How Tumblr raised a generation of feminists: Like so many millennials, my teenage years on the multimedia microblogging platform, Tumblr, introduced me to feminist politics, which inspired my burgeoning interest in gender and feminism at university. My experiences as a Tumblr teen at the height of its popularity inspired my book, Feminist Fandom: Media Fandom, …
China’s new civil code has angered feminists – the Chinese Communist Party is now trying to appease them: China’s first ever civil code came into effect on January 1 2021. Replacing a raft of other laws covering issues from marriage, to inheritance, adoption and property, it has binding authority over all civil disputes. A unified …
Good reads: fighters, feminists and the loss of freedom in Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean police beat up a man protesting the reintroduction of local banknotes. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo Political scientist and published poet Keith Gottschalk shares his recommendations for good reads of the year. 1. Harvest – University of the Western Cape This 90 page anthology of the …