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The woman cheated out of space by gender politics

Wally Funk — In the ’60s, Wally Funk joined NASA’s Woman In Space program, only to be told she was going ‘against the natural order.’ Now, at age 80, she’s finally ready to make her dreams a reality.

  • Activism
  • George Wilde

How to start (and grow) your own activism campaign

Tips from the Fawcett Society — Watch the news, collaborate, and choose your battles: lifelong women’s rights campaigner Heenali Patel shares the lessons she has learned so far.

  • Activism
  • Bex Shorunke

A history of she-punks, from Poly Styrene to Pussy Riot

Revenge stories — Music journalist Vivien Goldman celebrates the women of the punk movement in a new book: ‘I wanted to bust open that projection that it only happened in a few blocks in the Lower East Side and West London.’

  • Music
  • Miss Rosen

‘Women have only one way to survive: learning to fight’

Boxing in DRC — For decades, rape and other forms of sexual violence have become endemic in the DRC. In a new portrait series, photographer Alessandro Grassani captures the women who are finding strength through boxing.

  • Photography
  • Eva Clifford

Up close and personal with the women of the Yakuza

Partners in crime — For her series I give you my life (命預けます), photographer Chloé Jafé infiltrated the infamous Japanese crime syndicate, capturing the often overlooked lives of Yakuza wives.

  • Photography
  • Eva Clifford

How ‘anger rooms’ are capitalising on female fury

All the rage — A new wave of anger rooms are offering people the chance to release their frustrations through cathartic destruction. So why are the majority of customers women?

  • Reportage
  • Sam Bradpiece and Paloma Soria

‘So many people of colour in punk music get forgotten’

Meet Big Joanie — With their fast-paced beats, soulful tones and straight-talking lyrics, Big Joanie are shaking up the UK’s contemporary punk scene.

  • Music
  • Hannah Clugston

Life lessons from Barack Obama’s right-hand woman

‘Xanax goes a really long way’ — From bagging groceries to leading White House operations, Alyssa Mastromonaco was described as one of the ‘most powerful, least famous’ people in Washington. She talks stress, social anxiety and the perils of corporate feminism.

  • Activism
  • Briony Cartmell

Ache: a new zine artfully tackling the gender health gap

‘Women must be listened to’ — The intersectional magazine explores how women experience pain in a society that seems pitted against them. Here, writer Emily Reynolds meets co-founder Kirstie Millar: ‘our voices need to be heard and respected.’

  • Print
  • Emily Reynolds

Anarchic drawings of sex, body image and womanhood

Cowgirl dental floss — For years, artist Heather Benjamin has been at the forefront of New York’s punk scene; creating zines, books and art that explore a range of social taboos.

  • Art
  • Biju Belinky

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