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Capitalism is co-opting, & ruining, the feminist movement

We deserve better — This week, Gillette shared a mawkish film paying lip service to the #MeToo movement. But, like many clumsy multinationals before them, they got it all wrong.

  • Opinion
  • Dawn Foster

After Gabriel Medina’s win, is surfing ready for change?

Order and Progress — The Brazilian has won his second World Championship Tour – the glamour crown of surfing. It may mean that a long overdue change has finally come.

  • Surf
  • Michael Fordham

The rights of UK sex workers are under threat – why?

Everything you need to know — While sex work has always been a precarious profession, the UK government is now pushing it to its limits. Writer Lydia Morrish meets the collectives and organisations who are revolting for their rights.

  • Reportage
  • Lydia Morrish

The powerful IRL effects of online intimacy

New Romantics — In the digital world, to touch someone – to change their body, their mind, the way they experience the world – you don’t have to touch them at all.

  • Tech
  • Emily Reynolds

Switch off? In the digital age, we’ll always be reachable

New Romantics — Our constant online presence means we’re always available, even when we don’t want to be.

  • Tech
  • Emily Reynolds

Relationships are complex – we shouldn’t have to label them

New Romantics — Our connections with people, particularly online, are becoming harder to categorise. It’s the feeling we should cherish – not the words we use to describe them.

  • Tech
  • Emily Reynolds

How ghosting became modern dating’s cardinal sin

New Romantics — We’ve all been there: someone you’re talking to suddenly goes quiet, dropping off the face of the earth. For journalist and author Emily Reynolds, it’s the waiting that hurts the most.

  • Tech
  • Emily Reynolds

It’s time to rediscover the intimate magic of a phone call

New Romantics — Today, all of our relationships exist on our mobiles. But, in a world where intimacy has had to adapt to the presence of technology, the simple act of speaking on the phone still retains some kind of starry-eyed power.

  • Tech
  • Emily Reynolds

How digital life is distorting love, loss & emotional trauma

New Romantics — In her latest column, writer and author Emily Reynolds examines how technology, with all its noise, has made the silence of a lost relationship louder than ever.

  • Tech
  • Emily Reynolds

Meet the activist leading Islam’s ‘sexual revolution’

Religious radical — For years, Seyran Ateş has been pushing for progress in the international Muslim community, fighting off fatwas and death threats to carve out a more inclusive, welcoming space for women and LGBTQ people.

  • Activism
  • Jake Hall

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