What the anti-woke backlash against liberal feminism misses about causes like the gender pay gap: This week, thousands of women across Iceland went on strike to demand greater gender equality. That’s right, Iceland: the country that has ranked highest in the world for gender equality for the past 14 years in a row. So even …
Mary Wollstonecraft: an introduction to the mother of first-wave feminism: A portrait of Wollstonecraft painted by John Opie in 1790-91. Wikipedia. Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years. Though considered the mother of first-wave feminism, the 18th-century philosopher long endured her share of trolls refusing to take her seriously. She was …
Woman at Point Zero: Nawal El Saadawi’s radical African feminism was ahead of its time: Nawal El Saadawi in 2015. David Degner/Getty Images The Egyptian author, physician and activist Nawal El Saadawi’s recent death has brought her writing back into the public eye. This is an opportune return, because El Saadawi’s feminism was ahead of …
From The Slumflower to Florence Given: why influencer books about feminism seem so similar: Polls have found that feminism has been declared unappealing and irrelevant to young women. NakoPhotography/Shutterstock On December 9, debate began to simmer on social media over the resemblance of two popular women’s empowerment books released in 2020: Chidera Eggerue’s How to …
Where is Feminism now? – An Audience with Heidi Safia Mirza, Hudda Khaireh and Colleagues of the arts Collective Thick/er Black Lines – a Africa interest event taking place on 2019-03-07 18:30:00 in United Kingdom Feminism. Feminism? Feminism! Feminism…. The 2019 International Women's Day (IWD) hashtag is #BalanceForBetter – Better The Balance, Better The World. …
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2017 is ‘feminism’: In the year of the #MeToo movement, it's no surprise that Merriam-Webster dictionary's word of the year for 2017 is 'feminism.' Merriam-Webster said 'feminism' was the most-looked-up word in its online dictionary, with the term generating 70% more searches than last year. : Weird News SpaceX …