In the three-day week of the 1970s, blokes ruled. We don’t want to go back there. Do we?
As I write this, with Brexit chaos continuing all around – the country divided, the future uncertain, politics seemingly broken…
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In a country where #MeToo is censored, China’s feminists have to be creative online
One Weibo user came up with the idea of using the emojis for the Chinese words mi (rice) and tu (bunny).
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As a teenager, I did things more intensely – be it music, poetry or wallowing in my own pain
A few years ago, I was living back home in Ireland for three months gathering reserves and emotional energy to…
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Asking women to hand over phone data risks making rape victims feel they are “on trial”
“I feel like I am the one on trial,” Claire* said. “I was forced to download conversations that were irrelevant.…
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How a new “digital strip search” policy treats rape victims as suspects
A new rule forces victims to hand police their data, and perpetuates the pervasive myth that rape allegations are false.
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“I’d have saved years if someone had asked”: Mental health services must ask about abuse
Some 38 per cent of women with a mental health problem have experienced domestic abuse.
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A new law in Northern Ireland criminalises sex work – and endangers sex workers
Many think the law, which is supposed to protect sex workers, is instead a Trojan horse for Christian morality.
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Fatherhood and #MeToo: when daughters defend their dads
In March this year, after the Leaving Neverland documentary recounted in steady, forensic detail two men’s accusations that Michael Jackson had…
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