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In the ring with London’s feminist punk-rock wrestlers

Fight like a girl — Inspired by Netflix’s GLOW, EVE has shattered stereotypes to become the UK’s first feminist-punk-rock wrestling organisation. Journalist Kat Lister heads to their ‘secret girl gang clubhouse’ in Bethnal Green to learn more.

  • Reportage
  • Kat Lister

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.

  • Activism
  • Biju Belinky

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.

  • Photography
  • Biju Belinky

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.

  • Film
  • Biju Belinky

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.

  • Activism
  • Burak Moreno, Fleur Noire Tattoo Parlour

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.

  • Culture
  • Tom Fenwick

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.

  • Culture
  • Alex King

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.

  • Opinion
  • Abi Wilkinson

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.

  • Activism
  • Marta Bausells

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.

  • Culture
  • Marta Bausells

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