Gender
My transgender life: The trans phone conundrum
I pick up the phone and dial the researcher’s office number. His assistant answers. He’ll pass on my request for information. A couple of hours pass and my telephone rings. “Hello, is that Beth?” asks the caller. ‘Beth?’ I think. Then I realise what’s happening.
By Ben Smith | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 28 March 2013 at 2:15 pm
My transgender life: ‘Social transition is scarier than jabbing a needle in your thigh every fortnight’
The weirdest aspect of being in the early stages of transitioning from female to male is the unavoidably public “social transition”. I never had to come to terms with how I felt since I’d always felt trans. What scared me was telling everyone else.
By Ben Smith | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 14 March 2013 at 12:06 pm
Everyday Sexism: What’s the big deal?
What does it matter if a guy makes a comment on your looks in the street? Is it really such a huge issue if somebody assumes your male colleague is your boss?
By Laura Bates | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 21 August 2012 at 11:38 am
Separating men and children is discrimination, plane and simple
Airline policies which prevent men from sitting next to children are corrosive and unnecessary.
By Ally Fogg | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 16 August 2012 at 4:00 am
Why don’t we take domestic abuse against men seriously?
Despite much progress, male victims of partner violence still face hostility and mockery.
By Ally Fogg | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 7 August 2012 at 4:00 am
A toast to the women who taught me how to construct my own gender
There is an old gag (I am a big fan of old gags) which goes something like, “I’m not a doctor, I just play one on TV.” I like it, and identify with it, because it resonates with my own performance practice. I do not think of myself as a drag queen, but I know many people do.
By LaJohn Joseph | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 2:00 am
London 2012: Here come the girls
“You can say it’s like an Arab Spring for women,” says Yobes Ondieki, a Kenyan former World Champion runner, ahead of the London Olympics. After losing out to Ethiopia in the 2004 medal tables, Kenyan officials realised the winning formula was staring them in the face: the majority of Ethiopian medals at Athens were won by women.
By Marie Staunton | Notebook, Olympics, Sport | Thursday, 26 July 2012 at 12:00 am
Attachment parenting: The new fad
Trends in parenting come and go as quickly as the latest fashion trends on the catwalk.
By Lisa Watts | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 at 9:15 am
How should we talk to men about sexism?
Laurie Penny and Martin Robbins are both writers, both feminists and both happened to be sitting alone at their computers on a Friday night when the question of ‘how to talk to men about sexism without scaring them off?’ came up on Twitter. Reasoning that the best way to encourage conversation is to start one, they did.
By Laurie Penny | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 23 July 2012 at 12:23 pm
Dressed to kill: What do infectious disease agents have in their wardrobes?
The ability of certain pathogens, such as those which cause malaria, influenza and HIV, to disguise themselves and evade host immunity poses an enormous challenge to developing vaccines against these important diseases. Just what do these bugs have in their wardrobes that enables them to keep outwitting us? Can we find a way to use this knowledge against them?
By Sunetra Gupta | Notebook, Science & Technology | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 12:38 pm
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