What no one is saying about Ireland’s “sexist language” referendum
Kit Knightly Today is International Women’s Day. It’s also the day Irish public goes to the polls for a referendum on the “sexist language” of article 41.2 of the...
The Irish Are Losing Their Way
Sinéad Murphy Driving home after Christmas, we pulled in at the last toll plaza on the M8 to Cork. It had been dark for hours with ‘Storm Gerrit’ still...
What is a Woman? Response to Jacqueline Rose
Simon Elmer The week after I published my article, ‘Trans Rights and the Order of Speech’ in Off-Guardian, The New Statesman published two articles by, respectively, the biologist, Richard Dawkins, ‘Why biological sex matters’ and the...
Run mad as often as you choose; but do not faint
Sinéad Murphy The University of Sunderland is advertising ‘masterclasses’ in ‘Menopause in the Workplace.’ The ad has been running on Smooth Radio, a station under the umbrella of Global...
This Week in the Guardian #14
Every week we like to highlight three or four stories that go full-Guardian, but don’t require an entire article of refutation. We encourage reader-participation here, so if you come...
This Week in the Guardian #12
Every week (or, rather, most weeks, since the coronavirus torpedoed our schedule), we like to highlight three or four stories that go full-Guardian, but don't require an entire article...
Can We Talk About JK Rowling?
The author's June 10 blog post about the downsides of trans rights activism — including the erosion of the legal definition of sex and its replacement with gender —...
John Pilger: The Hijacking of Feminism
Today’s liberal feminism is a sinister 21st century variant of historical feminism. It is one key apparatus of many currently being utilized by the capitalist system rooted in patriarchy,...
