Visible Women
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“I fought Northern Ireland’s restrictive abortion law in the courts – and won”
Sarah Ewart, who successfully proved that Northern Ireland’s abortion law breaches the UK’s human rights commitments, shares her story with Stylist.
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- Moya Crockett
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“Stop telling Greta Thunberg to smile: she has every right to be angry”
Powerful men have told Greta Thunberg to “cheer up” – but she doesn’t owe her smile to anyone.
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- Moya Crockett
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Hailee Steinfeld is a serious rebel in the new trailer for Dickinson
“I do what I want, I go where I want”.
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- Moya Crockett
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Your 2020 Feminist Calendar: parties, panels and exhibitions celebrating the sisterhood
Celebrate, educate and get irate at these feminist events in 2020
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- Stylist Team
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- Hollie Richardson
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Exclusive: Lioness Nikita Parris on why success isn’t all about winning
“We didn’t win, but we changed a lot for young girls in England,” says Lioness Nikita Parris.
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These are the feminist pioneers receiving their medical degrees 150 years after they enrolled
The posthumous awards will honour the first female students enrolled at any UK university.
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- Lauren Geall
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Three years after her death, Jo Cox’s feminist legacy lives on
On the third anniversary of the Labour MP’s murder, she is still empowering women in a tangible way.
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- Catherine Anderson
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Stylist editor-in-chief joins Jess Phillips to call for an end to sexual harassment at work
Some 43 people have signed a letter demanding that the UK government do more to protect the rights of women in the workforce.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Anti-FGM campaigners Nimco Ali and Leila Hussein just got the huge recognition they deserve
“FGM was a ridiculous thing that happened to me”
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- Hollie Richardson
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The story of the American suffragette movement is also the story of the UK’s fight
100 years after the US Women’s Voting Rights Amendment was passed, we remember the events that helped shape the movement.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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One year after Ireland’s abortion referendum, we asked women how life has changed
Pro-choice activists, a politician and a doctor reflect on the highs and lows of the last 12 months.
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- Moya Crockett
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Gentleman Jack fans, the show has already been confirmed for a second season
The new episodes will once again draw their storylines from Anne Lister's secret diaries.
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Women’s World Cup: Alex Greenwood’s plan for the start and future of the Lionesses
The Manchester United captain speaks to Stylist
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- Hollie Richardson
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Why rape comments directed at Jess Phillips need to stop being reported as ‘jokes’
The Labour MP is still being subjected to vile rape comments
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- Hollie Richardson
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Art becomes activism with a mural dedicated to murdered journalist Lyra McKee
Artists have dedicated a wall piece to Lyra in Belfast
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- Hollie Richardson
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Jess Phillips responds to rape comments targeted at her, again
“What do women have to do to end this?”
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- Hollie Richardson
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The new feminist motorsport series
The W Series is set to transform motorsports and make women racing drivers more visible in a big way
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- Hannah Mendelsohn
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Women’s Equality Party leader Mandu Reid on class, childcare and going after UKIP
The new leader of the Women’s Equality Party tells Stylist how she plans to navigate the choppy waters of politics and feminism.
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- Moya Crockett
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- Moya Crockett
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Netflix’s Knock Down the House reveals a very different side to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Stylist speaks to Rachel Lears about what it was like to direct one of the most talked-about documentaries of 2019.
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From climate change to democracy: how women became the driving force for change
Women, we get the job done.
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- Sarah Shaffi
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