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The newspaper that published the ‘angry baby’ Serena Williams cartoon ran a hit piece saying she is ‘no feminist hero’ — here’s why they’re dead wrong
AP Images Serena Williams is being attacked by an Australian newspaper. The American tennis player received three code violations during her loss to Naomi Osaka in last weekend’s US Open women’s final. These violations were criticized, perhaps fairly, by the Herald Sun newspaper. But the paper has continued a mean-spirited crusade against Williams. It lampooned […]
Russian feminist faces criminal probe over online jokes about men
Russian investigators have launched a criminal case against a feminist from the Siberian city of Omsk on charges of inciting hatred after posting jokes about men on her page in Russia’s most popular social network, Vkontakte. “A criminal case has been started against Lubov Kalugina on suspicion of crimes described in the Article 282 of […]
Meghan won’t sell-out ‘feminist principles’ in ‘global power couple’ body language reveals
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry married in May 19 and have since been a Duke and Duchess of United Kingdom. The couple have taken up the Commonwealth as one of their campaigning issue as a royal couple. As a part of this mutual interest the couple have attended a number of commonwealth events including the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Why Prince Philip and the Queen have embraced Meghan’s feminist views
Meghan Markle, 36, is a breath of fresh air for the Royal Family. The actress is a divorcee, and millionaire in her own right and she is a women’s rights activist. The actress was set up with Prince Harry on a blind date at trendy Soho members club, and she has rubbed shoulders with the […]
A Feminist Artist Takes on Beauty Pageants
Los Angeles-based painter Daena Title describes herself as a “roaring feminist,” and that perspective, shined through a pop culture prism, is reflected in her work – her subjects include Wonder Woman, Barbie, and Sonia Sotomayor. But she’s particularly fascinated by the contradictions of beauty pageants, and her latest series (which came to our attention on […]
James Bond 25: 007 to become a FEMINIST? Daniel Craig SPEAKS OUT
In the wake of #MeToo and Time’s Up movements’ response to Harvey Weinstein and similar sexual harassment scandals, it looks like Hollywood is also responding. Craig is gearing up for his fifth and final James Bond movie, playing a character with accusations of having a history of womanising and misogyny – especially in the older […]
Meghan Markle: Prince Harry bride announces feminist date just one month before wedding
Meghan Markle, 36, is set to marry Prince Harry, 33, on May 19 in a royal wedding ceremony– and the couple have announced a very special feminist engagement ahead of their upcoming nuptials. Meghan, along with Harry, will make an official appearance at a reception dedicated to women’s empowerment on April 19. The appearance will be […]
An Architect for the New Feminist Moment
So many moments of female togetherness take place in proximity to a toilet. A couple of years ago, during early design meetings for The Wing, a women’s club that calls itself a space “between Work and Werk,” bathrooms were discussed at length; the whole place is a kind of ladies’ room. “Nobody had done a […]
‘Fabled’ Trailer: Zosia Mamet and Gugu Mbatha-Raw Put a Feminist Twist on Fairy Tales
Once upon a time, Jennifer Morrison starred as the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming. Now, she directs a feminist revisionist take on fairy tales in the fantasy anthology series Fabled. The Fabled trailer promotes the first episode of the new anthology series, directed by Morrison and starring Zosia Mamet and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as two young women […]