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Feel free to use Karen memes, just stop pretending it’s politically justified
Does anyone else think the ‘Karen’ slur is woman hating and based on class prejudice? — Julie Bindel (@bindelj) April 5,…
The autonomy of birthing women in the COVID era is at risk — will they push back?
COVID-19 restrictions are pushing pregnant women into hospitals, but many are rebelling and choosing home birth or freeb…
COVID-19 puts women in New Zealand’s sex trade in more danger than ever; why isn’t the decrim lobby helping?
The New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective response to COVID-19 highlights the fact that full decriminalization of pr…
What if your identity doesn’t matter at all?
Post-coronavirus, will “My non-binary status is about life and death” seem more clearly like the joke it is?…
Genetics can be complex, but that doesn’t mean biological sex is a mystery
In short, everything that has sex, has a sex.…
How self-censorship put me back in the closet
Every morning I’m up at seven trying to knock out 2,000 words before noon. Some days I’m more successful than others, bu…
International Women’s Day was co-opted by misogynists
The men, women, and corporations who used IWD to virtue signal while actively working against all the feminist movement …
Women are not ‘imagined,’ and on International Women’s Day, we should know this
What does it mean to be a woman? Perhaps for International Women’s Day we could start to trust that women are actually c…
Curbing sexual objectification necessitates a collective rise in empathy
Studies have shown that viewing sexualized representations of women reduces empathic neurological responses. Could a col…
Why is there ‘shame’ around women and pole dancing?
We label critics of pole dancing “slut shamers,” but why is there shame around women and the pole?…
Will Quebec finally say enough is enough to FFQ president, Gabrielle Bouchard?
The president of the Fédération des femmes du Québec, a trans-identified male, has made controversial statements for yea…
‘Herotica’ tells young women Pornhub is on their side
New York Fashion week saw Namilia designers collaborate with Pornhub to sell young women the lie that sexual objectifica…
J.Lo’s pole dancing during the Super Bowl is not benign
Women have learned to conflate sexual subservience and objectification with sexual empowerment.…
Quashing the rights and free speech of one group will not liberate us
Restricting the rights of any demographic in order to provide more rights to another is the first step on a slippery slo…