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Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries
Sarah Gristwood's "Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries" compiles over 1200 diary entries from more than 100 women across 20 countries (1599-2001), offering a unique chronological perspective on women's lives across four centuries, highlighting their joys, sorrows, and struggles.
Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries
Sarah Gristwood's "Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries" compiles over 1200 diary entries from more than 100 women across 20 countries (1599-2001), offering a unique chronological perspective on women's lives across four centuries, highlighting their joys, sorrows, and struggles.
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20% Bias Score
The Missing Thread": Reframing Ancient History Through Women's Sexuality
Daisy Dunn's "The Missing Thread" re-examines ancient history from a female perspective, challenging male-dominated narratives on women's sexuality by analyzing poems by Sappho, accounts of sex workers, and societal norms in ancient Greece and Rome.
The Missing Thread": Reframing Ancient History Through Women's Sexuality
Daisy Dunn's "The Missing Thread" re-examines ancient history from a female perspective, challenging male-dominated narratives on women's sexuality by analyzing poems by Sappho, accounts of sex workers, and societal norms in ancient Greece and Rome.
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44% Bias Score
Female Primatologists Challenge Traditional Views of Primate Behavior
Primatologists Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Amy Parish revolutionized the field by challenging the male-dominated view of female primates as passive, revealing complex reproductive strategies and matriarchal societies in various species, thereby impacting our understanding of gender roles and the nature o...
Female Primatologists Challenge Traditional Views of Primate Behavior
Primatologists Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Amy Parish revolutionized the field by challenging the male-dominated view of female primates as passive, revealing complex reproductive strategies and matriarchal societies in various species, thereby impacting our understanding of gender roles and the nature o...
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20% Bias Score
Barthes and the Question of Homosexuality: A 1970s Perspective
The online journal "Revue Roland Barthes" issue 7, titled "Barthes et la question homosexuelle", examines Roland Barthes's perspective on homosexuality in the 1970s, revealing his critique of imposed identities and his focus on individual experience, anticipating contemporary discussions of queer an...
Barthes and the Question of Homosexuality: A 1970s Perspective
The online journal "Revue Roland Barthes" issue 7, titled "Barthes et la question homosexuelle", examines Roland Barthes's perspective on homosexuality in the 1970s, revealing his critique of imposed identities and his focus on individual experience, anticipating contemporary discussions of queer an...
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44% Bias Score
Frobenius Institute: A Legacy of Ambivalence and Women's Contributions
The Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt houses a vast archive of African cultural artifacts, largely documented by women who played pivotal roles in its creation and preservation; its founder, Leo Frobenius, a complex figure whose legacy is marked by both significant contributions to ethnology and prob...
Frobenius Institute: A Legacy of Ambivalence and Women's Contributions
The Frobenius Institute in Frankfurt houses a vast archive of African cultural artifacts, largely documented by women who played pivotal roles in its creation and preservation; its founder, Leo Frobenius, a complex figure whose legacy is marked by both significant contributions to ethnology and prob...
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60% Bias Score
Intersexuality: A Natural Variation, Not a Disease
The "Aha! Zehn Minuten Alltags-Wissen" podcast discusses intersexuality, explaining its biological basis, differentiating it from transgender identity, and highlighting the need for increased societal understanding and inclusivity.
Intersexuality: A Natural Variation, Not a Disease
The "Aha! Zehn Minuten Alltags-Wissen" podcast discusses intersexuality, explaining its biological basis, differentiating it from transgender identity, and highlighting the need for increased societal understanding and inclusivity.
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28% Bias Score
Cognitive Bias Distorts Acceptance of Scientific Findings
A University of Pennsylvania study reveals how cognitive biases influence the acceptance of scientific findings, showing people use flawed arguments to reject results challenging their beliefs, even leading to self-censorship among scientists, thus hindering scientific progress and public understand...
Cognitive Bias Distorts Acceptance of Scientific Findings
A University of Pennsylvania study reveals how cognitive biases influence the acceptance of scientific findings, showing people use flawed arguments to reject results challenging their beliefs, even leading to self-censorship among scientists, thus hindering scientific progress and public understand...
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44% Bias Score
Heroines": A Literary Reckoning of Gender Inequality
Kate Zambreno's "Heroines" (published in the US 13 years ago) explores how female writers, including Zelda Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath, and others, were historically marginalized and their mental health exploited by male counterparts, challenging literary canons and promoting a reevaluation of gender r...
Heroines": A Literary Reckoning of Gender Inequality
Kate Zambreno's "Heroines" (published in the US 13 years ago) explores how female writers, including Zelda Fitzgerald, Sylvia Plath, and others, were historically marginalized and their mental health exploited by male counterparts, challenging literary canons and promoting a reevaluation of gender r...
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76% Bias Score
Food as Female Agency in Atwood's Novels
Margaret Atwood uses food symbolism in novels like "The Edible Woman," "Surfacing," and "Lady Oracle" to portray how female characters negotiate societal pressures and reclaim agency through their eating habits, highlighting the complex relationship between food, body, and power dynamics.
Food as Female Agency in Atwood's Novels
Margaret Atwood uses food symbolism in novels like "The Edible Woman," "Surfacing," and "Lady Oracle" to portray how female characters negotiate societal pressures and reclaim agency through their eating habits, highlighting the complex relationship between food, body, and power dynamics.
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40% Bias Score
Four Summer Reads Recommended by German Podcast
The German podcast "Was liest du gerade?" suggests four diverse summer reads: Ute Cohen's "Glamour," a philosophical examination; Tilmann Lahme's biography of Thomas Mann; Sophie Gilbert's critique of pop culture's treatment of women ("Girl vs. Girl"); and Rainer Wieland's anthology of texts by peop...
Four Summer Reads Recommended by German Podcast
The German podcast "Was liest du gerade?" suggests four diverse summer reads: Ute Cohen's "Glamour," a philosophical examination; Tilmann Lahme's biography of Thomas Mann; Sophie Gilbert's critique of pop culture's treatment of women ("Girl vs. Girl"); and Rainer Wieland's anthology of texts by peop...
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20% Bias Score
French Writer Hélène Cixous Wins Formentor Literary Prize
Hélène Cixous, a French-Algerian writer born in 1937, won the 2025 Formentor Literary Prize for her influential work in feminism, postmodernism, and literary theory, impacting French and global intellectual thought; her recent book, "Incendire," reflects on current global events.
French Writer Hélène Cixous Wins Formentor Literary Prize
Hélène Cixous, a French-Algerian writer born in 1937, won the 2025 Formentor Literary Prize for her influential work in feminism, postmodernism, and literary theory, impacting French and global intellectual thought; her recent book, "Incendire," reflects on current global events.
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36% Bias Score
Dutch Universities Respond to Crisis in US Gender Studies
Due to US government restrictions on gender studies, the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians was canceled, prompting a Dutch professor to alert authorities about the perilous situation of American gender researchers; several Dutch institutions are now exploring ways to support these researchers...
Dutch Universities Respond to Crisis in US Gender Studies
Due to US government restrictions on gender studies, the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians was canceled, prompting a Dutch professor to alert authorities about the perilous situation of American gender researchers; several Dutch institutions are now exploring ways to support these researchers...
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52% Bias Score
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