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Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused David Cameron of running the government "like the old boys' network" by "failing" to improve gender equality in the Conservative Party. The comments, made at Prime Minister's Questions, come after Tory MP Anne ... Read more
by Adam Albright-Hanna A new ad campaign warning of the dangers of anorexia produced these evocative photos of what a real woman would look like if the sketches were representative of real life. The ... Read more
The young college students who have sat in Professor Lois Banner‘s women’s studies classes are lucky to be living at a time when the field isn’... Read more
By Sarah Morrison There is the woman who dreamt of being a goalkeeper for Arsenal Football Club but was discouraged; the mother who was so short she had to sit ... Read more
By Jeni Selby Her feminist credentials have been questioned of late, what with her ‘Bow down, b**tches’ lyrics and Mrs Carter world tour. Not to mention her ... Read more
by Rosamund Urwin Ladies: do you want to rape-proof your life? Then good news! The armchair sages on sexual violence can tell you how. Don’t get boozed up with the boys, says Cosmopolitan’s agony aunt Irma Kurtz. ... Read more
By Kira Cochrane The campaign for women’s liberation never went away, but this year a new swell built up ... Read more
Jon Snow: 'I am in touch with my feminine side' As someone who would rather talk about art than ... Read more
American Apparel’s Mannequin Pubic Hair: More Stunt Than Statement Feminist manifesto or Dov Charney approved marketing ploy? By Laura Stampler People clogged the sidewalk on Lower Manhattan’s East Houston Street to get a glimpse ... Read more
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jan/17/russell-brand-no-more-page-3-feminism By Ellie Mae O'Hagan Read more
By Elizabeth Plank The year 2013 was a heck of a year for feminism. Because we're often primed to focus on how far we've got to go, I wanted to give us a reason to celebrate how far we've come. We've had some amazing victories this year, so let's take a minute to soak it all in and celebrate the greatest ... Read more
The BBC music station's decision to host an all-female lineup of DJs is ... Read more
Ladies, do you dare to keep all your hair down there? We report on the new politics of pubic life By Rosamund Urwin The pubic is political. If you thought your short and curlies were ... Read more
Two recently amnestied members of the feminist punk protest ... Read more
Everywhere you look, from toys to websites, little girls are told that dressing up for boys is the sum total of their value. Read more
by Frances Cudjoe Waters. First let me say that Beyonce's new release of her new videos on the new album is amazingly stunning. Yet, after being a huge ... Read more
by wired-gov.net Government's Think, Act, Report campaign covering 2 million employees marks 2 years of progress. More than 140 major UK ... Read more
By James Gallagher Behaviour can be affected by events in previous generations which have been passed on through a form of genetic memory, animal studies suggest. Experiments showed that a traumatic event could affect the ... Read more
After slaying critics in defense of her daughter Willow, outspoken actress and activist Jada Pinkett-Smith took to Facebook today to drop some knowledge on how the degradation of women has resulted ... Read more
“I don’t give a damn of what people think of me or the way I dress, I dress for myself because I love style and design and color.” This statement may sound like the devil-may-care attitude ... Read more