- I had an eye-opening experience in the queue for a pub toilet | Adrian ChilesThere was the struggle to make chitchat, a whiff of humiliation – and a sobering recognition of what women have to put up withI had an unusual experience just before Christmas. I think it did me good. This was at a gathering of some old friends of mine, a group... Read more »
- Jess Cartner-Morley on fashion: 2026 will be the year of the skirt – and no, it doesn’t have to be shortI’ve got a feeling this is the year skirts regain their main character energyI never stopped wearing skirts, I just sort of stopped thinking about them. They were a plus-one, not the main event. For the past few years I have planned my outfits around my obsession with pleated trousers, or my latest... Read more »
- World is short of nearly a million midwives, report warnsShortage raises rates of maternity intervention, while improving access to care could potentially save 4.3m lives a year, say expertsA global shortage of nearly a million midwives is leaving pregnant women without the basic care needed to prevent harm, including the deaths of mothers and babies, according to new research.Almost... Read more »
- How can we learn from unrequited love?The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts• This week’s readers’ replies: Should speed cameras be hidden?How can we accept that what feels like overwhelming love for someone is unrequited, and how can we... Read more »
- The woman who made her family disappear: how Karen Palmer escaped her abusive husbandHe had threatened her, locked her up and absconded with one of their daughters. Palmer knew she and her girls needed to escape – but it would involve huge risk and total reinventionIn the summer of 1989, Karen Palmer bought a used car for cash, filled it with belongings –... Read more »
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- California refuses to extradite doctor over abortion pill: ‘Not today. Not ever’Gavin Newsom says state will reject Louisiana’s ask, citing laws protecting providers from out-of-state prosecutionCalifornia will defy Louisiana’s request to extradite a doctor indicted for mailing abortion pills into the southern state, Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, said on Wednesday.“Louisiana’s request is denied,” Newsom, a Democrat, said in a statement. “We... Read more »
- Wyoming supreme court strikes down near-total abortion bansJustices rule 4-1 that laws, including a ban on abortion pills, violate a state amendment protecting healthcare choicesAbortion will stay legal in Wyoming after the state’s supreme court struck down two near-total abortion bans on Tuesday, ruling that the laws violate the constitution of the profoundly conservative state.In a 4-1... Read more »
- US woman charged with fetal homicide after allegedly inducing own abortionKentucky woman reportedly ordered medication to end her pregnancy and buried remains in her yardA Kentucky woman is facing multiple criminal charges after she allegedly induced her own abortion using medication.Kentucky state police arrested the woman, Melinda S Spencer, 35, on charges of fetal homicide in the first degree, abuse... Read more »
- ‘Women have to fight for what they want’: UK campaigner’s 60-year unfinished battle for abortion rightsDiane Munday helped secure legal terminations in 1967 and, aged 94, is still calling for wider reproductive rightsWhen the 1967 Abortion Act cleared parliament, marking one of the most significant steps forward for women’s rights in history, Diane Munday was among the campaigners raising a glass of champagne on the... Read more »
- Court allows White House to end Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 statesAppeals court reversed injunction blocking Trump administration’s defunding of reproductive healthcare giantA US appeals court agreed on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to strip Medicaid funding from Planned Parenthood health centers in 22 states and Washington DC.The order from the three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US circuit court... Read more »
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- ● ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its workDevelopment charity’s new co-chairs signal shift from controversial sponsor a child scheme launched in 1972 to long-term grassroots fundingChild sponsorship schemes that allow donors to handpick children to support in poor countries can carry racialised, paternalistic undertones and need to be transformed, the newly appointed co-chief executives of ActionAid UK... Read more »
- ‘The rise of fascism makes our work even more important’: Montez Press, champions of queer, feminist artThey published a raunchy book inspired by the Guardian’s Owen Jones; broadcast interviews with obscure punk legends; and make calendars to navigate the world of underground art. Now they’re going globalStuart McKenzie turns towards a fan on a makeshift stage so his long brunette hair blows in the wind. The... Read more »
- Bra-burning was just a 1970s tabloid trope | LetterJudith Condon is disappointed by Call the Midwife’s reductive depiction of the Women’s Liberation MovementWhat a pity to see Call the Midwife, still one of Britain’s most popular television series, stumbling into tired stereotypes about the Women’s Liberation Movement of the early 1970s.The first episode of the new series had... Read more »
- What’s in a surname? Just ask Brooklyn Peltz BeckhamReaders respond to an article by Polly Hudson on Beckham and other men double barrelling their surnames after marriagePolly Hudson celebrates the newfound popularity of men and women sharing both surnames after marriage (Brooklyn Peltz Beckham set an important trend. Will other men follow?, 8 January).Great – but what’s wrong... Read more »
- Charlie Hebdo tried to humiliate me. Instead it debased the freedom of speech it symbolises | Rokhaya DialloThe satirical title targeted in an Islamist attack 10 years ago published a racist, sexist caricature of me that speaks volumes about its valuesThe day before Christmas Eve, just as France readied itself to slip into the holiday slowdown, something abruptly shook me out of any festive torpor. The satirical... Read more »
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- Conflict Theory and the Design of Migrant Housing
Migrant labor sustains U.S. agriculture. It is essential and constant. Yet the people who do the work remain hidden. That invisibility is not just social. It is spatial. Employers tuck housing behind groves, set it far off the road, or place it on private land behind locked gates. These sites... Read more » - Who’s Not Cool With AC?
This past summer was hot, hotter than it used to be, and this is causing a lot of new challenges for work, infrastructure, our social lives, and our health. Air conditioning was back in style and even a new public policy, with more cities working to require that landlords provide... Read more » - Cheeseburger Culture
One of the biggest challenges and joys I have in teaching Introduction to Sociology is making ideas like social construction, cultural objects, or bureaucracy visible and intuitive to students. A big part of our value as a general education course is in showing students how to use these ideas in... Read more » - The Surprising Convergence of Girlbosses and Tradwives
In recent weeks, we’ve seen multiple examples of women on the political right straddling two kinds of womanhood: the girlboss and the tradwife. The visibility of these women exposes a hidden link between conservative womanhood and girlboss feminism that deserves our attention. Katie Britt broadcast her response to the State of... Read more » - Will a Robot Take Your God?
Societies grow and change all the time, but it can be tough to think about big-picture shifts when you’re living through the practical details of the day to day. Take the recent popularity of large language models (LLMs). In the short term, we face important sociological questions about how they... Read more »
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- I’ve started a new thing called BROTOPIANS that you want to read
Hey what’s up how’s it goin? I’ve got a big announcement, which is that I’ve started a NEW THING, a sort of blog/newsletter thing on Ghost that I call BROTOPIANS. It’s about, well, brotopians, which is my name for a new species of techbro with utopian dreams, which tend to... Read more » - A Mammoth farewell
So I have something of a sad announcement to make today, one that I’ve been putting off posting. I’m not going to be able to continue with this blog. I need to make a living and unfortunately the level of engagement with my latest posts has not been enough to... Read more » - Where I’ve been
So, just a quick and long-overdue note to let you know what is going on with me and why I haven’t posted in such a long time. Basically, I’m neck-deep in a big project with a rather urgent deadline and I just haven’t had time to focus on the blog.... Read more » - Claire Lehmann calls the waahmbulance about women who protest stuff
We Hunted the Mammoth relies on your donations to fund its beta male lifestyle. Please drop a few bucks here or here if you can! Claire Lehmann wants you to know that something is very wrong with young women today. No, not because they’re suffering from unprecedented rates of anxiety and depression, or facing... Read more » - You’ll never guess how incels and MRAs responded to a new UK report whitewashing the manosphere. Or maybe you will
We Hunted the Mammoth relies on your donations to fund its beta male lifestyle. Please drop a few bucks here or here if you can! So in my last post I talked about a shocking whitewash of the manosphere from the official UK communications regulator Ofcom. The agency’s new report... Read more »
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- 2025We have recorded at least 92 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed in 2025 in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspects. We know that over the course of the next weeks and months, this figure will increase as cases that... Read more »
- Open letter to national organisations supporting (women) victim-survivors of sexual and domestic violence and abuseIt had been more than a week since the ruling in For Women Scotland v. Scottish Ministers and despite the widespread celebrations of feminists and amazing widespread front-page news coverage, none of the national charities working to address men’s violence against women and girls had spoken out about what the... Read more »
- Abused women and children cannot be used as pawns in power politicsMen’s violence against and abuse of women, girls and children is not a party-political issue but of course responses must be led by whichever party holds power. The issue of so-called ‘rape gangs’ is currently being used by the Right to undermine the government which has been in power for... Read more »
- Sarah Owen, MP, newly elected chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, on Woman’s HourSarah Owen, MP (Labour) for Luton North was elected Chair of the parliamentary Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC) on 11th September 2024. The following morning, she was a guest on Woman’s Hour, presented by Anita Rani. Woman’s Hour was hardly quick to pick up on women’s legitimate concerns... Read more »
- 2024We have recorded at least 106 UK women and girls aged 13 and over who have been killed in circumstances in which a man or men are primary suspect in 2024: Please let me know if you have information regarding the deaths of any other women/girls (aged 13 and over)... Read more »
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- ● 'Are we not good enough?' Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys get full-size trophy
submitted by /u/BurtonDesque [link] [comments]... Read more » - Trump’s Abortion Strategy? Do Nothing. But His Base Has Other Plans.
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submitted by /u/BurtonDesque [link] [comments]... Read more » - Sunita Williams Retires from NASA After 27-Year Career and 608 Days in Space
submitted by /u/PrithvinathReddy [link] [comments]... Read more » - Violence against homeless women (UK)EDIT: (Firstly, TW - discussions of SA and DV.) I'm a master's student currently writing a piece on violence against homeless women in the UK. I have had some conversations with charities and orgs who specialise in the matter but wanted to come on here to see if anyone else... Read more »
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- ● 'Are we not good enough?' Girls football team win tiny plastic cup as boys get full-size trophy submitted by /u/BurtonDesque [link] [comments]... Read more »
- Trump’s Abortion Strategy? Do Nothing. But His Base Has Other Plans. submitted by /u/BurtonDesque [link] [comments]... Read more »
- Chile’s president-elect names staunch abortion opponent as gender equality minister submitted by /u/BurtonDesque [link] [comments]... Read more »
- Sunita Williams Retires from NASA After 27-Year Career and 608 Days in Space submitted by /u/PrithvinathReddy [link] [comments]... Read more »
- Violence against homeless women (UK)EDIT: (Firstly, TW - discussions of SA and DV.) I'm a master's student currently writing a piece on violence against homeless women in the UK. I have had some conversations with charities and orgs who specialise in the matter but wanted to come on here to see if anyone else... Read more »
Feminism - “the personal is political”
- Abortion Access Can’t Depend on Rage DonationsNow, almost three and a half years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the numbers are clear that abortion in the U.S. has, to the shock of most, continued to rise. But we also have data showing that a small but not trivial number of people are continuing... Read more »
- Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows ItWith the 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period now closed, millions of Americans are facing an uncomfortable new reality: higher monthly costs for the health coverage they already struggled to afford. When health insurance becomes unaffordable, women don’t just absorb the cost. They make sacrifices—often at the expense... Read more »
- Mifepristone Could Treat Endometriosis, Some Cancers, Depression and Chronic Illness—If Politics Didn’t InterfereAcross a range of conditions that disproportionately affect women, research into mifepristone's potential has been slowed, defunded or blocked altogether. Nowhere is that clearer than in the treatment of endometriosis and other serious illnesses that leave millions of women in chronic pain. Endometriosis—when endometrium cells grow outside the uterus—afflicts an... Read more »
- One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and FamiliesA sweeping, year-one rundown of how Trump’s second-term power grabs and policy rollbacks are eroding women’s rights, healthcare and economic security, including—from dismantling the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor and shuttering reproductive health clinics, to passing historic cuts to the Medicaid program and sowing mistrust in abortion pill... Read more »
- January 2026 Reads for the Rest of UsEach month, Ms. provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Check out the top 25 books we are excited about for January! The post January 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us appeared first on Ms. Magazine.... Read more »
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- Abortion Access Can’t Depend on Rage DonationsNow, almost three and a half years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the numbers are clear that abortion in the U.S. has, to the shock of most, continued to rise. But we also have data showing that a small but not trivial number of people are continuing... Read more »
- Women Are Being Priced Out of Health Coverage—and Congress Knows ItWith the 2026 Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period now closed, millions of Americans are facing an uncomfortable new reality: higher monthly costs for the health coverage they already struggled to afford. When health insurance becomes unaffordable, women don’t just absorb the cost. They make sacrifices—often at the expense... Read more »
- Mifepristone Could Treat Endometriosis, Some Cancers, Depression and Chronic Illness—If Politics Didn’t InterfereAcross a range of conditions that disproportionately affect women, research into mifepristone's potential has been slowed, defunded or blocked altogether. Nowhere is that clearer than in the treatment of endometriosis and other serious illnesses that leave millions of women in chronic pain. Endometriosis—when endometrium cells grow outside the uterus—afflicts an... Read more »
- One Year In: 53 Ways the Second Trump Administration Is Harming Women and FamiliesA sweeping, year-one rundown of how Trump’s second-term power grabs and policy rollbacks are eroding women’s rights, healthcare and economic security, including—from dismantling the Women’s Bureau at the Department of Labor and shuttering reproductive health clinics, to passing historic cuts to the Medicaid program and sowing mistrust in abortion pill... Read more »
- January 2026 Reads for the Rest of UsEach month, Ms. provides readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups. Check out the top 25 books we are excited about for January! The post January 2026 Reads for the Rest of Us appeared first on Ms. Magazine.... Read more »
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- FM July 16, 2025: Mutual Aid / Operation Healthy HeartsTHIS WEEK on FemMag with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: Last month, a few days after the ICE kidnappings began in Los Angeles, rightwing media including Fox News and the NY Post reported that “ Leftwing nonprofit groups are openly helping to fuel anti-ICE riots in LA”. Among the groups... Read more »
- FM July 2, 2025: Where Women Made HistoryTHIS WEEK on FemMag with host Lynn Harris Ballen :: Less than 3 percent of LA’s historic landmarks represent women’s history. But a National Trust for Historic Preservation initiative – “Where Women Made History” is focusing on recognizing women’s contributions, including women of color and queer histories. And we’re joined... Read more »
- FM Sept 25, 2024: Bridges Across Homelands / She’s Beautiful When She’s AngryTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … We’re joined by multi-disciplinary storyteller Jen Cheng to hear about her latest project – a documentary short film called Bridges Across Homelands – premiering on Sat Oct 5th at 2pm during the CIRCA Queer Histories Festival for... Read more »
- FM Aug 11, 2024 : Gender Liberation March / Election SecurityTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … This is a crucial moment for our bodily autonomy, self-determination, and basic right to make our own choices about our bodies, identities, and self-expression. We can’t wait until after we lose all our rights to start paying attention. A new intersectional Gender Liberation... Read more »
- FM July 17, 2024 : MeToo & Christine Blasey Ford / Revolutionary MotheringTHIS WEEK on Feminist Magazine with host Lynn Harris Ballen : FIRST … As we all endure the latest decisions of the Supreme Court it can feel like long ago history that Christine Blasey Ford told us about the real Brett Kavanaugh in her testimony during his confirmation hearings. And the #MeToo movement seems to... Read more »
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- A “Trojan Horse” That Wasn’t: Senate Hearing Shows Afghans Are Among the Most Thoroughly VettedLast Wednesday in Washington, D.C., lawmakers convened a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine the Biden administration’s Afghan parole program. While national security concerns dominated the discussion, the hearing also made clear that Afghans are among the most thoroughly vetted populations entering the United States. It also underscored the growing... Read more »
- What is the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Missing?In December 2025, H.R.6359, the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, was introduced by Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2) and then referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. On the surface, the bill is intended to require higher education institutions to provide information to pregnant students to support them through pregnancy... Read more »
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI and the Rise of Nonconsensual Sexual AbuseElon Musk’s Grok AI is being used to create nonconsensual explicit photos and videos of women and children. These range from photos of people in revealing garments to extremely graphic and violent pornographic material. Grok AI is “an AI assistant with a twist of humor and a dash of rebellion.”... Read more »
- Wyoming Court Delivers Major Victory for Abortion AccessAs of January 6, abortion remains legal in Wyoming after the Wyoming Supreme Court struck down two state laws aimed at banning abortion in State v. Johnson. One of the overturned laws sought to ban abortion except to save a pregnant woman’s life or in cases involving rape or incest.... Read more »
- Black Maternal Health Crisis Continues to Plague the United StatesOn Friday, January 2, 2026, Dr. Janelle Green Smith died from complications during the birth of her first child in South Carolina. Dr. Green Smith was a Black midwife, an esteemed Doctor of Nursing Practice, and an advocate for maternal health and midwifery. Dr. Green Smith’s death joins the many... Read more »
Feminist Majority Foundation
- OUR LAND, OUR STORIESOUR LAND, OUR STORIES is our media training and environmental advocacy project that brought together Global Girl reporters from South Africa, Greece and Los Angeles for two weeks in April, 20205 to share resources, build inspiration and collaborate on a multi-media reporting project about climate change and its impact on... Read more »
- VOTE FOR EQUALITYGlobal Girl Media Los Angeles produced a 2-part video series called WHY VOTE? for the 2024 Presidential Elections, canvasing BIPOC young women in the Los Angeles area about the issues that matter to them. One of them was about immigrant rights. Posting this post-election, now more than ever these young... Read more »
- OUR BODIES ARE ON THE LINEGlobal Girl Media Los Angeles produced a 2-part video series called WHY VOTE? canvasing BIPOC young women in the Los Angeles area about the issues that matter to them. One of them was reproductive rights. Posting this post-election, now more than ever these young women need and want to be... Read more »
- MUSIC EMBRACING CULTURESThe “Music Embracing Cultures” project, a songwriting and multimedia project was spearheaded by PRAKSIS in collaboration with Global Girl Media Greece and Culture Break Borders, with the goal of integrating youth from refugee, migrant, and Greek backgrounds through music, video production, and social awareness training. The workshops highlighted cultural diversity,... Read more »
- Global Girl Aisha Clarke wins TV Collective Breakthrough Leader AwardWe are delighted for Aisha Clarke, GGM UK graduate and trustee, with her well-deserved win as TV Collective’s Breakthrough Leader 2024. Please reach out to the Global Girl Media UK, and SUPPORT THEM! – so that we can keep supporting young women from underserved communities – like Aisha – with... Read more »
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- Talking With an Actual Tiny-House Future ResidentMargaret Chandler, better known as remargaret, and her boyfriend Zach are embarking on a unique adventure in Charleston, South Carolina. They’re not just building any house; they’re constructing a tiny house, a cozy 315-square-foot home, including lofts. This journey is documented on their blog, the Charleston Tiny House, offering a... Read more »
- Dream Interpretation: Dying Fathers and Falling CarsDreams often serve as windows into the deep recesses of our subconscious mind, revealing inner truths and unresolved emotions. When we dream of our fathers passing away or cars plummeting, these are not just random scenarios but symbolic representations of deeper psychological processes. Carl Jung, a pioneer in dream analysis,... Read more »
- The Ultimate Guide To Wearing A Jumpsuit – Tips For Rocking this Versatile OutfitIf you learn nothing else from my tenure at The Hairpin, I want you to learn this: jumpsuits are the best item of clothing in the world. Jumpsuits, rompers, playsuits, whatever let me explain. Every fall people come at me with this bullshit about how fantastic layering is, like how... Read more »
- Who’s the Most Important Person in Your Life? TestimoniesWhile I was considering topics for this month’s discussion, Haley shared a memorable quote from Rachel Syme’s excellent profile of Broad City. It highlighted the deep connection between Abbi and Ilana, transcending mere friendship or business partnership to a rare and profound level of mutual understanding: “Our communication is constant,... Read more »
- Celebrities All Have Little Real Teeth Under Their Big Fake TeethHere’s something to think about: celebrities all have little tiny real teeth hiding under their big Hollywood fake teeth. Do you ever think about this? A mouth of secret lovelies, stained and forgotten. Little guys hiding, snug as a bug. Tiny teeth grown naturally — shh, they’re sleeping. Like many cosmetic procedures, the... Read more »
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- VideoKajsa Ekis Ekman is a Marxist feminist speaking out against gender identity in SwedenIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Kajsa Ekis Ekman, author of "The Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman" The post Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Marxist feminist speaking out against gender identity in Sweden appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- Helen Joyce on how Labour changed its stance on gender identity, why women’s bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt WalshIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder of Sex Matters, Helen Joyce, about new political developments in the UK around gender identity legislation, why women's bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt Walsh The post Helen Joyce on how Labour changed its stance on gender identity, why women’s bathrooms... Read more »
- VideoThe trans movement is a lie
My talk from Let Women Speak Austin on August 12, 2023 The post The trans movement is a lie appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more » - Jennifer Bilek on the true roots of the transgender movementIn this episode, I speak with Jennifer Bilek about the millionaires funding the transgender movement and what they aim to accomplish The post Jennifer Bilek on the true roots of the transgender movement appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- Spain’s leftist government may be renewed, leaving women’s rights behind
The ‘most feminist government’ in the history of Spain abandoned women, and Sunday's election doesn't look like it will change things. The post Spain’s leftist government may be renewed, leaving women’s rights behind appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
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- VideoKajsa Ekis Ekman is a Marxist feminist speaking out against gender identity in SwedenIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with Kajsa Ekis Ekman, author of "The Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman" The post Kajsa Ekis Ekman is a Marxist feminist speaking out against gender identity in Sweden appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- Helen Joyce on how Labour changed its stance on gender identity, why women’s bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt WalshIn this episode, Meghan Murphy speaks with founder of Sex Matters, Helen Joyce, about new political developments in the UK around gender identity legislation, why women's bathrooms matter, and her spat with Matt Walsh The post Helen Joyce on how Labour changed its stance on gender identity, why women’s bathrooms... Read more »
- VideoThe trans movement is a lieMy talk from Let Women Speak Austin on August 12, 2023 The post The trans movement is a lie appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- Jennifer Bilek on the true roots of the transgender movementIn this episode, I speak with Jennifer Bilek about the millionaires funding the transgender movement and what they aim to accomplish The post Jennifer Bilek on the true roots of the transgender movement appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
- Spain’s leftist government may be renewed, leaving women’s rights behindThe ‘most feminist government’ in the history of Spain abandoned women, and Sunday's election doesn't look like it will change things. The post Spain’s leftist government may be renewed, leaving women’s rights behind appeared first on Feminist Current.... Read more »
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