Women posed as dead bodies are an advertising staple, including the new Marc Jacobs ad with Miley Cyrus. Why does fashion fetishise the female corpse?
Julius Malema has emerged as an unlikely feminist after a recent rally, but gender experts have slammed the political leader for being opportunistic.
Most women don’t have time to fight for their gender all the time. They may even diet or twerk. Feminism can ill afford to lose their voices.
Men’s rights activists live in an imaginary world where false accusations of rape are a bigger problem than actual rape, writes Chris McEvoy.
Feminism has forsaken solidarity, contributing instead to individuated, globalised neoliberalism.
Attempts to sex up and spruce up feminism to make it more palatable takes away its reason to exist, writes Laurie Penny.
Bridget Jones, as always, does nothing more than lament about her alcohol intake and "look for a bloke" in the latest book, writes Suzanne Moore.
Feminists who generate more rage than understanding do themselves – and their cause – a disservice, writes Verashni Pillay.
For single moms, the reality of primary breadwinner status feels like less of a feminist victory than simply being overworked, writes Jill Filipovic.
In an industry dominated by male-made images, an extraordinary international project offers very personal points of view of five female photographers.
Instead of banning the diary from schools, as Gail Horalek would like, we should teach girls not to be ashamed of their bodies.
Susan Patton, criticised for her advice to female students, has stumbled on a truism ignored by feminism – having a career is not everything.
On the issue of porn, Tanya Gold is with the Saudi Arabians: the freedom to watch a woman gag on a penis is not one she cherishes.
Ukraine’s feminist group Femen has delved in what some call a new brand of feminist activism with their global topless protests.
Feminist polemic can breed defensiveness. How can we make it more fully inclusive?
A new edition to mark the 50th anniversary of The Bell Jar has seen the publisher accused of portraying the book as glorified chick lit.
Is the workplace inherently sexist? Verashni Pillay thinks so and thanks one Facebook executive for starting a conversation on how to change that.
Why is a woman’s body image – from girlhood to adulthood – fraught with so many issues, asks Joonji Mdyogolo.
Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is topless in the French magazine Closer – and it is too close. The duchess is no feminist, or anything like one.
The Marikana saga exposes the injustice raging in our society, writes a group of organisations that work with marginalised people.
Before there was Sex and the City, there was Sex and the Single Girl. And before there was Carrie Bradshaw, there was Helen Gurley Brown.
Jen Thorpe explains why FeministsSA does not support adult classifieds website, Cumtree’s way of doing things.
Women in Libya are hoping to draft a Constitution to show they can be much more than just sexy bodyguards or accessories to murder.
When we try to present a united front we are not asking too much of ourselves, we are asking too little, says <b>Zoe Williams</b>.
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/ 21 February 2012
In a country where women’s rights — including what they wear — are severely curtailed many have come up with a new way of channelling their rage
Freedom from oppression is only a reality for a fortunate few women in South Africa, the Democratic Alliance said on National Women’s Day.
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/ 14 February 2011
Thousands join marches for respect and values in country with gender gap worse than Kazakhstan’s.
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/ 20 September 2010
Being a good girl, <b>Verashni Pillay</b> always avoided the F word. Feminism. It causes polite people to flinch slightly.
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/ 13 November 2009
Exploitation movies have been variously described as trashy, improbable and flat-out fun — but feminist? Not often.
Charlotte Bauer is blown away by a recent encounter with Gloria Steinem, the original women’s libber.
Ferial Haffajee asks whether the government’s stance on cultural freedom ignores equal rights for women.
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/ 27 February 2009
US author Megan Basham says she didn’t plan to enrage feminists with her new book — but that is exactly what happened.