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Christina Hendricks on Wonder Woman, Mad Men spin-offs and Victorian corsets: ‘People always think I’m going to be much more of a lady than I am’

The beloved star of ‘Mad Men’ and ‘Good Girls’ is swapping Sixties girdles for Victorian hosiery in Apple TV+'s charming Edith Wharton adaptation. On break from filming her new Irish comedy with Chris O’Dowd, the actor speaks to Annabel Nugent about feminism, staying true to her goth roots, and whether…

The Independent UK

Asher Keddie is outstanding in Strife – but the show gives us an uneven look at girlboss feminism

The inner workings of magazines, television stations and newspapers have been rich fodder for film and television for decades.

The Conversation

Feminism in pictures: illustrated stories of women’s rights around the world

Three female artists, from Kenya, Brazil and Turkey, describe how their creative vision helped them draw attention to the fight for equality

The Guardian - UK

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Lady Kinnock of Holyhead obituary

Teacher, Labour MEP and Foreign Office minister who focused on human rights, feminism and poverty in the developing world

The Guardian - UK

What’s Your Ism? Suniti Bhikkuni on caste, gender and Buddhism

This is the third episode of What's your ism? — a podcast by The News Minute, with host Sudipto Mondal, that will grapple with all the impressive ‘isms’ from Marxism, feminism and Ambedkarism to religious systems, and their inherent contradictions.

Newslaundry

Another MAGA troll arrested for violence

Ryan Fournier repeatedly said MAGA are women's true protectors — he's under now arrest for hitting his girlfriend

Salon

Famed feminist Dale Spender remembered for her wit, humour and commitment

She was intelligent, witty, prolific and brilliantly controversial.

The Canberra Times

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Why the man-hating feminist is a myth – according to science

As part of the “Women Against Feminism” campaign that launched in 2014, social media posts have featured young women holding placards with the message “I don’t need feminism because…” listing various reasons ranging from “I respect men” to “I am not a MAN-HATER”.

The Conversation

South Korea: Where feminism has become taboo

In this special edition, Annette Young heads to South Korea, which, despite its impressive economic record, consistently scores poorly for gender equality among advanced nations. It has the worst gender pay gap among OECD nations, while its traditional workplace culture results in many women giving up their careers after childbirth.…

France 24

The death of Jezebel is the end of an era of feminism. We’re worse off without it

Websites like Jezebel revived feminism, showing the internet might have a re-radicalizing effect. Who will carry the torch?

The Guardian - US

What the anti-woke backlash against liberal feminism misses about causes like the gender pay gap

This week, thousands of women across Iceland went on strike to demand greater gender equality. That’s right, Iceland: the country that has ranked highest in the world for gender equality for the past 14 years in a row.

The Conversation

Himalayan tree-huggers and a landscape of vulvas: the eco-show where women call the shots

The Barbican’s new exhibition looks at the way ecofeminism has evolved – from anti-nuclear protests at Greenham Common to ‘multiple clitoris’ art

The Guardian - UK

Feminism in the Arab world: The new wave of activists

A new wave of feminism is beginning to emerge in the Arab world but how successful will it be? Annette Young talks to Lina Abirafeh, a specialist on women's rights in the region. Also Tunisia marks 50 years since it became the only Arab country to legalise abortion. Yet it…

France 24

As China censors homegrown feminism, a feminist scholar from Japan is on its bestseller lists

A 75-year-old Japanese feminist scholar who’s not married and does not have children is not the kind of person you'd expect to get famous in China

The Independent UK

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Working from home is a disaster waiting to happen for feminism, warns entrepreneur who sold her Airbnb rival for $53M

Debbie Wosskow OBE thinks women should be concerned with how invisible they've become while working from home, as men return to offices.

The Independent UK

Author Kelechi Okafor: ‘Black feminism has been very integral and instrumental to my imagination’

The actor and writer talks to Yolanthe Fawehinmi about the power of asking ‘what if?’ and why she thinks black women deserve more.

The Canberra Times

Feminism, dinosaurs and that time grandma burnt her bra

Who said burning bras and dinosaurs don't go together?

Fortune

Birkenstock could be worth $8.7 billion in its planned IPO—and sandal's spotlight in the Barbie movie shows the cultural shift behind the company's growth

Feminism is a force driving it forward, sandal maker says in its securities filing.

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The Guardian - AU

‘Most women I know don’t want to have sex like men’: Chanel Contos on consent, porn and ‘out-of-fashion’ feminists

Two years ago Contos prompted a national reckoning on sexual consent. Now the 25-year-old is filling venues as she reintroduces radical feminism to gen Z

The Guardian - UK

Luis Rubiales resignation hailed as win for feminism but questions remain

Decision to quit over World Cup kiss welcomed in Spain but manner of announcement leaves many confounded

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Conleth Hill is a frazzled business mogul in this new 90s sitcom

The Power of Parker also stars Sian Gibson. Plus: the Proms celebrates Bollywood and Marilyn Monroe’s feminism. Here’s what to watch this evening

WEKU

Is Barbie a feminist icon? It's complicated

The Barbie movie is being celebrated (and slammed) as a feminist film, with its themes of female empowerment and critiques of the patriarchy. Can the same be said for the doll at the center of it?

The Conversation

Ken’s rights? Our research shows Barbie is surprisingly accurate on how ‘men’s rights activists’ are radicalised

In the Barbie movie, we open with a picture of a perfect Barbieland where (almost) everyone is happy, diversity and sisterhood are embraced, and Barbies hold all positions of power.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Yes, Barbie is a feminist — just don’t ask her creators

Almost 30 years ago, when I researched and wrote a history of the people and ideas that led to the creation of Barbie, I had no doubt she would be as talked about in 2023 as she was in 1959, when she first appeared.

The Conversation

Nel Law stowed away on her husband’s ship to Antarctica. She was the first Australian woman to see its ‘crystalline strangeness’

I know many people born in 1961 – they are my contemporaries and friends. It doesn’t seem so long ago. Their lives and experiences seem modern to me. They don’t seem old: certainly, none of them have problems working their iPhones. And yet, 60 years is aeons ago when it…

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