Saudi Arabia’s 88-year-old king gave women the right to vote and to run in municipal elections on Sunday. This is a big step towards equality, although women will have more power in theory rather than in practice. They won’t be able to vote until 2015 and will be barred from next week’s elections. It’s disappointing ...
In the early 20th century, women fought hard for the right to vote. In 2011, some still are. Suffrage may have been a battle women won in countries like the United States, where the Nineteenth Amendment was passed in 1920 and put a halt to the males-only rule at the polls, but it’s an ongoing ...
When I explained to a friend of mine that this website is a feminist site he was shocked. He just didn’t believe me. What was he expecting? Anti-man diatribes? Militant lesbians? Kill the patriarchy messages? Feminism has changed and evolved over the years and it’s not what a lot of people expect it to be. ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
