Feminism - Quillette

In British Columbia, Censorship Wears a Pronoun Pin

Even by Canadian standards, the province has become a hostile environment for women seeking to advocate for their sex-based rights.

Meghan Murphy

2 Oct 2024 · 10 min read

Pesutto, a middle aged white man in suit and tie. Deeming is a beautiful brunette white woman with a T-shirt that says WOMAN.

Mandatory Denunciations and the Case of Deeming v Pesutto

That the political opponents of Let Women Speak call them ‘the far right’ doesn’t make them the far right. And the actual far right showing up to their rally uninvited doesn’t make the far right feminists, either.

Holly Lawford-Smith

26 Sep 2024 · 8 min read

US Olympics Women's Gymnastics Team in their costumes, in front of an American flag.

Ladies in Leotards

Exploring the implications of beauty standards in women’s gymnastics.

Holly Lawford-Smith

12 Aug 2024 · 5 min read

Image of Mridul Wadhwa in a checked sari, sitting in a chair.

Gaslighting Scottish Rape Victims in the Name of ‘Trans Inclusion’

For three years, Edinburgh’s rape-crisis centre was run by a male CEO who lectured sex-assault victims and staff about their ‘prejudice’ against the male body. How was this allowed to happen?

Joan Smith

4 Aug 2024 · 17 min read

Composite image of Anna Khachiyan, Kathleen Stock, Bridget Phetasy, Mary Harrington, and Diana Fleischman.

What Heterodox Feminism Is Not

It's not enough to be a dissenter: it also matters what you are dissenting from and what you're getting out of it.

Holly Lawford-Smith

25 Jun 2024 · 9 min read

A screenshot from the video interview with Dr Warren Farrell.

Rebalancing the Gender Narrative with Dr Warren Farrell: Quillette Cetera Episode 35

The couples therapist and men's rights activist discusses his new book and the current landscape of gender discourse.

Zoe Booth

21 Jun 2024 · 36 min read

How Women Can Become Worthy Opponents

It may be unpalatable to consider that part of what holds women back is our own nature. But if part of the problem is within us, then we have the power to fix it.

Lisa Marchiano

15 Apr 2024 · 8 min read

Young Women Need to Stop Oversharing Online: Quillette Cetera Episode 32

A conversation with Freya India.

Zoe Booth / Freya India

23 Mar 2024 · 1 min read

The author, pictured on a bridge in Amsterdam, in 1993, a few weeks before she was attacked.

Toward Ruin or Recovery?

The modern feminist response to rape is failing women, and it is failing victims of rape most of all.

Larissa Phillips

20 Mar 2024 · 35 min read

Is G Flip A Woman?

If we siphon off all female diversity into categories like 'non-binary' we narrow the idea of what it means to be a woman.

Holly Lawford-Smith

20 Mar 2024 · 7 min read

Podcast #233: Creating a Safe Space for ‘Problematic’ Women

Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Meghan Daum about The Unspeakeasy, a ‘community for free-thinking women who crave honest conversations’

Quillette / Meghan Daum

15 Mar 2024 · 29 min read

How Australian Law Pushes Vulnerable Women Towards Hiring Male Carers

The law prioritises a man’s sense of his identity over women’s safety, bodily integrity, privacy, dignity, and comfort.

Holly Lawford-Smith

2 Jan 2024 · 9 min read

Feminism v. Gender Ideology: An Interview with Julie Bindel

During a visit to the county she calls ‘Tranada,’ the veteran activist and author tells Quillette that ‘intersectional’ feminism often resembles a rainbow-branded offshoot of the men’s-rights movement.

Julie Bindel / Jonathan Kay

7 Dec 2023 · 29 min read

Podcast #229: How ‘Intersectional Feminism’ Got Hijacked by Men

Veteran activist, author, and pundit Julie Bindel talks to Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay about the need to protect hard-won women’s rights from gender ideologues.

Quillette / Julie Bindel

4 Dec 2023 · 1 min read

China’s Female Revolt

How sexist violence killed the Chinese Dream.

Aaron Sarin

1 Nov 2023 · 13 min read