LONDON (AP) — A sculpture celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft as the mother of feminism has attracted criticism even before it was unveiled.
Artist Maggi Hambling said the sculpture in London...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The documentary genre’s power of immediacy is evident in “Not Done: Women Remaking America," which includes the still-unfolding possibility of the first Black female vice...
VENICE (AP) — There’s been a lot of talk about gender parity, feminism and equality at the Venice Film Festival this year, with nearly half the in-competition films directed by women. One of them,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Annie Lennox has a sweet dream — that the world will embrace the term global feminism and continue to push for the advancement of women's rights around the globe.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro is taking his anti-leftist ideological war to Brazil's classrooms and universities, causing angst among teachers and education officials who say the government wants to fight an enemy that doesn't exist.
NEW YORK (AP) — Aretha Franklin never saw herself as a feminist heroine. That, she quipped, was Gloria Steinem's role. But she leaves a legacy of indelible anthems that resonated deeply with women by celebrating their strength and individuality — and demanding, well, just a little respect.
"I don't think I was a catalyst for the women's movement," she told Rolling Stone in 2014. "Sorry. But if I were? So much the better!"
NEW YORK (AP) — Oppressor or liberator? Feminist in a silk robe, or pipe-smoking exploiter? Opinions were flying a day after Hugh Hefner's death over just what he did — and didn't do — for women.
Oppressor or liberator? Feminist in a silk robe, or pipe-smoking exploiter? Opinions were flying a day after Hugh Hefner's death over just what he did — and didn't do — for women.
PARIS (AP) — Kate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best-selling work "Sexual Politics" was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the modern feminist movement, has died at 82.
Millett's book was among the most talked-about works of its time and remains a founding text for cultural and gender studies programs. Her impact reached across generations and across borders — and condolences filled social networks in multiple languages Thursday.
Watson: ‘Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with’
SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of Australians marked the start of Donald Trump's presidency with a protest march and many said they feared the new U.S. leader could stir up hatred and bigotry.
Protesters at the Women's March rally in Sydney's central Hyde Park on Saturday carried placards with slogans including "Women of the world resist," ''Feminism is my trump card" and "Fight like a girl."
SYDNEY (AP) — Thousands of Australians are protesting the start of Donald Trump's presidency that many fear could stir up hatred and bigotry.
Protesters at the Women's March rally in Sydney's central Hyde Park on Saturday carried placards with slogans including "Women of the world resist," ''Feminism is my trump card" and "Fight like a girl."