“Adolescence” isn’t shocking
There is nothing fictional about the Netflix series – it simply depicts the world women have to live in.
By Laurie Penny
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The legacy of “pro-life” abortion bans is death
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How the assisted dying bill could unleash male violence
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The woman who made the rape kit
This story of Martha Goddard’s forensic method does more than reclaim her role in history – it gives her a…
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The year that body positivity died
Political sentimentalism was never enough to overturn patriarchal beauty standards.
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