Feminism
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The feminist movement and undue flak in mainstream culture
The ‘feminist’ tag is a loaded one in mainstream culture, and it is not for reasons of anything it describes. Or perhaps, as Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his 1963 letter from a Birmingham…
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Beauty practices and the theft of personhood in women
Beauty as an ideal for women to aspire to is one of the apparently normal but quite damaging practices in our society today. It seems harmless because it is one concept whose effects are not…
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Italy Extends Surrogacy Ban, Criminalise loopholes to Women’s Body Commodification
Italy has expanded its ban on surrogacy, making it illegal for couples to travel abroad to seek the practice in countries where it remains legal, such as the United States or Canada. The policy was…
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When theory becomes the identifier, Prostitution and Marriage not interchangeable
British-Nigerian writer Chidera Eggerue, popularly known as The Slumflower, recently went viral for a quoted statement in which she declared marriage ‘sex work.’ The statement has since gone on to cause a stir on social…
