From passionate romantasy novels to premium television dramas, culture is bringing the agency, desires and interior lives of women to the fore. It’s proving good for business, but is this a permanent revolution?Do you...
Read MoreIn the past few months, there has been a boom in tradwife novels, while the accounts of influencers only grow more popular. What is it about this culture that makes it so compelling to young women?‘No one I know wants to...
Read MoreIt’s easy to focus on authoritarians and their petty victories. But zoom out and the picture is more encouraging, says the woman who popularised the term ‘mansplaining’, whether it’s in feminism, or the...
Read MoreWoman’s Hour host, who has died aged 75, could talk about hydrangeas, campaign against domestic abuse, then tear a strip off a politician – all within a few minutesBefore she took over Woman’s Hour in 1987,...
Read MorePeople love to declare the death of the women’s movement, pointing to the ‘failure’ of #MeToo or the Epstein files, but don’t give up the fight just yet, writes Rebecca SolnitFeminism is far from dead,...
Read MoreIn the 50 years since equal rights for women were enshrined in UK law, the campaigners have been reduced to caricatures, or forgotten. But their struggle is worth rememberingCelia Brayfield was at her desk in the Femail section...
Read MoreDemocracy, birds and hangover cures – famous fans put their questions to the visionary authorAfter the phenomenal global success, not to mention timeliness, of the TV adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale in 2017,...
Read MoreNow a hugely popular photographic genre, many women pay thousands to have intimate portraits taken of themselves by a professional. What do they get out of it?A few hours into Brittany Witt’s boudoir shoot, with the...
Read MoreWhen 50 men went on trial in France, accused of raping a woman who had been drugged by her husband, Manon Garcia was in the courtroom – and in the prosecutors’ closing arguments. How does she make sense of what...
Read MoreSince 1963, when he photographed a fellow student being arrested, David Hoffman has turned his camera on rebels and rioters. His archive tells an alternative story of Britain, from Greenham Common to students marching on...
Read MoreFootball’s reigning world champions – and favourites to win Euro 2025 – have become symbols of women’s fight for equalityFor years, they battled multiple fronts: pushing back against the misogyny,...
Read MoreBreasts have always been political – and right now they’re front and centre again. Is it yet another way in which Trump’s worldview is reshaping the culture?It was, almost, a proud feminist moment. On...
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