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She’s had a whip-smart Hollywood facelift, but Barbie still isn’t much of a role model

Mattel has reinvented its doll in the language of empowerment, but it’s a hollow, plastic form of feminism

The Guardian - UK

Feminism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Week

Dining across the divide: ‘I just left thinking, why on earth are you a Conservative?’

One can’t stand the term feminism, the other thinks women are more powerful as a collective. Can they find any common ground?

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Does the Fight Transphobia UniMelb campaign against a feminist philosopher violate academic freedom?

A campaign by the activist group Fight Transphobia UniMelb against feminist philosopher Holly Lawford-Smith escalated recently. There have been calls to boycott her course on feminism at the University of Melbourne. Posters and stickers around the campus and its environs have declared “Our demands: Transphobes and Nazis off campus” and…

The Conversation

False feminism and little mermaids

"She gives up her voice for a man" isn't a valid critique of Disney's Ariel in the year 2023 – and it never was

Salon

On Women by Susan Sontag review – the reluctant feminist

Susan Sontag’s mixed feelings towards the movement that propelled her career

The Guardian - UK

"Mrs. Maisel" dad feminism

Abe has a reckoning about how he treated his daughter Midge, but is there time to truly change?

Salon

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The Naked Feminist

Victoria Bateman thinks "my body, my choice" should include how much clothing you wear.

Reason

Teacher to rockstar | K.K. Shailaja on her new book ‘My Life as a Comrade’

Raised in a fiercely political family, Kerala’s former health minister K.K. Shailaja goes behind her beliefs, rigour and life experiences in her new book, My Life as a Comrade

The Hindu

The Scottish descendant who was a pioneer for feminism and health in Argentina

IN Puerto Madero, the most exclusive neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, there is a small street named after Cecilia Grierson. Small buildings and…

The National (Scotland)

Chizuko Ueno: the Japanese writer stoking China’s feminist underground

Ueno’s books are hugely popular in China, where a crackdown on large-scale organising has stifled a nascent feminist movement

The Guardian - AU

The Passion of Remembrance review – absorbing fusion of black radicalism and feminism

Inventive hybrid uses drama and archive video montage to examine the intersections of different liberation struggles

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab's 10 worst gaffes and controversies as Tory plans to quit at next election

The former Foreign Secretary and Brexit Secretary has previously admitted not reading the Good Friday Agreement before negotiating with the EU, and has come under fire over his views on feminism and taking the knee

Daily Mirror

Kathleen Hanna’s feminist party band Le Tigre reunite: ‘It’s depressing our lyrics are still relevant 20 years later’

They got back together for a one-off show on Hanna’s doorstep. Then they realised they had unfinished business: to affirm their place in the punk canon and get warring feminists offline and revelling together

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Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women by Victoria Smith review

A compelling account of ageism and misogyny that overemphasises feminism’s generational divide

France 24

Ready-to-wear, autumn-winter 2023/24: Wearable art

The latest ready-to-wear collections in Paris are proof that fashion is art in its own right: mere adornment making way for extraordinary craftsmanship, show after show. At Dior, Maria Grazia Chiuri celebrates the 1950s, specifically the feminism encapsulated by Catherine Dior, Edith Piaf and Juliette Greco. Stella McCartney, meanwhile, offers…

The Guardian - US

Chile’s government pledged to put feminism into practice – has it delivered?

President Gabriel Boric promised to initiate a feminist movement but conservative values remain strong in the country

Evening Standard

OPINION - Modern-day feminism feels like a circular firing squad of women

Happy International Women’s Day, one and all. Even though we basically celebrate being second-class citizens and lots of corporate pink washing, I’m still a fan.

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Schism in feminist movement over trans rights is 'only going to grow' says Roxane Gay

MODERN feminism is divided, with those who support the extension of transgender rights locked in a toxic debate with those who are critical of…

The Conversation

Mary Wollstonecraft: an introduction to the mother of first-wave feminism

Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years.

The Conversation

Protest is dangerous, but feminists have a long history of using humour, pranks and stunts to promote their message

Protest was dangerous in feminism’s formative years.

Liverpool Echo

Roxane Gay talks Molly-Mae Hague, Megxit and more ahead of her Liverpool Philharmonic Hall show

The show will explore topics ranging from politics and patriarchy to Beyoncé and reality television

The Conversation

How Frances Willard shaped feminism by leading the 19th-century temperance movement

As younger adults opt for “wellness” products, many are practicing alcohol abstinence. Sometimes referred to as “sober curious,” this trend of often forgoing alcohol has forged public conversations on the health benefits of abstinence.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ll always be a bad feminist!’: Roxane Gay on love, success – and upsetting Piers Morgan

The writer, academic and cultural critic has had a tumultuous few years, full of love, grief and phenomenal creativity. She discusses women’s rights, writer’s block and why every day with her wife remains an adventure

The Guardian - UK

Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin

Like all abusive men, dictators seek to control who can speak and which narratives are believed. The only difference is scale, says the US writer Rebecca Solnit

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