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Exploring girlhood and land ancestry in Sudan’s cotton fields

Cotton Queen – A new feature debut from filmmaker Suzannah Mirghani explores the legacy of colonialism and the fight for self-determination through the tender eyes of a teenage girl.

  • Culture
  • Roxana Diba
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Tender portraits of women serving life sentences in America

Looking Inside — While working as a public defender attorney in New York State, Sara Bennett found dilapidated prisons and forgotten people. Her new photobook harnesses the power of images and shines a humanising light on those imprisoned for serious crimes and their reintegration into society, while asking questions of the USA’s incarceration system.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
© Yurie Nagashima

New exhibition spotlights the ongoing impact of Japanese Women Photographers

1950s to Now — Taking place at The Photographers’ Gallery in London, it showcases work by 27 artists from the past seven decades including Mikiko Hara, Yurie Nagashima and Mao Ishikawa.

  • Culture
  • Isaac Muk

In photos: Lebanon’s women against a backdrop of war

Where Do I Go? لوين روح — As war breaks out in the Middle East once again, we spotlight Rania Matar’s powerful new photobook, which empowers women of her home country through portraiture.

  • Activism
  • Miss Rosen
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The enduring transgression of Sophy Rickett’s infamous ‘Pissing Women’

Doing the business — Conceived while working a 9-to-5 office job at the Financial Times, the photographer’s work challenged the gendered codes of corporate London. Now, three decades later, she revisits the series in a new book and exhibitions.

  • Culture
  • Zoe Whitfield
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Riot grrrl is back. Do we need it more than ever?

Femme punk forever — With social media driving renewed interest in the early ’90s movement, which blended feminist politics with brash punk music, we spoke to vanguards of the genre’s new wave, who are reviving its ethos as women’s rights come increasingly under attack.

  • Music
  • Kurt Suchman

How Black women transformed British photography

Joy Gregory’s new photo book takes a comprehensive look at the work of a generation of artists whose recognition is long overdue.

  • Photography
  • Miss Rosen

Meet the trailblazers changing the face of porn

Across the adult industry pioneering intimacy co-ordinators are ushering in a new understanding of consent, collaboration and connection.

  • Culture
  • Brit Dawson

Trans people aren't a threat to women's rights, the state is

A call for unity — As far-right radicalism escalates in the UK, it's time we started treating transphobic hate crimes, anti-migrant protests, and police violence against women as part of the same problem.

  • Activism
  • Tommy Vickerstaff and Liv Wynter

Why the Wages for Housework Campaign is still vital

The fight continues — 50 years since its inception, and the campaign calling for recognition that capitalism depends on domestic labour is as pertinent as ever, writes Adele Walton.

  • Activism
  • Adele Walton

Why young people are turning to platonic marriages

Abolishing the family — As the role of the nuclear family and romantic relationships in modern society is increasingly called into ​question, people are finding new ways to exist outside heterosexist norms.

  • Activism
  • Katie Tobin

The rise of anti-abortion activism in UK universities

‘It’s actively dangerous‘ — The government’s efforts to protect ‘free speech’ within universities has emboldened pro-life campaigners operating on campus. Unsurprisingly, it has led to significant backlash among students.

  • Activism
  • Katie Tobin

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