To help you look back, here are 10 memorable moments from the year in patriarchy, from Spain\u2019s reckoning with sexism to Taylor Swift\u2019s takeover<\/p>\n
2023 was the hottest year on record<\/a>. And it wasn\u2019t just a year of extreme weather \u2013 the political climate also became more heated, with the far-right gaining traction<\/a> around the world<\/a>. In the US, Republicans banned books<\/a>, censored discussions of gender identity<\/a>, and tried their best to prosecute<\/a> any woman who dared to so much think of having an abortion. In Italy, Giorgia Meloni\u2019s far-right government went on a crusade to erode<\/a> LGBTQ+ rights. In Afghanistan, two years of oppressive Taliban rule have resulted in what some activists are terming \u2018gender apartheid.\u2019<\/a> From Kabul to Kentucky<\/a>, it feels like we went backwards in 2023 when it comes to the rights of women and minorities.<\/p>\n While it\u2019s been a bad year politically for women, things have been a little brighter in popular culture. 2023 was a banner year for female sports<\/a> with events such as the Women\u2019s Six Nations<\/a>, the Women\u2019s World Cup and the women\u2019s Ashes<\/a> notching up record viewing figures. It was also a big year for women in film<\/a>, with Barbie leading the charge: Greta Gerwig\u2019s feminist take<\/a> on the plastic, anatomically incorrect doll, topped $1bn in global box office ticket sales<\/a> and spawned approximately 9 million thinkpieces. As one viral tweet noted, we\u2019ve all got a little Barbie in us (the microplastics).<\/p>\n Continue reading…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To help you look back, here are 10 memorable moments from the year in patriarchy, from Spain\u2019s reckoning with sexism to Taylor Swift\u2019s takeover 2023 was the hottest year on record. And it wasn\u2019t just a year of extreme weather \u2013 the political climate also became more heated, with the far-right gaining traction around the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}