Features

Feminist progress: undermined by the media?

Anna-Kate considers how the porn and beauty industries impact the self esteem of girls and women

Published: 25 January 2009 | Category: Culture and Media, Fashion and Image | Written by Anna-Kate

Losing my hijab

Ala Abbas reflects on her decision to stop wearing the hijab

Published: 24 January 2009 | Category: Culture and Media, Fashion and Image, Feminism | Written by Ala Abbas

Breastfeeding: radical, feminist and good for you

Kate Joester explains how breastfeeding helped her understand 'the personal is political'

Published: 24 January 2009 | Category: Body and Health, Family, Feminism | Written by Kate Joester

IT's a man's world?

What drove 37,000 women in the UK to abandon careers in IT between 2001 and 2007? Sue Schofield investigates

Published: 20 January 2009 | Category: Work and Play | Written by Sue Schofield

Challenging sex object culture: definitely needed, definitely lively and definitely a key issue for 2009!

A recent feature in The Times labelled protests against the Miss University London beauty pagaents "old fashioned". But, argues Sandrine Levêque, if anything campaigns against the objectification of women and girls are more relevant today than ever

Published: 4 January 2009 | Category: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Feminism, Racism, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes, Violence, Work and Play | Written by Sandrine Levêque

Reviews

Sex and the Substitutes

Alice Lawlor reviews some of 2008's Sex and the City copycats

Published: 18 January 2009 | Category: Television | Written by Alice Lawlor

The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet

Vandana Singh argues that speculative fiction has revolutionary potential. Jess McCabe reviews her latest collection of short stories

Published: 4 January 2009 | Category: Books | Written by Jess McCabe