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Activism

Young women aren't voting, and that needs to change

#SHEVOTES — #SHEvotes is a campaign calling for young women's voices to be heard in the current political landscape, looking to put power and positivity back into the act of taking to the ballots.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Photography

What young womanhood really looks like...

Group Chat — Photographer Gabby Jones turns her lens to what's directly in front of her, offering a candid look at how young women experience femininity in the America today.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Film

My mother, the punk rocker

Poly Styrene — The story of iconic punk and frontwoman Poly Styrene will soon be hitting our screens, brought to life using her own diaries and the voice of her daughter, Celeste Bell.

Written by: Biju Belinky

Activism

Why I'm giving my customers Planned Parenthood themed tattoos

From Where I Stand — One Brooklyn-based, immigrant-run tattoo parlour is transforming bodies into spaces of protest for freedom of choice in the age of Trump, raising cold hard cash for Planned Parenthood in the process.

Written by: Burak Moreno, Fleur Noire Tattoo Parlour

Culture

How to collaborate without compromising yourself as an artist

Things I Learned Along the Way — Editor of The Feminist Times and founder of ‘radical girl group’ Gaggle, Deborah Coughlin shares how she shaped her career.

Written by: Tom Fenwick

Culture

The indie porn stars fighting for a kinky revolution

Get your freak on — Progressive porn is taking off and it’s proudly freaky, ethical and queer. But new legislation threatens to whitewash the industry just as things are heating up.

Written by: Alex King

Opinion

Why 'inclusivity' in feminism isn't always a good thing

From Where I Stand — From eating cereal to wearing expensive shoes, advertisers will paint anything as 'feminist' if it'll help them make cold hard cash. But it's not just brands trying to dilute feminism today. Inclusivity isn't always a good thing, argues Abi Wilkinson.

Written by: Abi Wilkinson

Activism

Why hundreds of activists are mass-editing Wikipedia this weekend

Do it yourself — The Art+Feminism collective organise collective edit-a-thons to take on the underrepresentation of women artists online.

Written by: Marta Bausells

Culture

Meet the TV revolutionaries putting queer women of colour front and centre

Introducing 'Brown Girls' — Fatimah Asghar and Sam Bailey discuss their web series tackling love and friendship in Chicago's artistic and queer communities.

Written by: Marta Bausells

Art

The artist staging romantic fantasies with clay boyfriends

Better than Tinder? — Mary Stephenson got so sick of being single that she created her own imaginary dates. Now she's using art to poke fun at society's perception of romance.

Written by: Marta Bausells

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