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New Statesman | What is the point of the Green Party?
The party’s jumble sale muddle of policies makes them a radical alternative to exactly nothing.Filed under: feminism, Politics, Published, Writing
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New Statesman | Why rape suspects should not remain anonymous
In ignoring the injustice of bad bailing procedures and instead recommending anonymity for rape suspects, MPs are promoting the fallacy that a man accused of rape is a victim in the same way as a woman...
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New Statesman | Why I changed my mind about porn
A few years ago, I argued against the idea that porn was hijacking our sexuality. Now, as a women’s centre tries to ban my opponent, I wonder – are they scared that if people listen to Gail Dines,...
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New Statesman | Nice try, Maajid Nawaz, but you didn’t go to a lapdancing...
Let’s play a round of the world’s worst game: Can You Be a Feminist and…? Maajid Nawaz, man, lapdance fan and self-proclaimed feminist can kick us off. Read the rest at the New StatesmanFiled under:...
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Statement in response to London Young Labour Summer Conference Motion 8...
The London Young Labour summer conference takes place this Sunday. Among the motions to be voted on, motion 8 deserves particular scrutiny from feminists: it is titled “Standing up for sex workers’...
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New Statesman | Why we still need women-only book prizes
Ali Smith’s How to be Both, the winner of the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, is a particularly apt riposte to the literary class divide that says men are serious and women are silly. Read the...
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New Statesman | The abuse of Irish women can go on no longer – abortion must...
In Britain, women’s options are constrained and conditional, but there are at least options. In Ireland, there are none. Read the full post at the New StatesmanFiled under: feminism, Opinions
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New Statesman | It would be great to have a progressive, kind Pope. Sadly,...
Pope Francis has been lauded for the green focus of his latest encyclical. But in his attitude to overpopulation and women’s rights, he is justifying exactly the sort of exploitation he is supposedly...
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New Statesman | Blood alcohol tests in pregnancy: what do women lose when...
When women are increasingly scrutinised and shamed for the way they tend to actual or potential foetuses within them, it is not paranoid at all to feel this legislation as the cold hand of a threat...
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New Statesman | Whether it’s online or offline dating, why is it such a taboo...
A video showing a man trying to bag a good, old-fashioned “offline date” by marching up to women in the street to ask them out has gone viral, but it’s more disturbing than heartwarming. Read the full...
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