Texas-based patients put pressure on clinics in other states – and demands on abortion fundsOriginally published by the 19th.With the vast majority of abortions now illegal in Texas, clinics in nearby states are already reporting increases in demand as…
Greenham Common at 40: We came to fight war, and stayed for the feminism
In 1982, Julie Bindel joined 30,000 women ‘embracing the base’ in protest over nuclear arms. Here she recounts the pivotal role the protest played in their livesIn September 1981, 32 women, four men and several children marched from Cardiff to Berkshir…
Fran Lebowitz: ‘If people disagree with me, so what?’
With a hit Netflix series and The Fran Lebowitz Reader now published in the UK, the American wit talks about failing to write, her dislike of Andy Warhol and her best friend Toni MorrisonFran Lebowitz is a famous writer who famously doesn’t write. “I’m…
There’s no tying in baseball
Did Dottie Drop the Ball On Purpose?: Solving the Only Cinematic Mystery That Matters The time has come…to debate what is probably the most important question of an old millennial’s life: Did Dottie Hinson drop the ball on purpose at the end of A Lea…
Stand up for the women and girls of Afghanistan | Letters
Margaret Owen on those most vulnerable to Taliban violence who are now living in terror, Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly on keeping education alive. Plus letters from Barbara English and Sarah MulhollandIt is tragic that many Afghans who worked for Nato armies an…
The eldercare crisis in the United States
Talking to dozens of adult caregivers, I heard variations on the same theme over and over again: It’s brutal, it’s tearing my family apart, it makes me resent everyone, including the people for whom I’m providing care. The suffering is not new. The cri…
Top 10 gripes in literature | Lucy Ellmann
Some distrust kvetching in print, but writers from Shakespeare to Valerie Solanas show there’s nothing wrong with constructive – and even destructive – criticismI probably started griping as soon as I could talk. I know I was a good sulker, and sulking…
‘I’m one of them’: the FGM survivor providing a lifeline in Leeds
Stigma can stop women seeking help but Hawa Bah, who was cut at eight, reaches those suffering in silence to get them the care they needOne night 14 years ago, Hawa Bah crept out of her house in Guinea and slipped into the darkness. She says she had lo…
‘Don’t avert your eyes’: Afghan teachers urge world to defend girls’ education
Educators say they fear reversal of hard-won progress as aid workers call for Taliban’s desire for international legitimacy to be used as leverageAfghanistan’s only boarding school for girls has temporarily relocated to Rwanda, its co-founder has said,…
Work your muscles and rethink your diet: how fitness can help you through the menopause
From the right way to exercise, to what to eat and drink and the case for HRT, experts explain how women can prepare for midlife changes to their bodiesSometimes your body notices things before your mind does: you might think you’re so far away from th…