The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin

I believe the key lies in our respective life stages, says social affairs journalist Susanna Rustin

Editorial: The trial of Nicola Packer shows why MPs should seize the opportunity to change the law and safeguard vulnerable women now

It is vital that we give credit to the tireless campaigners who brought us to this point, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

A patriarchal society’s attitude to lesbians is a litmus test

For many the perilous journey to Spain seems the only future. Can the country’s new government create enough jobs and prospects to make them stay?

They were supposed to boost vocational learning, but they’re not popular with students and the dropout rate is high. Time for a dose of realism, says Guardian journalist Susanna Rustin

Editorial: The public inquiry into police spies was brought about by the bravery of the women they abused, as a new documentary shows

Editorial: The government’s consultation was weighted towards big tech. Now is the time for a rethink

Old habits die hard. While New Public Management (NPM) might have fallen out of fashion in the think-tank community, it is alive and well in Whitehall. Its core...

Editorial: The problem is getting worse, while the last government’s strategy has little to show for it. Ministers should go back to basics

Should surrogacy be allowed?

“The core of patriarchal ideology, as with all exercise of power, is not the rules but the double standard.” It’s amazing how often this point, expressed here by Kajsa Ekis Ekman, is missed by those…

Editorial: College staff deserve a pay rise along with their peers. Widening the gap with schools would be a serious mistake

SEX OR GENDER? Why the confusion? Who benefits? Who loses out? Rustin tells us her take on gender identity, interviewed by Nicole Lampert

Victims of ‘grooming gangs’ have been badly let down, but children must be protected online as well as in the real world, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

Victims of ‘grooming gangs’ have been badly let down, but children must be protected online as well as in the real world, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

Victims of ‘grooming gangs’ have been badly let down, but children must be protected online as well as in the real world, says Guardian writer Susanna Rustin

As the Guardian announces the 'sale' of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, I wave hello to my new bosses (hi!) with an investigation of their finances.

Letter: Current and former contributors to the international pages of the Guardian and Observer respond to an article by Ole Jacob Sunde, chair of the Scott Trust

Journalists at the Guardian & Observer are taking strike action in opposition to the hurried sale of the title.

The Stuart Hall Foundation is pleased to invite submissions for the second Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, the prize invites new and unpubl...

In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, the ad already looks like a period piece. But aside from that – I mean, seriously? says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

Union says sale of Sunday paper to Tortoise would be a ‘betrayal of the Scott Trust’s commitment to the Observer’

Editorial: Private sector reform is overdue, but councils need funding if young people are to have the chances they deserve

British feminists have mounted some of the strongest resistance in the world to the demand that self-identified gender should override biological sex. Over the last decade, the UK has seen a revival o...