Dear Oxford English Dictionary: “bitch” is not a synonym for “woman.”

More than 31,000 people have signed a petition calling on Oxford University Press to change the Oxford Dictionaries’ definition of “woman,” which includes “bitch” as a synonym and lists examples of usage that show men denigrating women. The campaign, created by Maria Beatrice Giovanardi, has attracted support from academics, linguists, and domestic violence activist, and […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Koos Prinsloo: the cult Afrikaans writer has been translated to English – here's a review

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Richard Osman is perfectly at ease pretending to be a 78-year-old woman

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She overcame bias as a woman in science. Her memoir is testimony.

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