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Are sex strikes really the best response to the behaviours of men?

Trump’s re-election has reignited interest in 4B movement. While some believe this form of feminist resistance can create real change, it may also risk leaving too many people behind

Life & Culture

Nov 15, 2024

Halima Jibril
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Where are all the dating app love stories?

The overwhelming majority of couples now meet online – and yet dating apps are conspicuously absent from romance narratives in film, TV and literature

Life & Culture

Nov 11, 2024

Serena Smith
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Sex workers are warning us about Project 2025 – we all need to listen

The American right’s plans for banning pornographic content will effect everyone, not just sex workers, writes Liara Roux

Life & Culture

Nov 05, 2024

Liara Roux
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Ethel Cain says we are in an irony epidemic – is she right?

The American Teenager singer recently posted an essay on Tumblr criticising how meme culture fuels anti-intellectualism – and she's got a point

Life & Culture

Oct 22, 2024

Halima Jibril
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Liam Payne and our grim cultural obsession with celebrity deaths

The fascination with the singer’s death is just another expression of a morbid, toxic culture – relentless in its surveillance, and ravenous in its invasion of privacy

Life & Culture

Oct 17, 2024

James Greig
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Weight-loss injections for work: Labour’s plans are turning dystopian

Whether it’s weight-loss injections for people on benefits or sending job coaches into mental health wards, Labour’s approach to the benefits system is cruel and cheap

Life & Culture

Oct 16, 2024

James Greig
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What PJ Harvey’s blue eyeshadow taught me about female power

We revisit how the singer’s subversive take on womanhood made her the uncompromising icon she is today

Beauty

Oct 09, 2024

Claire Marie Healy
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The Substance understands that beauty injectables can be self-harm

While it may take the form of extreme body horror, for so many of us, the film’s pursuit of beauty at any cost is all too familiar

Beauty

Oct 07, 2024

Christina Newland
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Keir Starmer is a terrible person

In a speech last night, the UK prime minister made clear that the safety of civilians is of utmost importance – unless they happen to be Palestinian or Lebanese

Life & Culture

Oct 02, 2024

James Greig
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Misogyny is fuelling the Chappell Roan hate train

The Missourian pop star’s harshest critics are taking issue with her refusal to be cowed into silence

Music

Sep 26, 2024

Serena Smith
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Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff is all wrong

The Saltburn star has been cast as Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights – but why are white actors still playing the ‘dark-skinned’ character in 2024?

Film & TV

Sep 24, 2024

Serena Smith
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Who needs young male novelists when you’ve got Sally Rooney?

Intermezzo, the author’s fourth novel, follows two brothers dealing with the death of their dad – it’s a moving study of fragile masculinity and messy relationships that understands men as well as any male author can

Life & Culture

Sep 23, 2024

Thom Waite
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Why Paolo Carzana’s back-garden show was LFW’s hidden gem

Featuring a surprise front row appearance from Michaela Coel, the Welsh designer invited a small number of guests into his home for a sublime, fairytale show that moved people to tears

Fashion

Sep 19, 2024

Elliot Hoste
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The Ye-I Conspiracy: Is Kanye replacing himself with AI?

Following the installation of Bond-villain-inspired titanium grills, is Mecha Kanye the latest development in his supervillain arc? Here’s an explainer

Music

Sep 18, 2024

Solomon Pace-McCarrick
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Is Taylor Swift’s Kamala endorsement a help or a hindrance?

After endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris last week, Donald Trump proclaimed that he ‘hates’ the singer, while Democrats are pushing ‘I love Taylor Swift’ campaigns. But are both parties using her celebrity to distract from more pressing issues?

Music

Sep 16, 2024

Halima Jibril