The feminist case against progress
From sex-positivity to abortion, liberal advances have dehumanised women, argues Mary Harrington – but “nature” is not always as kind as…
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Mary Harrington: “Make sex consequential again”
The journalist and author on what liberal feminism gets wrong.
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Does The Witch Trials of JK Rowling say anything new?
A former member of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church community interviews the Harry Potter author about the perils of polarised…
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Hannah Barnes: Inside the collapse of the Tavistock gender clinic
The Newsnight journalist on her book Time to Think, and why she had to tell the story of the children…
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Why liberals keep being fooled in the gender debate
Had supposedly progressive politicians listened to women’s concerns over trans prisoners they would not have been so badly exposed.
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The tragedy of Nicola Sturgeon
As she enters the winter of her first-ministership, the gap between Sturgeon’s ambition and delivery is ever clearer.
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Will the Tories’ divisions on trans rights explode into the open?
Forty one Conservative MPs abstained on the gender bill vote and some believe the government’s approach is immoral and ineffective.
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The gender reform bill is about something broader than trans rights
How much can Scottish law diverge from the UK?
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Will the gender reform battle boost support for Scottish independence?
Westminster’s veto has turned a debate over policy into one over Scotland’s power to govern itself.
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Rishi Sunak has every right to block Scotland’s gender bill
Ignore the hysteria: this is a matter of nationalist incompetence, not unionist conspiracy.
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Who is really to blame for the Brits’ all-male shortlist?
Awkward as it might be, we can’t lay all of the fault on a “sexist boardroom” or a woke army.
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How the UK’s only feminist party came out in favour of gender self-ID
After years of internal divisions over the trans rights debate, the Women’s Equality Party has taken a clear position.
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What buying my daughter’s school uniform taught me about gender norms
Only girls get pink, frills and fairies.
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What my toddler and I learned at Drag Queen Story Hour
Despite culture-war outrage, children’s events hosted by performers in drag are safe titillation for middle-class parents.
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Doesn’t Liz Truss know climate change isn’t gender neutral?
Women are more affected by climate change than men. The UK government must acknowledge this in its upcoming development strategy.
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Our fears are about male abusers, not transgender women
It’s about male abusers – who, as a former specialist sex crimes prosecutor, I know can trick and cajole women.
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Éric Zemmour and the French far right’s gender gap
Zemmour’s sexism is a throwback to the pre-Marine Le Pen days of French nationalism, and it will hurt him at…
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Why tennis star Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation is such a threat to China’s leaders
Her accusation exposes systemic sexism and threatens the Communist Party’s legitimacy, Chinese feminists say.
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The Brit Awards’ decision to remove gendered categories will liberate everyone
Who would want to be the best man or the best woman when you could just be the best?
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Why we need to get loud about gender inequality in climate politics
Climate summits are dominated by men, yet women bear the brunt of the climate crisis.
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