Features

Trans 101

Helen G sets out a glossary of common terms and definitions

Published: 17 March 2008 | Category: Language | Written by Helen G

How to get an activist movement to keep women in prostitution

What use are sex worker groups that give out condoms and showers, but can't help women who want to exit prostitution? Ekis reports from Barcelona on prostitution and the campaign for legalisation

Published: 16 March 2008 | Category: Body and Health, Feminism, Language, Politics and Current Affairs, Sex and Relationships, Violence, Work and Play | Written by Ekis

Where the 1967 Abortion Act doesn't apply

Women in Northern Ireland must still cross the water to get an abortion, and even setting out the law in an accessible form is controversial. Siún Carden reports

Published: 13 March 2008 | Category: Body and Health, Politics and Current Affairs | Written by Siún Carden

'I'm no sad victim. I've seen and survived the darkest side of life'

Amina pairs women who have experienced sexual violence with volunteers who have been through the same ordeal - and turns their perceived 'victim' status on its head. Rachel Bell reports

Published: 10 March 2008 | Category: Body and Health, Violence | Written by Rachel Bell

Labours left unfinished: third wave feminism

The third wave and riot grrrl may be inspiring, but risk ignoring feminist history and swapping radical action for gigs and zines. In a fiery essay, Red Chidgey poses some difficult questions

Published: 10 March 2008 | Category: Activism, Feminism | Written by Red Chidgey

Not a happy birthday

Threatened, intimidated, bullied, violated: this is hospital birth as many mothers experience it. Amity Reed reports on the little-recognised crime of birth rape

Published: 7 March 2008 | Category: Body and Health, Violence | Written by Amity Reed

Reviews

Live Alone and Like It

Does advice for the single women of 1936 have any bearing today? Cazz Blase reviews Marjorie Hillis' guide to independent living

Published: 12 March 2008 | Category: Books | Written by Cazz Blase