A Mediterranean restaurant in Croydon has come under fire for advertising for a female dishwasher. Staff put a poster up on one of the window’s saying “part time staff required (female)” to notify locals that they were looking for someone to help in the kitchen. Ridvan Das, owner and manager, told the Croydon Advertiser that he specifically wanted to hire a woman because they “are obviously better at cleaning than men.”

When Christians turfed Muslims out of Spain, they gave rise to a badass Islamic queen. By Seth Ferranti.

The first story in Carmen Maria Machado’s ‘Her Body and Other Parties’ brings up big questions about who we believe and why. By Jane Dykema.

he Women’s Liberation Front (WoLF) is a supposedly radical feminist activist group which, as noted by Pink News, shows “little evidence of campaigning on any women’s issues unrelated to trans…

Laurie Penny wants a new conversation about women, men, consent, desire, and autonomy.

At the London mega-fair, a special exhibition champions (and de-politicizes) feminist art, Hans-Ulrich Obrist is everywhere, and political art is conspicuously absent.

Professor Amanda Vickery journeys from Renaissance Italy to the Dutch Republic and discovers a hidden world of female artistry. (3-Part playlist)

There are still organizations that don't feel they need diversity in their IT staff. Here's tongue-in-cheek advice for companies that don't want to attract women, and practical, real advice for companies that do.

Starting in the 1970s, a cohort of enterprising women set out to bring feminism and sex-positivity to the adult-toy industry. By Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite.

Women pay a price if they don’t cooperate.

From a water ballet about periods to cabaret Glittery Clittery, a record number of female performers and shows focusing on the female body feature in this year's Melbourne Fringe.

Before the first disposable sanitary napkin hit the mass market, periods were thought of in a much different way

A new study purports to show what we all could have guessed: Men who attack women online are actual losers. A pair of researchers examined interactions between players during 163 games of Halo 3 to determine when men were most likely to exhibit sexist, anti-social behavior toward their female peers.

Women make up just under 35 percent of lawyers at law firms, a Law360 report found, and their share of equity partnerships remains at 20 percent.

It takes a little more effort for women to establish their credibility as tech entrepreneurs despite having the same skills as men

What do women want at work? Women IT workers who like their jobs explain what their employers do differently.

The Whole Plate, Episode 5, Feminist Theory Part 1

Simone Veil, a survivor of Nazi death camps and a European Parliament president who spearheaded abortion rights as one of France's most prominent female politicians, died Friday at 89, her family said. A funeral ceremony with military honors is to be held on Wednesday at Les Invalides, site of Napoleon's tomb, the presidential Elysee Palace said. In a measure of the nation's esteem for Veil, French flags will be dressed in black ribbons and European flags will fly at half-staff.

Women in Saudi Arabia are to get more basic freedoms as the king relaxes the country’s controversial guardianship laws. The KSA continues to be one of the world’s most gender-segregated nations.