A young female journalist describes the panic and fear of being forced into hiding as cities across Afghanistan fallTwo days ago I had to flee my home and life in the north of Afghanistan after the Taliban took my city. I am still on the run and there …
Handball chiefs urged to resign over bikini bottoms rule
Women’s sports associations accuse heads of IHF and EHF of ‘blatant sexism’ after Norwegian team finedWomen’s sports associations across Europe have called for the resignation of the presidents of both the international and European handball federation…
Hey fellas, consider yourself an ally to women? Consider a vasectomy | Jill Filipovic
Women are twice as likely to get their tubes tied than men are to get the snip, even though tubal ligation is more invasive, riskier and harder to reverse. It’s time men step upAmerican men have come a long way, baby. They spend more time with their ki…
Amia Srinivasan: ‘Sex as a subject isn’t weird. It’s very, very serious’
With her debut book, The Right to Sex, a 36-year-old Oxford don is dazzling everyone from Vogue to Prospect magazine. She discusses porn, gender dysphoria – and why her students are no snowflakesIf All Souls is one of the most inordinately beautiful co…
‘Sales funnels’ and high-value men: the rise of strategic dating
While courtship handbooks have always existed, for some women new technologies have both facilitated and necessitated a change in approachRebekah Campbell remembers the moment she knew things had to change. “I got to age 34 and woke up one Christmas mo…
Menopause at centre of increasing number of UK employment tribunals
Rise in women taking employers to court citing event as proof of unfair dismissal and discriminationCase study: the social worker fired while perimenopausalGrowing numbers of women are taking their employers to court citing the menopause as proof of un…
“Technology is a tremendous liberator, it blows up power structures.”
Bog Bog, The Electronic Ladyland Mixtape (link goes to SoundCloud; Bandcamp) is a 2016 mixtape by anonymous French music collective Arandel featuring 55 tracks by 35 women pioneers of electronic music. Track listing within: 1. Glynis Jones : Magic Bird…
PieceWork Magazine
PieceWork Magazine “celebrates the rich history of needlework and makers from around the globe”. There is a lot of content online. Articles include:
* Not Just an Instruction Leaflet: the “social life” of a knitting pattern, by Ingrid Murnane
* The Ca…
Genetic secret to age women start menopause discovered
Research could lead to doctors being able to tell women how long they have got left to start a familyA series of genetic signals that influences the age women begin menopause has been identified, potentially paving the way to fertility treatment that c…
Meghan launches work initiative for women on 40th birthday
40×40 project encourages people to donate 40 minutes of their time to help women return to workplaceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Duchess of Sussex has used her 40th birthday to launch an initiative to help women back …