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‘At last there is a communal mechanism for women to call a halt to the demeaning conventions of machismo’

The novelist explored Jewish identity in the US through a lens of frustrated heterosexuality

‘Coping as a woman in France is a daily battle: the aggression can be subtle, and you always have to push harder to make yourself heard’

‘Women's role in shaping the history of contemporary art is being reappraised’

‘I hope that, in time, the pendulum settles in a place where male behaviour has shifted and women feel comfortable, respected and empowered’

‘I could be the President of the United States, and still half the people in the room would question my authority’

‘Very often, the answer to why not would be: because you’re a girl’ – for this series, writer Fran Lebowitz speaks about her experience in the arts

‘The difficulties are those which remain invisible’: for a new series, writer and curator Andrianna Campbell speaks about her experience in the arts

‘The art world is becoming more conservative’: for a new series, the Director of Castello di Rivoli speaks about her experience in the arts

Instagram influencers’s minimalist ploy, democratizing the art world and camp’s radical potential: what to read this weekend

When dealing with abuse in the art industry, is it possible to separate the noun ‘work’ from the verb?

Sexual harassment is not a morality melodrama – it will persist if workers continue to exert so little control over their working conditions

In further news: curators rally behind Laura Raicovich; Glasgow's Transmission Gallery responds to loss of Creative Scotland funding; and a Serpentine Pavilion for Beijing

At a time of #metoo fearlessness, a collection of female critics interrogate their own fandom for music’s most celebrated sexists

Our culture is terrified of sexually-awakened girls – controlling the way we look at Thérèse Dreaming would erase an interior life

In further news: MOCA Detroit suspends Jens Hoffmann after harassment allegations; Met refuses to remove ‘suggestive’ Balthus painting

Following the Not Surprised letter it’s time to uncouple power from abuse in the art world

Thoughts on #MeToo, Tom Hanks’ typewriter reveries and algorithmic citizenship: what to read this weekend