Women football fans need to be heard
by Erin Slaven · Since the introduction of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act in 2012, there has been much debate about the legitimacy of the legislation. The Act went through Parliament in a ...
feminism
The left must educate, agitate, organise
by Jenni Gunn • In many years to come, when historians look back at Trump’s (hopefully short) presidency, they will look to the women’s marches in the wake of his inauguration as the beginning ...
Rebel Crossings: the personal is political
Rebel Crossings: New Women, Free Lovers and Radicals in Britain and the United States by Sheila Rowbotham (Verso) • Book review by Jenni Gunn • It was the feminist movement that coined and ...
Will Women’s Equality Party put gender at the heart of politics?
by Jenni Gunn The Women’s Equality Party (WEP), launched late this October, aims to further the goals of gender equality in the UK and intends to stand in next year’s Holyrood elections. Founded ...
Challenging revenge porn at its roots
by Jenni Gunn There have been many high-profile victims in recent years of a dangerous online phenomenon—revenge porn. Whilst celebrity victims have garnered the lion’s share of media coverage, ...
8th March: International Women’s Day – let’s make it happen!
by Sandra Webster, Katie Bonnar, Hollie Cameron, Jenni Gunn and Christine McVicar ‘Make it happen’ is the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day. The day we celebrate the uniqueness ...
The remarkable Eleanor Marx
Book review: ‘Eleanor Marx: A Life’ by Rachel Holmes (Bloomsbury 2014, £25) by Alex Miller This new and very well-written biography tells the story of the life of Eleanor Marx (known to ...
Independent women
by Sandra Webster, SSP national co-spokesperson One of the greatest strengths of the Yes campaign was a positive vision of a different kind of politics. One where more voices could be encouraged to ...
Why Scotland must vote Yes – the case for women
by Pam Currie “Oh, I don’t know what to think…” … “What if…” … “We’ll never manage it…” Sound familiar? It does to me. In recent months I’ve been the length and ...
