Shakespeare Versus the Girlboss
Jodi Picoult’s latest novel is a ham-fisted expression of cultural rage, embodying the most anodyne values of corporate human-resources departments.
Marilyn Simon
· 14 min read
Feminism
A collection of 228 posts
Podcast #263: In Defence of Julia the Elder
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Joan Smith, whose new book critically examines the 2,000-year-old propaganda campaign against imperial Rome’s leading women.
Quillette
· 15 min read
‘Shameless Beyond the Curse of Shamelessness’
In a new book, Joan Smith critically examines the historical mistreatment of Ancient Rome’s leading women—including Emperor Augustus’ daughter Julia, who was denounced as a nymphomaniac and cast into exile.
Joan Smith
· 16 min read
Are Board Gender Quotas a Good Idea?
The more we try to limit freedom in the interests of desirable social change, the less effective we will be in the long run, and the greater the number of additional problems we create.
Silvia G. Poratelli
· 8 min read
I Thought Being a Gay Man Would Save Me From Womanhood (It Didn’t)
Queer theory transformed me from a depressed, weird, intellectually curious child into a brainwashed teen who disfigured her body.
Laura Becker
· 11 min read
Feminism and Free Speech
Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 5 min read
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
· 10 min read
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
· 8 min read
Tickle vs. Giggle
Women-only spaces are valuable, and we should prevent biological males from accessing them, whatever their stated gender identity.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 8 min read
Ladies in Leotards
Exploring the implications of beauty standards in women’s gymnastics.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 5 min read
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
· 17 min read
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
· 9 min read
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 Sankey
· 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
· 8 min read
Young Women Need to Stop Oversharing Online: Quillette Cetera Episode 32
A conversation with Freya India.
Zoe Sankey, Freya India
· 2 min read