Features

Are women and girls vulnerable?

Violent men do not attack girls or women because they are 'vulnerable', argues Jennifer Drew, and it deflects attention from the perpetrators to pretend otherwise

Published: 19 May 2008 | Category: Culture and Media, Men, Violence | Written by Jennifer Drew

The Oxbridge sex workers

Laurie Penny considers why so many Oxbridge students are going into prostitution and stripping, and the impact the media coverage of their stories has on women in less privileged positions

Published: 11 May 2008 | Category: Culture and Media, Men, Politics and Current Affairs, Violence | Written by Laurie Penny

A slice-by-slice attack on women's right to choose

The campaign to ban women from terminating pregnancies after 20 weeks is only the beginning, says Kit Roskelly

Published: 11 May 2008 | Category: Body and Health, Sex and Relationships, Work and Play | Written by Kit Roskelly

Hip hop ladies

Beyond the mainstream of 'gangster pop', Nino argues hip hop can be - and is - feminist

Published: 7 May 2008 | Category: Culture and Media, Feminism | Written by Nino

F.A.T.

Girls and women need to give themselves a break from the endless preoccupation with fat, argues Katie Muller

Published: 7 May 2008 | Category: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image | Written by Katie Muller

Stripping the illusion...

Lap-dancing clubs are licensed in the same way as coffee shops. Anji Capes reports on the launch of a campaign to change all that

Published: 3 May 2008 | Category: Activism, Politics and Current Affairs | Written by Anji Capes

Reviews

Sexuality and sainthood

Cranach painted Venus to titillate Luther's contemporaries and chaste virgins aimed at keeping women in check, argues Itala Atteih

Published: 8 May 2008 | Category: Art | Written by Itala Attieh

He's a stud, she's a slut?

Men get angry; women get PMS. Single men are bachelors; single women are spinsters. Jess McCabe wonders how Jessica Valenti limited herself to 49 examples of the double standard

Published: 7 May 2008 | Category: Books | Written by Jess McCabe