Sexism

Life & Culture

Why don’t straight men want to have sex anymore?

Maybe it’s not even that men don’t want sex – they just don’t want sex with the real women who are offering it to them

Life & Culture

Mar 19, 2024

Niloufar Haidari

Life & Culture

‘I’m Asking For It’: The problem with the UK’s new consent campaign

A new campaign is lobbying the government to enshrine ‘affirmative consent’ into law – but it risks doing more harm than good

Life & Culture

Mar 06, 2024

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

How algorithms are driving men and women apart

There’s mounting evidence to suggest that young men are becoming increasingly right-wing – and social media platforms could be to blame

Life & Culture

Feb 02, 2024

Serena Smith

Life & Culture

Young men and women are increasingly split on political issues

New data shows that young men are becoming more conservative while young women are becoming more progressive

Life & Culture

Jan 26, 2024

Serena Smith

Film & TV

Why it’s time to forgive the villain in Fatal Attraction

Emerging at a time of intense anti-feminist backlash, Fatal Attraction is one of the most misogynistic films ever made. But as Paramount releases a TV reboot, we ask whether the vengeful, scorned woman at its heart deserves a reappraisal

Film & TV

May 02, 2023

James Greig

Art & Photography

Oliver Frank Chanarin, with Fay, Maisie and Robyn

Art shows to leave the house for in March 2023

From top-secret government cables to Parisian youth culture and ‘ecstatic’ forms... we take a look at some of the most exciting art shows and events to see this month

Art & Photography

Mar 03, 2023

Ashleigh Kane

Art & Photography

Lindsey Jean McLean, “Many Directions” (2022)

This new medieval art show wants to skewer gender norms

Hypha Studios’ latest group art show in an abandoned supermarket promises medieval karaoke, ‘flaccid’ knights and chain mail underwear

Art & Photography

Jan 27, 2023

Emily Dinsdale

Art & Photography

This exhibition pays tribute to riotous women artists

Les Militantes at Maison Guerlain in Paris honours women asking provocative questions about the way we live

Art & Photography

Oct 24, 2022

Emily Dinsdale

Film & TV

Boobies, boobies, boobies: why can’t we stop talking about tits?

Amandla Stenberg’s response to a New York Times reviewer who called their new A24 slasher Bodies, Bodies, Bodies ‘a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage’ isn’t bullying – it’s a lighthearted but keen observation of how tired this talking point is

Film & TV

Aug 23, 2022

Vanessa Hsieh

Music

Actually can’t believe this? Dance music has a gender equality problem

Less than one per cent of electronic tracks played on radio were made exclusively by female and non-binary artists, according to a new report by Jaguar Foundation

Music

Aug 03, 2022

Serena Smith

Politics

Failed by police, survivors of abuse are forced to turn to social media

Earlier this week, Harriet Robson used Instagram to accuse footballer Mason Greenwood of abuse. It was a shocking but necessary tactic, writes Shahed Ezaydi

Politics

Feb 02, 2022

Shahed Ezaydi

Politics

It’s official: the UK healthcare system is failing women

A government report published shortly before Christmas has revealed the extent of the gender health gap

Politics

Jan 14, 2022

Zesha Saleem

Politics

Street harassment and sexual harassment NDAs could be made illegal

The measures are being reviewed as part of the UK government’s long-awaited strategy to tackle violence against women and girls, but there is criticism that it isn’t enough

Politics

Jul 22, 2021

Alex Peters

Life & Culture