Feminism
Why do boys outperform girls at university?
According to the university’s own statistics, Oxford is one of the worst places in the country to be a female…
I Am Divine reminds me why I’ve always hated drag
It was early evening and I had not yet eaten, so I took a glass of wine and a packet…
Red hair is having a renaissance
Much like supporting Millwall or contracting Parkinson’s Disease, red hair has traditionally been seen by the prejudiced as an affliction…
Nick Clegg’s cojones
Mr and Mrs Clegg attended the launch yesterday evening of Cityfathers, a group designed for fathers working in the Square…
Why must we have a Minister for Women?
Does it make you feel better about yourself, girls, ladies, to know that if Labour’s elected, Ed Miliband will have…
Women should not fight on the frontline
Writing in the Spectator Diary some time ago, the evergreen Peregrine Worsthorne, observed that one of the things about getting…
Let women fight on the front line, but only if they pass the tests
The head of the British Army has given the clearest sign yet that women will soon be given the right…
The selfie protest
How to protest these days? You can’t rely on our music industry to kick out a good protest song, and…
Tony Benn – feminist
You may not have agreed with the late Tony Benn’s politics, but as Mary Wakefield points out in her interview…
What would Mary Wollstonecraft make of today’s feminism?
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and no doubt it will be marked by plenty of discussions about internet misogyny, everyday…
Janet Street Porter chickens out of Mensch showdown
Gobby Janet Street Porter has been silenced – for today at least. She pulled out of this morning’s edition of the…
Podcast: Julie Burchill vs. Paris Lees, Putin’s plan to rule the world and Cameron’s love for Angela Merkel
What is intersectionality and why is it ruining feminism? On this week’s View from 22 podcast, Julie Burchill and Paris…
Why are feminists intolerant? It’s age, not sex
There has been a lot of comment about a recent Michelle Goldberg piece in the Nation on feminism in social…
Feminism must pay attention to the boys let down by our education system
The Universities and Colleges Admission Service (UCAS) has released its latest admission statistics, and they aren’t pretty. Of the 580,000…
Tories and Labour both losing 8% of their female MPs
Another day, another female MP decides to quit politics. Ann Clwyd has announced that, after 30 years in the Commons,…
Sorry Laurie Penny, but the patriarchy likes short hair
Boy oh boy do I feel sorry for Laurie Penny. I hope that’s not a sexist thing to say. There she…
Jon Snow: sex expert
Jon Snow’s interview in the Standard today makes for perfect post-lunch reading: ‘Sex comes into every evaluation of a woman,…
Ugliness and cynicism – all in the name of feminism
Another day, another ‘victory’ in the name of feminism. Jezebel, the feminist blog aimed at women’s interests, last week offered…
Nigel Farage missed the point about ‘young, able women’
Nigel Farage isn’t afraid ‘to court controversy’ over the issue of women’s pay. Speaking on the issue of equal pay,…
Women shouldn’t see fertility treatment as a lifestyle choice
Pasted between adverts for chewing gum and the latest Hollywood blockbuster, a series of adverts on the tube are currently…
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