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‘You can’t murder a people and walk away scot-free.’ In The Voyage Home, Pat Barker explores morality in war
In the third volume of this superb trilogy exploring the lives of women taken captive in the Trojan War, a new narrator takes us on a journey back to Agamemnon’s palace.
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'A woman should cast off her shame together with her clothes': What women in ancient times really thought about sex
A new book tells the history of the ancient world through women and what they had to say about their own sexuality – flying in the face of misogynist male stereotypes.
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Oweynagat
The Cave of Cats
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Male historians explain things to me
Charlotte Riley explores the patriarchal cultures of expertise, evaluation, and promotion that deform the work of historians today.
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A Ghostwriter’s Guide for Invisible Women
Do you feel overlooked or overtalked at the office? Don’t get mad, get tactical. Here’s how.
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Think women have never had it so good? You should take a look at medieval days
History shows that progress in gender equality is neither steady nor inevitable
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How Gloria Steinem Lent Wonder Woman a Helping Hand
Thanks to Gloria Steinem, the Wonder Woman we know today symbolizes the values of women’s culture
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Reconsidering modern art's sacred monster: Picasso in a post-MeToo world
Pablo Picasso's problematic relationship with the opposite sex has long been documented: by the women who shared his life and by the art critics and biographers who relayed the artist's musings, such as "there are only two kinds of women: goddesses and doormats". As the Picasso Museum in Paris invites feminist artist ORLAN to revisit his portraits in "Weeping Women Are Angry", we speak to art critic and author Judith Benhamou. She tells us why "like many geniuses, Picasso was a monster" and how his sexual appetite fuelled his creative impulses.
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Feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four approved by Orwell’s estate
The estate of George Orwell has approved a feminist retelling of Nineteen Eighty-Four, which reimagines the story from the perspective of Winston Smith’s lover Julia.
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23andme founder Anne Wojcicki married into wealth and was ignored until she made her own fortune
“There are people who wouldn’t talk to me for years and years,” says Wojcicki, who was formerly married to Google cofounder Sergey Brin.
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George Carlin - Abortion
Back in Town - (1996)
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The End of the Girlboss Is Here
The girlboss didn’t change the system; she thrived within it. Now that system is cracking, and so is this icon of millennial hustle [...] Woke capitalism lets the elites maintain the status quo while paying lip service to the demands of activists, and, as ethical consumers, millennials get to feel like they’re making a difference every time they go shopping.
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Natalie Portman vs Rose McGowan
- DOSE #300 (L)
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Women replace men on Geneva road signs
The city of Geneva is putting women on its pedestrian crossing road signs in a move to boost women’s presence in public spaces.
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How to Design Events to Inspire Girls About STEM Careers
Attracting more girls to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers is critical for the health of the tech industry. If you're planning an event to inspire a younger generation in this direction, then here are some guidelines for what actually causes girls to exclaim, "Oh, cool!"
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Porn viewers more likely to see women as equals than non-viewers
People who watch pornography hold views of women as more equal to men than people who do not watch pornography, and are no less likely to describe themselves as feminists, according the results of a study published in the Journal of Sex Research. The role of pornography in shaping societal attitudes towards women has been a topic of longstanding debate. Some commentators argue that pornography is inherently demeaning to women, and that viewing it causes men to develop more hostile gender attitudes and causes women to internalize negative gender stereotypes
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Apple rewrote Siri to 'deflect' questions about feminism
An internal project to rewrite how Apple’s Siri voice assistant handles “sensitive topics” such as feminism and the #MeToo movement advised developers to respond in one of three ways: “don’t engage”, “deflect” and finally “inform”.
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40 Online Resources All Women in Tech Careers Should Know About
Women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers can often feel isolated at work if they don't have a lot of other female colleagues. Fortunately, the internet has more ways for women in tech to connect than ever before. Here are just 40 examples.
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On the Rise of the Feminist Internet
The Revolution will be posted. At the height of the backlash against feminism in 1989, an Australian woman who thought American teen magazines were all “preserved in aspic,” started a new magazine…
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Women Did Everything Right. Then Work Got ‘Greedy.’
How America’s obsession with long hours has widened the gender gap.
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