From Epsom College to David Carrick, we’re trying to unsee male violence against women
How else can we explain constant horror stories – or a rapist police officer avoiding detection despite seventeen years of…
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Congratulations on being the Universal Woman – now leave the rest of us alone
We’ve become stuck in an era of forced relatability. Time to set ourselves free.
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The fierce women doctors of Maternal show that TV drama is moving on
Not so long ago, every successful working woman on screen was either a secret wreck or a man-in-training.
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Juliet Davenport’s Q&A: “We humans have a lemming tendency”
The green entrepreneur on why communication matters in science and how we’re being let down by our politicians.
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“I left in tears”: How misdiagnosis is hurting endometriosis and PCOS sufferers
These gynecological conditions affect one in ten women, but they remain heavily under-researched.
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Cutting taxes for women who have more children is farcical
Women contribute more to the economy than babies.
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Pragya Agarwal: “Gender stereotypes are so deeply embedded in society”
The scientist and writer on being “over-emotional”, sexism in the workplace, and why women’s pain is less likely to be…
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Why do we still have a problem with “unlikeable” female characters?
Warning: this article contains discussion of an imperfect woman.
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Liz Truss plays into every sexist trope there is about women
We’ve been trying to tell men for years we’re not airheads, Instagram-obsessed or flighty.
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The real reason women aren’t exercising
Gender inequality is a major public health issue.
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Thatchermania won’t save the Conservative Party
It’s not just Liz Truss – Tory women will be compared to Margaret Thatcher whether they like it or not.
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Social media’s not just making girls depressed, it’s making us bitchy too
Instagram taps into our competitive psychology and tendency for girl-on-girl bullying.
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Judith Butler on Roe vs Wade, trans rights and the war on education
The philosopher and gender theorist says the restriction of abortion rights is part of a project to restore patriarchy.
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Periods: the inside story
28ish Days Later, Radio 4’s day-by-day journey through the menstrual cycle, is lively and wildly informative.
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The real question is why it has taken so long for the Met to be put under special measures
Sarah Everard, Child Q or Bianca Williams should be reason enough.
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Give women menstrual leave so we can stop pretending periods don’t exist
If a woman isn’t hired because she might take time off due to period pain, perhaps she would be better…
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The Met’s treatment of women is an outrage – but who will act?
We must not let our lack of surprise at the police’s misogyny turn into apathy.
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How “dead-end work” reinforces the gender pay gap
Linda Babcock and Laurie Weingart, authors of The No Club, reflect on why women are often given “non-promotable tasks”.
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International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree: “Women come into their own when they are older”
The author of Tomb of Sand on writing in Hindi, the politics of daily life, and why “people think English…
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Is there a woman out there who likes her body?
1 May 2000: The complex politics of cosmetic surgery begs the question - when will society judge us at more…
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