When racism becomes a white person's issue
Ruby Hamad Ruby Hamad on why it's important to hear from women of colour.
Why the world still favours white models
Ruby Hamad And women of colour remain exotic others or props.
Gender politics
Forced to be in separate classes
Ruby Hamad Why Hamas' enforced gender segregation at schools is bad news for girls and women.
women's looks
Why Women's looks still count
Ruby Hamad That's the message we're getting after Obama referred to fellow Democrat Kamala Harris as "the best-looking attorney general".
Yityish Aynaw
The hypocrisy of a black Miss Israel
Ruby Hamad Does recognising someone from a minority group with a beauty prize really mean progress or atone for past transgressions?
Feminist protests
Why protests must be culturally appropriate
Ruby Hamad Otherwise they endanger the activist and make fools of the rest of us. Topless protest exposes West's hypocrisy and Did Amina's protest expose our ignorance?
Cannibal cop
Extreme porn punishes women for being female
Ruby Hamad The "cannibal porn" cop who conspired to kidnap, torture, cook and eat several women highlights the inexplicable link between sex and violence.
Charity campaign
The Problem with First World Problems
Ruby Hamad Why an advertising campaign for charity in a developing nation raises more issues than it seeks to answer.
Politics of pregnancy
Judging pregnant women
Ruby Hamad How pregnancy turns a woman's body into public property.
Racism in films
Whitewashing The Impossible
Ruby Hamad Is this the "sad story of a white family who lost all their luggage while having to see lots of Thai people dying in a tsunami"?
Modesty code
Stoned for having short hair
Ruby Hamad Why women are still being attacked for ‘immodesty’ in Israel.
Victim blaming
Why cross-dressing shouldn't be a ‘safety risk’
Ruby Hamad The incident that exposed our culture's ‘rape myth acceptance'.
Rape culture
The excuses society makes for rape
Ruby Hamad "Getting angry at women for pointing out sexual assault is akin to getting angry at people who point out racism." or "It doesn’t matter how much society says it hates rape.
Opinion
Why the Taliban is afraid of 14-year-old girls
Ruby Hamad In the midst of what they claim is a ‘holy war’ against both the US and their own government, it seems baffling that they continue to spend time threatening teenage girls.
Bad behaviour
How Facebook hurts women
Ruby Hamad Including a page called "12 year old sluts memes" run by two male Australian university students.
Opinion
'Women deserve to be raped'
Ruby Hamad The list of reasons will shock you. And their presence as a defence in court will make you outraged.
Like a virgin. But not quite.
Ruby Hamad The new vaginal tightening product that promises to make women feel “18 again”.
Gender politics
Why having female PM isn't a sign of "progress"
Ruby Hamad Does the fact that women have reached the pinnacle of power in their country mean that women there are treated equally or even humanely? Well, no, it doesn't.
The pro-life pretence
Saving one life to lose another
Ruby Hamad The (literally) fatal flaw in the anti-abortion movement. or The more abortion is restricted the less the life of a pregnant woman is valued.
