21 h. ago Politicians call for probe after 'male staff member bugged female SNP MSP's office'

Politicians have called for a probe after an SNP MSP’s office being ‘bugged’ by her staff member

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4 d. ago Nancy Pelosi calls female US president in her lifetime unlikely: ‘Marble ceiling’

Former House speaker, 85, expects woman to assume Oval Office this generation but concedes she may not live to see itNancy Pelosi, the outgoing congresswoman and former House speaker, has conceded that she may not see a woman be elected US president in her lifetime.The California Democrat said as much in a USA Today interview published on Sunday with her retirement looming after four decades in Congress – and invoked a turn of phrase referring to a metaphorical barrier impeding advancement in a profession that often confronts women and racial minorities. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Newsom and Pelosi lead Democrat mourning for Hollywood activist Rob Reiner who angrily called out Biden in election party outburst

Top Democrats including California Governor Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have shared their condolences for activist and producer Rob Reiner.

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4 d. ago Newsom and Pelosi lead Democrat mourning for Hollywood activist Rob Reiner who dared to speak the truth on Biden in election party outburst

Top Democrats including California Governor Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have shared their condolences for activist and producer Rob Reiner.

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7 d. ago Trump scolds another female reporter for trying to ask questions: ‘She’s very aggressive’

The president has made a string of demeaning comments to female reporters in recent weeks, including calling a reporter a ‘piggy’

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7 d. ago Scotland's 'cosiest' pub where you can sip mulled wine by roaring fires this winter

The pub was praised for its "elegantly rustic" interior with wooden floors, marble fireplaces, high ceilings, and cuisine from top regional ingredients.

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1 week ago Nancy Mace shreds Mike Johnson and says ‘Nancy Pelosi was a more effective House Speaker than any Republican this century’

Mace is just the latest Republican member of Congress to criticize Johnson

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1 week ago Kristen Stewart says that male actors are ‘aggrandized for retaining self’ in Hollywood while female actors are called ‘crazy’

‘Twilight’ star said some male actors use techniques like method acting to balance the ‘quite embarrassing and unmasculine’ side of performing

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2 w. ago Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan

Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditionalSexism can be very modern and tech savvy. Misogyny is an ever-evolving idiom, and men and women alike have found particularly of-the-moment ways to operate within the genre. Think of the apps that take images of women and remove their clothes, or the AI bots that men and boys can use to generate pornography or depictions of graphic violence against women and girls for the crime of going to the same school as they do or running for office. Think of the influencers of the so-called “womanosphere” who tell their female audiences that women who seek out friendship or equality with men are morons or cows, all through the gleam of a TikTok filter. Sexism may be the world’s oldest prejudice and its first unjust hierarchy, but it is continually innovating, adapting to new technologies and the most recent rhetorical needs of male supremacy.But some of the forms of misogyny that have b...

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2 w. ago Female police officer, 29, sobbed after 'drunkenly groping colleagues and calling one a p**** when he rejected her'

PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, is accused of 'humiliating' a male colleague by twice putting her hands on his groin, as well as groping a female officer's breasts on a night out last year.

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3 w. ago ‘Are you stupid?’: Trump berates another female reporter for questioning him on DC shooter

Donald Trump called a female reporter “stupid” after she questioned him about claims he made regarding the Washington DC shooting.

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3 w. ago 'Old fashioned' boss failed to stop female firefighter being called 'fireman'

'Old fashioned' firefighter Simon Bailey, 58, who failed to call out his colleagues for 'belittling' a female colleague was not unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has found

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3 w. ago Trump calls female journalist 'ugly' after she said he looked knackered

The US President slammed a female reporter from the New York Times over a piece that suggested he was looking tired, just weeks after he controversially branded a different reporter a "piggy"

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3 w. ago Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ after branding another journalist ‘piggy’

In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing downDonald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her “ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another “piggy”.In a Truth Social post, Trump criticitized the newspaper for an article suggesting he was running low on energy in his 80th year, insisting he has “never worked so hard in my life”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump calls New York Times reporter ‘ugly’ in latest insult to female journalist

In a Truth Social post, the president lashed out at journalist Katie Rogers after an article questioned whether he was slowing downDonald Trump lashed out on Wednesday against a New York Times reporter, calling her “ugly inside and out” in his latest personal insult against female members of the media after last week calling another “piggy”.In a Truth Social post, Trump criticized the newspaper for an article suggesting he was running low on energy in his 80th year, insisting he had “never worked so hard in my life”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump rips ‘ugly’ NYT writer days after calling another female reporter ‘piggy’ as story on his aging sets him off

The 79-year-old president was triggered by the Times report on his decreasing energy levels as he nears his eighth decade

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3 w. ago Trump slams 'ugly' female reporter behind NYT 'hit piece' after 'creepy' health rumors

Donald Trump called a female New York Times reporter 'ugly' for drudging up 'creepy' health rumors about the president.

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4 w. ago White House press corps should be grateful Trump called female reporter ‘piggy,’ Leavitt says

President is candid with reporters, unlike Biden, Leavitt claims after Trump’s mini-meltdown in a reporter’s face

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