New Women’s History professorship named after Hillary Clinton
The University of Oxford is to
create a new Chair of Women’s
History, named after former
US Secretary of State and 2016
Democratic Presidential Nominee
Hillary Clinton.
The University plans...
Oxford Women’s Festival to celebrate achievement and solidarity
The 2020 Oxford International
Women’s Festival is set to take place
from Saturday 29th of February until
Sunday 14th of March, 50 years after
the inaugural Women’s Liberation
Conference...
Shamed into silence: how our language and culture forces women into compliance
“We don’t want your solidarity and empty words. We want you to stand with us.”
Female and BME students celebrated in new portrait collections
Across several Oxford colleges, portrait exhibitions centred on the achievements of female and ethnic minority alumni and academics have been held this month.
Portraits of...
A Literary History of the F**kboy
The narrative of resistance and domination in relationships has been the recourse of storytellers since pre-Christian times, with the same lurid, visceral quality evident in Greek myth as in the modern trend of disturbingly violent porn. Yet these primal, animalistic tropes of female subjugation now exist in a ‘civilised’ society, whose vernacular is one of #TimesUp, sex positivity and high-street feminism.
Trials and Tests for female cricketers
Claire Taylor, an alumnus of The Queen’s College, Oxford, is known for being one of the best female cricketers England has ever seen.
Taylor...
Women in sport: a conversation with Eleanor Oldroyd
“The opportunities are much, much greater than they were 30 years ago”
Oxford flies Suffragette flag marking centenary of women’s vote
The banner is a reproduction of an original flown by the Oxford Women's Suffrage Society
To include the excluded
An exploration of the history of female students at Oxford
The difference between Killing Eve and Bodyguard? One has female characters who actually resemble women
Why we are wrong to hype Bodyguard over Killing Eve
Oxbridge degrees less advantageous for women than men, study finds
The study suggests women are more likely to be judged based on their personality than men
Graduations delayed as women told to cover up
At one single graduation ceremony, ten women were turned away for not wearing socks
Oxford historian discovers new letter sent by suffragette
The letter was written in 1905 by Annie Kenney, the first suffragette to be imprisoned in the campaign for the vote
College JCRs back all-female festival
Somerville and Wadham JCRs have each supported £250 worth of funding for The Sisterhood Festival, a charity music event organised exclusively by and for those whose
identify as women
