Features

The F Word podcast: episode one!

Welcome to the first ever F Word podcast!

Published: 9 July 2007 | Category: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image, Feminism, Podcasts, Politics and Current Affairs, Stereotypes | Written by Jess McCabe

Where the size-zero debate goes awry

On the face of it, the size zero debate seems to address feminist bug-bears. But, argues Laurie Penny, it just creates another set of sexist stereotypes - and obfuscates the truth about eating disorders

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Body and Health, Fashion and Image | Written by Laurie Penny

'Honey! Your vagina needs a mint'

The Vagina Institute purports to provide a public service to curious women. But Samara Ginsberg detects a rather different agenda

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Body and Health, Fashion and Image, Feminism, Sex and Relationships | Written by Samara Ginsberg

Buying gunk

When the latest anti-aging cream hit the shelves, queues of women scrambled to buy it. But Gemma Wearing argues we should take a step back and think before fronting up the cash

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Body and Health, Fashion and Image | Written by Gemma Wearing

Why replication isn't subversion

Locher's t-shirts come with teasing slogans stitched in, but a closer examination reveals they are far from subversive, argues Louise Livesey

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Fashion and Image | Written by Louise Livesey

I did it my way

The word spinster seems woefully out-dated. But, when Emma Hadfield exited a long-term relationship, she found some people still can't come to terms with women who choose to stay single and child-free

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Family, Feminism, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes | Written by Emma Hadfield

Yummy-mummy or pramface?

Baby-making has become a high-pressure pursuit, argues Abby O'Reilly. Celebrity 'yummy-mummies' only raise the stakes further and obscure the realities of child-birth and motherhood

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image, Sex and Relationships | Written by Abby O'Reilly

Reviews

Sexism and the System

Judith Orr's pamphlet puts the backlash against feminism into a wider context, says Ben Drake

Published: 7 July 2007 | Category: Books | Written by Ben Drake