Writing about the women’s and feminist movements is a definitional minefield. The two are often conflated, more so in Africa.
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National Women’s Day in South Africa marks the historic protest in 1956 of women against apartheid policies. But, six decades on, black women have yet to fully embrace feminism as a discourse.
Charting the progress of a global movement against shaming women for the actions of men.
Some of the harassment women face while playing video games could be due to bully tactics employed by lower status men.
Cyberhate would deny women their full democratic rights as citizens, yet this is trivialised and dismissed – just as sexual violence, discrimination and workplace harassment have been for decades.
We know that male writers win more prestigious literary awards than female writers, but sadly, when women do win, it’s typically because they write about male characters, or “masculine’ topics.
If you haven’t watched it yet, it’s time to sit up and take note.
Wednesday Martin’s book Primates of Park Avenue has stirred debate over the so-called “wife bonus”, but feminism needs to be about more than the ability to buy things.
While How to Be Both may be set in the Renaissance and the 1960s, its truths about inequality are just as relevant today.
Magazines like Zoo not only reproduce and legitimise sexist and predatory views of sexual violence and gender roles. They also make such attitudes seem normal and acceptable.
The gallery’s latest blockbuster actively blinkers knowledge of the past.
Sarah Lucas’s show is a (resolutely cheerful) cry of frustration at the overwhelmingly male exhibition history of the British Pavilion.
You might think you’re unbiased - but the general election should make you think again.
Is it appropriate that a Playboy centrefold from 1972 is still being used as a standard test image in image processing circles?
It is time to breathe new life into South Africa’s feminist movement to seriously combat the perpetuation of patriarchy.
Girlhood expresses the irrepressible potential within us all not to follow, not to echo, but to live a life defined by those moments in which we feel joy.
Feminism is back in fashion – and this time, it’s all abut choice. But does more choice really equal more freedom? And are all women free to make the same choices?
New research suggests that female landowners were by no means as rare as was once thought by historians.
Backlash to ‘throwback’ slimming ad is a win for the bikini terrorists
By featuring girls who buck the conventions of their world – and ours – films like Insurgent inspire fans to enact real change.
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