Here's a collection of the Georgia Straight's coverage of women-related issues, including women's rights, female health and sexuality, gender equality, feminism, sexism, violence against women, missing women, trailblazers and pioneers, mothers, and more.

For male-related subjects, visit our collection of coverage of men's issues.

For full coverage of queer-specific issues, visit our LGBT webpage.

Arts Features

New play C’mon, Angie! speaks to the #MeToo era

Two characters struggle against the labels of "perpetrator" and "victim".

Arts Features

Comedian Kathy Griffin leans into controversy with "aggressively stupid" Trump

She says she’s been placed on the Interpol list, which means she’s detained at every airport she goes to.

Savage Love

Savage Love: Living the bi lie

I am a 38-year-old gay man with a serious problem. My boyfriend of five years has developed a strange fascination.

Food Notes

Starbucks chalkboard riddle riles customer

It appears to make a joke out of killing a woman.

Arts Notes

Aeriosa's Julia Taffe wins Isadora Award for Excellence in Dance, while Justine A. Chambers scores Lola Award

Taffe has taken dance to gravity-defying new heights while Chambers has reimagined her art form amid dinner parties and silent walks through Vancouver.

Straight Talk

Vancouver Greens veto nomination application of actor and designer Adam Abrams

He thinks it's because of his long association with Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter.

Book Reviews

Tess of the Road confronts trauma with resilience

The central character in this YA fantasy novel is a rambunctious, headstrong girl filled with self-doubt and denial.

Straight Talk

Vancouver police searching for missing 26-year-old woman last seen in October

Vancouver police are seeking assistance in locating a missing 26-year-old Vancouver woman.

Music Choices

You gotta see: Alex Lahey at Fortune Sound Club

The Aussie is part of a growing wave of female singer-songwriters who understand there’s an upside to life being less than fabulous.

Style

Brooke Shields rocks a bikini at the age of 52

It's part of a campaign for the apparel company Swimsuits for All.

Straight Talk

Mother dies in Vancouver Island surfing accident hours before daughter's wedding

Tofino RCMP are reminding visitors to educate themselves about ocean-based risks.

Savage Love

Savage Love: How to be a good orgy host

Hosting a sex party doesn’t give someone the right to insert himself into someone else’s scene.