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Many of the essays in Feminism Is take up the subject of the disappointment

Feminism is: Skirting spaces between theory, practice, consensus

The collection is absorbing but it lacks the reality and practical work done by local level organisers

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Muslim feminism beyond driving

The lifting of the Saudi driving ban is not motivated by concern for women’s rights, but rather strategic interest.

The game allows for a series of different battles

Why Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is no feminist icon

The international media and her supporters continue to hoist Johnson Sirleaf up as the matron of African women’s rights. But does she deserve it?

The white identity is so central to France that any event that brings white dominance into question swiftly triggers a solidarity that breaks down partisan political divides.

When an Afro-feminist festival defies white supremacy

Black women must be allowed to come together without being forced to justify their actions to people who do not face similar oppressions

Woke ideology defines the privileged and the oppressed according to racial, gender and class characteristics.

Low-key for the woke gang

Ericka Huggins, member of the Black Panther Party, advocated for needs-based activism in Cape Town

Inspired by tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams

Rest in power, Miriam Tlali: Author, enemy of apartheid and feminist

Tlali was the first black South African woman to publish a novel in English within the country’s borders.

Actress Lena Dunham arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala
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The problem with Lena Dunham, white feminism, and the apology industrial complex

Dunham’s earlier social media posts have recirculated following her apology to American football star Odell Beckham Junior.