3 d. ago Arsenal take ‘big hit’ as Viggósdóttir caps WCL comeback for Bayern late on

Arsenal needed a performance and a result against a European powerhouse, their form in the Women’s Super League letting them down, but Renée Slegers’s side collapsed, relinquishing a 2-0 advantage and all three points to Bayern Munich far too easily to plunge their Champions League defence into tricky waters.Slegers called the defeat a “big hit”. “We’re not happy, it’s not good enough, we can’t concede three goals so late in a game against Bayern when we have a 2-0 lead,” she said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Actor Allison Mack reveals role in Nxivm sex cult in new podcast: ‘I was abusive’

Smallville actor, released from prison two years ago, tells how she helped coerce women for cult leader Keith RaniereThe Smallville actor Allison Mack says she was once riveted by the influence she wielded through her role in the Nxivm sex cult – though it eventually sent her to federal prison, and she now realizes it was “abusive”.“I was excited by the power that I felt having these young, beautiful women look to me and listen to me,” Mack, 43, maintains in a new podcast series titled Allison After Nxivm, which contains her first public remarks since her release from prison about two years ago. “And – yes – the sexuality of it was exciting.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago The Guardian view on the assault of Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum: when a president is groped, no woman can feel safe | Editorial

A shocking incident should become an opportunity to address broader problems of misogyny What does the experience of women at the top tell us about the rest? Those most vulnerable to sexual harassment, assault and abuse are, unsurprisingly, those who have less power or are treated with less respect: undocumented migrants; women in precarious employment; women with disabilities; LGBTQ women; young women and girls.Paradoxically, that helps to explain why the assault of Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, has drawn such outrage domestically and internationally. A drunken man tried to kiss her neck and grabbed her chest as she spoke to citizens in the capital’s streets. It is the proof, captured on camera, that no woman is safe. You can be the most powerful person in the land and a man will still feel entitled to grope you, in front of the world, because you are a woman. When you object, some will complain that you are taking it too seriously, or that it is all made up. As Ms Sheinba...

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1 week ago Miss Universe contestant called 'dumb' in humiliating dressing

A Miss Universe contestant who was called 'dumb' in a humiliating dressing-down by the pageant president has hit back with a powerful speech about being a 'voice' for all women.

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1 week ago I was trying to run for the presidency in Uganda – yet men still found the audacity to call me ‘baby, sweetheart, darling’ | Yvonne Mpambara

I was bruised by my experience of being kept out of an exclusively male political club – now my focus is on getting women into power in AfricaIt’s six weeks since the electoral commission of Uganda announced the eight candidates for the country’s 2026 presidential election. The fact that they are all men is an outrage – and entirely unsurprising.Of the 221 people who expressed an interest in running for president, 15 were women; and of those, only three of us gained enough voter support to be considered for nomination. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Othello, Theatre Royal Haymarket review – Toby Jones plays Shakespeare’s most notorious villain like a peevish middle manager

David Harewood reprises the titular role in a starry production that grants more power to the play’s women, but ultimately dulls its edge

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1 week ago Kristen Stewart urges solidarity and honesty in emotional keynote at Academy Women's Luncheon

Kristen Stewart has delivered a powerful speech at the Academy Women’s Luncheon, urging women in film to reject tokenism and create their own opportunities

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1 week ago Two kids among civilians killed in huge Russian blitz on Ukraine as Putin targets power plants that keep families warm

TWO children were among civilians killed in a massive Russian blitz on Ukraine yesterday. It marked the start of a bid by tyrant Vladimir Putin to freeze the country into submission. The boys, aged 11 and 14, died in the Dnipropetrovsk region along with two women. It came as Putin targeted power plants needed to...

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1 week ago Sydney Sweeney chastised by TV star after defending choice to go braless in see

Sydney Sweeney was forced to defend her choice to wear a sheer silver dress at Variety's Power of Women event this week, but conservative media personality Megyn Kelly has 'objected' to her outfit

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2 w. ago Celebs go braless as sheer trend rules and Sydney Sweeney and Keely Hodgkinson bare all

Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney wowed the world when she stepped out in a braless and sheer dress at the Variety Power of Women awards. But, she's not the only star to 'free the nip'

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2 w. ago The Halloween hazards that land children in hospital each year

From pumpkin-carved fingers to contact lens infections, the festivities come with genuine medical hazards

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2 w. ago Sydney Sweeney bares all as she goes BRALESS under sheer sparkly dress at star

Sydney Sweeney left very little to the imagination as she went braless on the red carpet at this year's Variety Power of Women: Los Angeles event.

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2 w. ago I tried out a virtual Halloween festival – and got more than I bargained for

Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival began as a lockdown project and has now become an annual gaming tradition. My children and I paid it a visitIn an attempt to avoid spending £80 to walk around a local park with my children to see some underwhelming spooky decorations, and having failed for the fifth year in a row to secure a ticket to a Scottish farm to tramp damply around looking at pumpkins, I tried something different with my kids this Halloween: a virtual pumpkin festival.Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival was first created in the depths of the 2020 pandemic, when game developer Adam Robinson-Yu’s real-life neighbourhood pumpkin festival was cancelled. (Yu also made the excellent and equally autumnal A Short Hike.) Since then, it has returned for a few weeks every year, letting players come together as adorable ghosts to explore a creepy little micro-world filled with player-created pumpkins. It has improved slightly every year: 2024’s big addition was a haunted house escape room, which took...

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3 w. ago I visited one of the UK's most famous pumpkin patches — it's brilliant for Halloween

Halloween is a big deal in the UK, and one of the most famous pumpkin patches is Tulleys' Pumpkin Farm, which plays host to a pumpkin festival each year

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3 w. ago Pumpkin festival near Berlin features giant sculptures of powerful women, in photos

The Klaistow farm near Berlin is hosting its 22nd annual pumpkin festival, where more than 100,000 pumpkins in 500 varieties are displayed across the grounds.

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3 w. ago At a pumpkin festival near Berlin, powerful women take shape — one gourd at a time

The Klaistow farm near Berlin is celebrating autumn with its massive pumpkin festival

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3 w. ago Demi Moore and Tyla lead Glamour’s 2025 Women of the Year as star

Hollywood royalty meets global pop power as Glamour’s Women of the Year returns to 180 The Strand, with new covers dropping daily and a celebration of women who refuse to be defined.

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3 w. ago Walking with John Wayne swagger makes men appear 'tough and more confident'

Experts have said that adopting the actor's famous gait can make blokes seem more powerful in the eyes of other men and women after asking people to judge how others walk

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3 w. ago Plaid power: Where to shop the best women's tartan trousers, inspired by Claudia Winkleman

The host of Celebrity Traitors is known for serving looks, and these red tartan trousers have been turning heads. Saskia Kemsley sources similar styles to buy now

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4 w. ago Epstein boasted of ‘blackmailing powerful men with abuse videos’ as mystery over paedophile’s ‘client list’ reignite

PAEDOPHILE Jeffrey Epstein bragged he could blackmail a network of powerful men with videos showing them abusing young women, Virginia Giuffre has claimed. The contents of the book are likely to reignite speculation about whether or not the late disgraced financier kept a client list despite US authorities finding in July that there was no...

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