Feminism
What is the gender data gap – and how can we tackle it?
With Caroline Criado-Perez — In her new book, writer and activist Caroline Criado-Perez explores how the majority of the world’s data is based around the male body. In the latest instalment of our series on how to save the world, she explains how we can redress the balance.
Written by: Katie Goh
Why strippers are going on strike for workers’ rights
Dancing in the streets — London will get a striptease as part of a ‘disruptive’ global protest against unfair and unpaid labour which will see thousands of women walk out of work.
Written by: Lydia Morrish
Why the world still needs the Women’s March
Strength in numbers — This weekend, hundred of protestors took to the streets of London to march against violence and austerity.
Written by: Lydia Morrish
Capitalism is co-opting, & ruining, the feminist movement
We deserve better — This week, Gillette shared a mawkish film paying lip service to the #MeToo movement. But, like many clumsy multinationals before them, they got it all wrong.
Written by: Dawn Foster
Collage: from DIY cut-and-paste to radical art form
Tear it up — From Barbara Kruger and Wangechi Mutu to Lorna Simpson: women have been pioneering the DIY art form for the last century. We speak to three artists on what cutting up and piecing together mixed media can tell us about gender, activism and the modern age.
Written by: Cristiana Bedei
Inside the UK’s most radical indie publishers
Part Eight: Silver Press — From Audre Lorde to Leonora Carrington, Silver Press is the London publishing house uncovering forgotten feminist gems: ‘We’re working on bringing back into print strange women writers who we feel offer some reflection or guidance for the present – we think of them a little as mothers of the press.’
Written by: Kit Caless
We've made an all-woman photography issue. This is why.
Voices of change — The seeds of revolution are spreading through documentary photography. A diverse band of image-makers has begun to disrupt narratives that misrepresent and disempower, exposing the flaws of a medium where ‘truth’ is more subjective than it seems.
Written by: Daniella Zalcman
Shooting the frontline when you're not a middle class man
Women in war zones — We speak to four female photojournalists working in hostile environments about the challenges they face and what drives them, despite the inherent risk in their work.
Written by: Eva Clifford
Brazilians rise up against a far-right future
Take it to the streets — Activist groups across the country are mobilising against presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro – a populist who has built a campaign from racism, misogyny and homophobia.
Written by: Kevin Damasio
Huck 67: An all-woman documentary photo special
Out now! — Huck's annual celebration of visual storytelling returns, focusing on incredible women photographers who have broken new ground or disrupted the status quo.
Written by: Huck