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How one of history's deadliest tragedies for women became a fight about what real men are made of
This week, enjoy an audio long read of an archive piece (and excuses)
What is that primogeniture thing, anyway?
The rules of succession; or, how to pick your king (and avoid a queen)
"I refuse to be a footnote": the women who transformed war reporting
Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn and Mickey Hahn covered near every conflict of the 20th century. They invented the literary journalism we know today.
Four World War II movies we should be making before making one about the weather
No flak to Pressure, but if we can make a blockbuster war movie about a meteorologist, surely we can make some about women too
"All work is sh*t" or how anti-Girl Boss feminism might have got it right
In the 1970s, Wages for Housework demanded pay for cooking and cleaning without any illusions about making it in the workplace
The greatest filmmaker you've never heard of
She was one of the founders of cinema. She ran two of the world's biggest film studios and directed more than 600 films. You've heard of Lumière, Méliès, Gaumont or Pathé. Why not of her?
