we should worry that young people are listening

The politics of resentment are attractive to a generation that has known so much precarity, says Guardian Saturday commissioning editor Sasha Mistlin

The Guardian - UK

Sexed by Susanna Rustin review – the fraught battle for feminism

A historical overview of the often chaotic fight for equality in Britain celebrates the pioneers who elbowed their way into male-only spaces

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