Dr Lauren Alex O’Hagan explores the overlooked literary depth of Rory Gallagher’s lyrics, arguing for their place within a unique hardboiled blues tradition.
Françoise Vergès reflects on the space she wanted to create and help to hold open for feminists and workers of colour.
Q&A with Paige Macintosh, author of Debating Authenticity: Authorship, Aesthetics and Embodiment in Trans Media
Meet a key figure of the women's movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
On the third anniversary of the seizure of Kabul, Robert D. Crews asks how we make sense of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan.
…pacifist feminists have long argued we must by Selina Gallo-Cruz Content warning: mentions of rape and sexual harassment Rape, war, racism, ecocide: a litany of violence. Are they comparable—and, if so, should they be compared? Across generations, feminist pacifists have…
by Dr Helen O’Shea and Prof Kim Barker International Women’s Day: an important day to mark, recognise, and observe women’s achievements…but we’ve had our fill of hashtags. So another one rolls around again and we can expect the usual avalanche…
By Wolayat Tabasum Niroo In the northeastern provinces of Afghanistan, talented women sing folk songs to entertain each other in female-only gatherings on happy occasions. The songs are accompanied by a diara or daff, a colorful frame drum made of…
By Patrick Henze-Lindhorst Stubborn, a loving mentor and dedicated therapist, and an acutely perceptive authority on countless political and theoretical issues: The psychoanalytically oriented psychologist, sexuality researcher, and psychosomatics specialist Sophinette Becker shaped the renowned Institute for Sexual Science at…
by Miriam Kent Wanda Maximoff, known as the Scarlet Witch, is one of Marvel’s most enduring characters. Her history has spanned multiple decades and media formats. Disney+’s WandaVision recently receiving praise for its characterisation, aesthetics and settings. WandaVision inserted Scarlet…