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Trans-identified male, Tara Wolf, convicted of assault after Hyde Park attack
Jen Izaakson reports from the courtroom, as Tara Wolf is tried for assaulting Maria MacLachlan.…
INTERVIEW: UK women are self-identifying as men to challenge proposed changes to the GRA as part of #ManFriday
Julian Vigo speaks with Hannah Clarke, a member of #ManFriday, about the group’s activism, the problems with self-identi…
PODCAST: Heather Brunskell-Evans wants to talk about the idea of ‘trans kids’
Heather Brunskell-Evans was the National Spokesperson for the Women’s Equality Party Policy on Ending Sexual Violence un…
We will never address gun violence if we don’t address the root of the problem: masculinity
If we don’t talk about how masculinity creates and enables violent men, we will never be able to truly address gun…
Debunking myths of sex difference: An interview with Cordelia Fine
Julian Vigo speaks with Cordelia Fine about “brain sex,” gender, testosterone, sexism in science, and more!…
Life without limits: The delusions of technological fundamentalism
In two new books, Heather Brunskell-Evans and Michele Moore question the ideologies and practices that promote medical/t…
Why have single-sex colleges if admission is based only on ‘self-identity’?
Murray Edwards College, one of Cambridge’s women-only colleges, has decided to open admissions to any student who …
Historic Speaker’s Corner becomes site of anti-feminist silencing and violence
Efforts to silence feminist speech have taken a violent turn.…
Jennie Hodgers: A woman who bravely defied sexist norms
Jennie Hodgers was not a man, she was a brave woman, fighting to escape restrictive gender roles.…
It is impossible to create good policy on transgenderism if we can’t even debate the issues
Debates in which people are condemned for thinking critically are unlikely to lead to responsible public policy.…
On ‘street harassment’: What about the men?
Alok Vaid-Menon demonstrates exactly why feminists should not center men’s voices in our conversations about sexua…
‘Kill All Normies’ skewers online identity politics
Jen Izaakson reviews Angela Nagle’s new book, “Kill All Normies.”…
Transition is no casual matter, and we need to talk about those who regret it
The high visibility of trans-identified people like Caitlyn Jenner and Chaz Bono has made society more accepting of tran…
Special millennials are so special (please tell me I’m special)
A mini documentary produced by The Guardian features five young “non-binary” people, who discuss what it mea…