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Nicola Sturgeon to speak at charity ball in honour of Christina McKelvie
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (289+ words) ORGANISERS behind a cancer charity ball have announced that Nicola Sturgeon will address the event dedicated to the late MSP Christina McKelvie. The Christina McKelvie celebration ball, taking place on April 4 at the Glasgow Hilton, will hear from the former…...
Prince Andrew scandal shows the limit of feminism at Westminster
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (618+ words) PRINCE Andrew's story is not about one disgraced man; it's about an entire system that protects him. A man accused of sexual assault, tied to Jeffrey Epstein, quietly rebranded as "Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor" " as if a change of name could wash…...
Sherlock Holmes adaptation gives neat feminist twist to classic stories
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (449+ words) I am, I admit readily, open to accusations of intellectual snobbery in suggesting that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle " creator of the famous, and enduringly popular fictional detective Sherlock Holmes " is not a natural bedfellow of the dramatists named above. Nevertheless,…...
The women who occupied Scottish factories and beat deindustrialisation
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (934+ words) THE early 1980s were a period of widespread closures in industry and Scotland suffered the accelerated deindustrialisation of its economy. In 1981, three multinational companies decided they would end production and relocate elsewhere. At each site, the predominantly female workforce resisted, launching…...
Stephen Fry says JK Rowling has been 'radicalised by Terfs"
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (514+ words) STEPHEN Fry has said JK Rowling has been "radicalised by TERFs" as he hit out at the Harry Potter author's "cruel" comments about transgender people." The TV presenter and comic described the bestselling writer, whose net worth reportedly stands at…...
Deja vu as language is key to debate on prostitution or ‘sex work’
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (629+ words) AND so it begins. Ash Regan's new prostitution bill has been branded "offensive" and "dangerous" by activists on one side, despite being" Deja vu as language is key to debate on prostitution or "sex work' AND so it begins. Ash…...
Joanna Cherry slates 'snide' Nicola Sturgeon's response to Supreme Court ruling
9+ mon, 2+ day ago (466+ words) JOANNA Cherry has hit out at Nicola Sturgeon's response to the Supreme Court verdict that women are defined by biology. Joanna Cherry slates Nicola Sturgeon response to Supreme Court ruling JOANNA Cherry has hit out at Nicola Sturgeon's response to…...
Shona Craven: It’s easier to demonise gender-critical women than have a simple chat
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (727+ words) ONE of my favourite free activities in London is eavesdropping " although the ear-blasting volume at which so many people speak makes me question" It's easier to demonise gender-critical women than have a chat ONE of my favourite free activities in…...
Gender-critical campaigners do not speak for feminists like me
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (631+ words) CHRIS Morris from Dundee (Letters, Apr 19) makes excellent points, and I studied with great interest the accompanying picture of the women" Gender-critical campaigners do not speak for feminists like me CHRIS Morris from Dundee (Letters, Apr 19) makes excellent points, and…...
Labour and Tories hail Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (407+ words) LABOUR have welcomed a landmark ruling which declared that women are defined in law by biology. LABOUR have welcomed a landmark ruling which declared that women are defined in law by biology. A UK Government spokesperson said the Supreme Court's…...