in her new book ‘the new age of sexism’, laura bates investigates how AI currently impacts our wellbeing - and more specifically, the wellbeing of girls, women and other marginalised groups all over the world. AI is already here AI is the new normal. and with anything this big, there...
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i have a confession to make. i am a janeite. i have been ever since i watched the 90s bbc adaptation of pride and prejudice on german tv as a christmas special. you know, the one with colin firth? that was sometime in the 90s too. lots of things have...
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we hear a lot about systemic and structural issues - such as sexism - as we try to explain and wrestle with the world as it presents itself to us every day. but issues this ingrained in society have a history. one of the most useful things we can do...
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‘against white feminism’ by rafia zakaria reads like a masterclass in intersectional feminism, covering everything from politics to war, from sexuality to capitalism, and much more in between. drawing on her experience as a civil rights lawyer and her perspective as a pakistani immigrant in the us, zakaria delivers a...
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i saw this book in a museum shop in barcelona and had to have it. the title, the cover, the premise on the back about feminist art and artists and ‘their experiences as bodies’—it all triggered a knee-jerk reaction that ended with me walking lauren elkin’s art monsters up to...
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of all the academic disciplines, evolutionary biology might not be the first to spring to mind when you hear the words ‘male gaze’. and yet, a quick google images search of the term ‘evolution’ will prove otherwise. tackling evolution from a female perspective, then, was long overdue. enter cat bohannon...
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i read most of this book speechless. with raised eyebrows. feeling very naïve. i expected 'the cost of sexism' to be some sort of feminist personal finance manifesto. what i found, however, was a deeply nuanced analysis of the world's economy through a gender lens. now, if this sounds somewhat...
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picking the next read is every reader’s pleasure and privilege. luckily for readers everywhere, choosing more diverse books is not just rewarding but also deeply enjoyable—because a wider range of voices and narratives, especially those less commonly featured, make for a richer reading experience. this is the premise at the...
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if you’re one of those people (male, female or other) who believe that feminism is an antiquated concept, because, after all, gender equality has long since been achieved — then this book is for you. if, however, you believe that we aren’t quite there yet, well, then this book is…...
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are you ready for a journey through time and the diversity of cultural heritage? if so, i can only recommend angela saini’s ’the patriarchs: how men came to rule’. on her quest to uncover the origins of patriarchy, saini takes the reader from 7400 BCE to 2023, from prehistoric societies...
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