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Gender is more than a word
(5 minute read) Sam Hall points out the inadequacies - and indeed absurdities - of recent debates about what it is to be male or female.
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One woman’s battle against domestic abuse
(4 minute read) Bridget O’Sullivan speaks to an unlikely heroine who used her own suffering to help others.
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The feminine conundrum
(4 minute read) Nicole Law searches out valid role models for today’s woman.
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Chronicling history with brush and paint
(5 minute read) As we celebrate International Women’s Day, Lisa Fraser is inspired by Laura Knight, a woman who overcame the prejudices of her time to become one of Britain’s greatest modern artists.
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Refugee women: barriers to career development
(4 minute read) Anna Zhukova examines the obstacles faced by women fleeing persecution and hardship as they try to start a new life in a host country.
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Reclaiming masculinity with The Lord of the Rings
(5 minute read) Tolkien’s classic trilogy offers an alternative to the culture of toxic masculinity which threatens men today, believes Miguel Sepúlveda.
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Epitaph for a single woman
(5 minute read) Adam Brocklehurst examines the single life in fact and fiction.
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Reading behind the lines
(2 minute read) Nicole Law examines the cost of putting principles into action - even when it means changing your local bookstore.
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Feminism’s last battle
(12 minute read) Abigail Favale untangles the strands of a constantly evolving debate which risks turning into an Armageddon moment for feminism.
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The cruelty of commercialised sex
(6 minute read) Our commercially sexualised culture is leading ever more young men into hatred and violence, argues Edmund Adamus.
