Teenage boys’ easy access to violent sexual images is creating a crisis for them – and for women, argues the anti-porn campaignerViolence against women is never far from the news, but currently it is high on the agenda – and porn features again and aga…
Shouldn’t progressives be in favour of people wanting to speak their mind? | Nick Cohen
Solidarity at work used to be the governing ethos. Why do we now snitch on each other?Where once the left fought the bosses in the workers’ name, today its loudest voices lobby bosses to police workers. If you are trying to understand why this section …
Why is Hollywood still denying Black queer love stories?
The success of Moonlight remains an outlier in major film and TV representation so it’s been left to smaller web series to pick up the slackOn 12 May, screenwriter Kirk A Moore took to his Twitter page calling for his Black gay followers to share image…
I am about to get married – but just tried to kiss a colleague. Should I tell my fiance?
I feel caught between two wonderful men and know I’ve behaved badly. The security I have with my partner is great – but I worry I’ll regret not pursuing this other manI have been with my partner for more than a decade and we are due to get married next…
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes review – a wickedly honest memoir
With her naughty stories and cutting remarks, the comic actor spares no blushes – but her account is poignant tooI’m quite sure you picked up this book hoping I’d make you laugh,” Miriam Margolyes writes in her memoir, This Much Is True. She more than …
MJ Rodriguez on Pose and making Emmy history: ‘I want to play anything: trans, cis, superhero, alien’
Her huge-hearted portrayal of Blanca has made Rodriguez the first trans performer to be up for a leading actress Emmy. Will she take the crown on Sunday? We join her for a Zoom call with a twistMJ Rodriguez can see me but I can’t see her. This is not t…
Introducing Marley Morrison: ‘I’ve told you more than anyone in my life for five years’
Drink, depression, homelessness and football injuries: the road to the director’s first feature, Sweetheart, has been difficult. She even dumped one project when her feelings about her gender identity changedMarley Morrison has written and directed a k…
‘My crime is I fell in love’: should India rethink tough laws on underage sex?
Laws intended to tackle child abuse are resulting in young men in consensual relationships being imprisoned. Activists argue a more nuanced approach is neededMani*, 21, began dating Noor*, 17, two years ago. They couldn’t see each other during the Covi…
Plymouth gunman ranted online that ‘women are arrogant’ days before rampage
Exclusive: Jake Davison, adherent of misogynistic ‘incel’ culture, may have been trying to quit toxic community, final messages revealThe gunman who killed five people in a mass shooting in Plymouth ranted at a 16-year-old girl that “women are arrogant…
The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah review – extraordinarily dynamic
A sensitive and honest collection of interviews explores freedom and sexuality beyond every conceivable stereotypeHere is a book like none you will have read before. It draws on interviews conducted over six years by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah – a Ghanaian …