Solo Sí Es Sí –what happens when rape laws put consent first?Enhorabuena a España, for passing the “Solo sí es sí” (Only Yes Means Yes) law on Friday the 26th of August. The Spanish law on sexual…Aug 29, 2022Aug 29, 2022
Women, Want a Nobel Prize or Promotion? Change your name to David.This month, the Nobel Prize winners for 2021 strode across the dais in Stockholm to receive their medals from the King of Sweden. The final…Dec 14, 2021Dec 14, 2021
If Dominic Cummings Were a Woman, Boris Would Have Sacked Him AlreadyI have spent a lot of my career representing women who have been fired, who have been denied tenure, who after a turf war with a male…Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
In a COVID-19 world, women face our own kind of social distanceWhen the Great Plague swept through London in 1665, the grim work of tending to the sick and dead fell to women, often vulnerable women…Mar 25, 20201Mar 25, 20201
Elizabeth Warren isn’t “unlikeable”. But America has a problem liking women in power.The first woman candidate for the presidency, Victoria Woodhull, faced real challenges. For one, only men could vote. For another, her…Mar 10, 20202Mar 10, 20202
Don’t Be Evil: What Money is Clean (Enough) in the #MeToo era?Since its inception in the early 20th century, the Rhodes Scholarship has produced more than a few members of the American ‘power elite.’…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
You think Katie Hill will be the only one? Think again.The tragi-comic difference between a female politician felled by a consensual, but “unethical” same-sex relationship and the male…Oct 29, 2019Oct 29, 2019
He Thrills Me, She Thrills Me NotLast presidential election cycle it was conveniently easy to lay the faults of Democratic defeat at the feet of singularly “shrill”…Apr 10, 2019Apr 10, 2019
Revenge porn — you shouldn’t have to be the richest man in the world to fight it.Calling the National Enquirer’s bluff might just work for Jeff Bezos. Everybody else still needs the law.Feb 20, 20192Feb 20, 20192
The only long-term solution to revenge porn is education.Ryan Broll, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Guelph, published an op-ed in The Star this week about…Aug 1, 2017Aug 1, 2017