Features

Alright darlin'

Selina Jervis reports that sexual harassment in public spaces has reached critical levels

Published: 8 February 2009 | Category: Men, Violence | Written by Selina Jervis

Pity in Pink

On a mission to buy a new laptop, Posie Rider found that manufacturers and sales staff believe the best way to get women to buy a laptop is to make it pink

Published: 7 February 2009 | Category: Fashion and Image, Stereotypes | Written by Posie Rider

Reviews

Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)

debi withers reviews Thea Hillman's memoir outlining her own experience as an intersex person, as well as offering a critique of 'normal' and a vision for a queer intersex feminism

Published: 18 February 2009 | Category: Books | Written by debi withers

The First Person and Other Stories

Ali Smith's latest short story collection teases the reader and plays with the conventions of literature, says Kirsty McHugh

Published: 11 February 2009 | Category: Books | Written by Kirsty McHugh

Embarrassing Teenage Bodies advocates cosmetic labiaplasty

Channel 4's series Embarrassing Teenage Bodies is meant to reassure young people. But an episode which saw doctors perform labiaplasty on a 19-year-old achieved exactly the opposite effect, argues Bellavita

Published: 10 February 2009 | Category: Television | Written by Bellavita

On the herstory of feminist coalitions

Michelle Wright reviews a book which sketches the history of coalition building between second-wave feminists and other social justice activists

Published: 2 February 2009 | Category: Books | Written by Michelle Wright