Features

Women in punk: 'Too Good To Be Forgotten'

Women's involvement in British punk has been marginalised and written out of mainstream histories. In the next few months, The F-Word will run a series of features on women in punk by Cazz Blase. By way of introduction, here she sketches out her own first encounters with the genre, and carries out a vox pop in Manchester to gauge whether the person on the street can name any women in punk

Published: 28 February 2010 | Category: Culture and Media, Herstory | Written by Cazz Blase

Bring the herstory of riot grrrl back into the present

What has happened to the legacy of riot grrrl? asks Heather McIntosh

Published: 3 February 2010 | Category: Activism, Culture and Media, Feminism, Herstory, Work and Play | Written by Heather McIntosh

Reviews

The Equality Illusion

Do you think feminism's job is done? Kat Banyard's book will remove your rose-tinted glasses, says Jess McCabe

Published: 27 February 2010 | Category: Books | Written by Jess McCabe

Lighting a fire

Christiane Inmann's history of women's reading and writing is a delicious read, says Jessica Gjergji

Published: 22 February 2010 | Category: Books | Written by Jessica Gjergji

Hello Kitty Must Die

The protagonist of Angela S. Choi's comic debut novel channels the anger of every woman who has been belittled or demeaned, says Kaite Welsh

Published: 21 February 2010 | Category: Books | Written by Kaite Welsh

The Fossil Hunter

Kaite Welsh reviews a fictionalised biography of early paleontologist Mary Anning

Published: 4 February 2010 | Category: Books | Written by Kaite Welsh

Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism

Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein's book reclaims the road trip and tells a story about what young women across the US think about feminism and the issues facing them as women, says LonerGrrrl

Published: 4 February 2010 | Category: Books | Written by LonerGrrrl

Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism

Natasha Walter's latest book reflects her change of heart since The New Feminism, but Melanie Newman argues the result is a mixed bag

Published: 3 February 2010 | Category: Books | Written by Melanie Newman