Feminist scholars and activists, including Gloria Steinem and Leymah Gbowee, reflected on a movement that they said remains ...

It’s time to ditch the many forms of feminism that bolster oppressive systems. On that hazy June day in 2022 when the Supreme Court ruled that there was no constitutional right to abortion, one thing ...

Protesters dressed as handmaids from 'The Handmaid's Tale' march from Parliament Square to Iran's embassy on March 8, 2024 in London, England. Feminism is perhaps one of the most misunderstood ...

Historically, feminism didn’t even mean what we call it today. Feminism was coined by philosopher, Charles Fourier in 1837 and it meant a person with feminine qualities. It was later linked to the ...

Sophie Lewis grapples with the ways the feminist movement has harbored prejudices and abetted wrongdoing in Enemy Feminisims. Every institution is prone to rot—even great causes like feminism. It ...

Sharon Crozier-De Rosa receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In Western countries, feminist history is generally packaged as a story of “waves”. The so-called first wave lasted from ...

I am often asked by young women if we should take back the term “feminism.” It still carries the cachet of caring about women, and most of us are quite happy with the achievements of first-wave ...

British writer Mary Harrington has emerged as one of the most thought-provoking feminist critics of our time, precisely because she questions the very assumptions that modern feminism holds most dear.

Feminism enjoys nearly universal acceptance across today’s political and intellectual landscape. To declare oneself antifeminist in 2026 is often enough to be labeled as indifferent to women’s dignity ...

Being 12, for me, was the year of entering womanhood. There were the less exciting parts of growing up, of course, ranging from periods to shopping for bras to being catcalled. There were also the ...

Feminist therapy is an integrative approach to psychotherapy that focuses on the challenges that women face as a result of bias, stereotyping, oppression, discrimination, and other factors, and how ...