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The Guardian is late to the party on sex-based reporting
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1000+ words) When it comes to media coverage of violence against women, language matters. According to an analysis of 1. 4 billion stories published between 2017 and 2025, articles which include terms relating to misogyny have been decreasing. Even reports on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal contain…...
Why is the media promoting polyamory?
3+ week, 3+ day ago (573+ words) Marriage is under quiet attack, with several prominent media outlets normalising polygamy and relationship instability. Last week, New York magazine encouraged homewrecking'and non-spousal crushes, having previously profiled a woman who divorced her implied-lazy husband to raise their child with another…...
Sheryl Sandberg's girlboss feminism is damaging for women
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (343+ words) Sandberg's crusade is exemplar elitist feminism.' Credit: Getty Of all the things women want or need, a moral lecture from Sheryl Sandberg is not one of them. In a Linked In post and separate interview with People earlier this month,…...
The limits of bodily autonomy
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1541+ words) Concession isn't always compassionate'Un Herd The limits of bodily autonomy Concession isn't always compassionate Pro-choice protesters in London, September 2025 (Wiktor Szymanowicz/ Getty) Infanticide should be fully decriminalised for mothers. Cases like those of Constance Marten " whose dead baby was found…...
Graham Platner, gentry liberal
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (413+ words) Platner at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine in October. Credit: Getty "We're purportedly living in a democracy. And yet we're getting into the third week of a war that seemingly every single American thinks is a stupid idea. Republicans,…...
How the BBC betrayed Jenni Murray
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (846+ words) What would have been your reaction," Jenni asked Willoughby, to being required to shave your legs when you lived as a man?" she asked. What a bizarre question, Jenni. Why would I shave my legs when I was living as…...
On Iran and the Left
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (13+ words) Progressives have a duty to stop the bombs'Un Herd...
Does Starmer really think politics is 'riddled' with misogyny?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (837+ words) Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told the BBC that politics is "riddled with shocking misogyny. To be fair to the Prime Minister, his arm has been twisted somewhat. Following a series of scandals, including Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein…...
The West's great infantile disorder
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (521+ words) Would you like to choose your hold music?" inquires the automated voice. The tone is solicitous, therapeutic, and infantilising. You are not addressed as an adult citizen conducting business, but a vulnerable subject whose emotional state must be stabilised before…...