Articles by Jess McCabe
Wildness comes to the Silver Platter
With her neck still hurting from trying to read the subtitles over people's heads, Jess McCabe hails director Wu Tsang's sensitive portrait of one Los Angeles bar
Jess McCabe // 24 February 2013
Skunk Anansie come home
With Skin as their charismatic frontwoman, the "clit rock" of Skunk Anansie has a firm place in mid-1990s nostalgia. Jess McCabe attends a gig in Brixton in 2012 and finds them sounding better than ever
Jess McCabe // 14 December 2012
Corin Tucker is still angry
Corin Tucker won the hearts of the riot grrls in raw and gutsy band Heavens To Betsy and (later) in Sleater-Kinney. Confirmed fan Jess McCabe throws critical caution to the wind as she listens to Corin's new album Kill My Blues
Jess McCabe // 21 October 2012
Heavenly Creatures
Revisiting the film she loved unconditionally as a teenager, Jess McCabe still finds its portrayal of two young perpetrators of a horrific crime highly compelling
Jess McCabe // 11 September 2011
Portal 2
Jess McCabe celebrates a refreshing break from the objectification of women in video games with Portal 2
Jess McCabe // 2 June 2011
Categories: Reviews, video games
Comments from April & May 2011
Our last ever comment round-up! We're switching over to live comments, posted directly under the feature. So if you have something more to add to the discussion, just click over to the feature...
Jess McCabe // 12 May 2011
Categories: Comments
Women in rock: Tamar-kali
Tamar-kali spoke to The F-Word about sexism in the music, feminism and her inspirations
Jess McCabe // 3 May 2011
Categories: Culture and Media, Interviews
Comments from February & March 2011
A bumper edition of comments from February and March
Jess McCabe // 8 April 2011
Categories: Comments
Comments from January 2011
The latest comments on features and reviews
Jess McCabe // 9 February 2011
Categories: Comments
Comments from December 2010
Comments from December 2010
Jess McCabe // 2 January 2011
Categories: Comments
Comments from September 2010
Comments sent in during September
Jess McCabe // 17 October 2010
Categories: Comments
The Heretics
The Heretics charts the story of a feminist art magazine which grew out of the New York art scene in the 1970s. What was it like to work on Heresies? Where are these women today, and what has happened to their legacy? Review by Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe // 28 September 2010
Categories: Films
Comments from August 2010
All this month's comments fit to print
Jess McCabe // 1 September 2010
Categories: Comments
Comments from June 2010
All your comments from June 2010
Jess McCabe // 10 July 2010
Categories: Comments
Comments from April 2010
A round-up of reader comments from April
Jess McCabe // 27 May 2010
Categories: Comments
Comments from March 2010
An outpouring of support around vaginal pain and the phallocentrism of the medical establishment; reactions to the problematic 'Women' documentaries on BBC4; women in punk and the riot grrrl legacy, and much more concerned commenters this month
Jess McCabe // 15 April 2010
Categories: Comments
Comments from February 2010
Comments sent in during February
Jess McCabe // 23 March 2010
Categories: Comments
Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
Jess McCabe reviews Justine Larbalestier's collection of 11 stories and accessible essays, which provide an engaging introduction to feminist scifi
Jess McCabe // 17 March 2010
Categories: Books
Comments from January 2010
Comments received in January 2010
Jess McCabe // 2 March 2010
Categories: Comments
The Equality Illusion
Do you think feminism's job is done? Kat Banyard's book will remove your rose-tinted glasses, says Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe // 27 February 2010
Categories: Books
Comments from December 2009
Comments sent in by you in December
Jess McCabe // 1 February 2010
Categories: Comments
Comments from November 2009
Comments sent in during November, for your reading pleasure
Jess McCabe // 22 December 2009
Categories: Comments
Bright Star and women in film
Producer Jan Chapman spoke to Jess McCabe by phone from Sydney about women in the film industry - and her latest movie Bright Star
Jess McCabe // 16 November 2009
Categories: Culture and Media, Work and Play
Comments from October 2009
Another month of comments
Jess McCabe // 6 November 2009
Categories: Comments
Comments from September 2009
All the comments sent in by our lovely readers on features and reviews in September can be found below
Jess McCabe // 1 October 2009
Categories: Comments
Comments from August 2009
Readers comments sent in during August
Jess McCabe // 29 September 2009
Categories: Comments
Comments from May 2009
May's comments on features and reviews
Jess McCabe // 26 June 2009
Categories: Comments
Comments from April 2009
Dodgy science blogging, the tribulations of women geeks and a stink bomb protest at a beauty pagaent captured the imagination of commenters this month, along with much more
Jess McCabe // 1 June 2009
Categories: Comments
Comments from March 2009
Another month of reader comments for your perusal
Jess McCabe // 2 May 2009
Categories: Comments
Comments from February 2009
All the comments from February
Jess McCabe // 24 March 2009
Categories: Comments
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
Jess McCabe // 4 January 2009
Categories: Books
Comments from November 2008
Comments received during November
Jess McCabe // 28 December 2008
Categories: Comments
Comments from October 2008
This month, readers loved Ananya's review of magazines aimed at girls. Comments also flooded The F-Word's inbox during October in response to Karen James' piece about a breach of patient confidentiality when she went to get the morning after pill, as women shared their own stories
Jess McCabe // 10 November 2008
Categories: Comments
Comments from August 2008
Comments sent in during August - tuck in
Jess McCabe // 13 September 2008
Categories: Comments
Comments from May 2008
Comments received during the month of May
Jess McCabe // 23 June 2008
Categories: Comments
Comments from April 2008
Your comments, the April edition
Jess McCabe // 21 May 2008
Categories: Comments
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
Jess McCabe // 7 May 2008
Categories: Books
Comments from March 2008
Reader reactions to features and reviews for March
Jess McCabe // 19 April 2008
Categories: Comments
Ask a feminist - The F Word problem page
What can you do if your crush is sexist and homophobic? How can you channel righteous feminist anger into something positive? In our second installment of the new 'Ask a Feminist' feature, we field these questions and more
Jess McCabe // 5 April 2008
Categories: Ask a Feminist
Comments from February 2008
All your comments from February
Jess McCabe // 17 March 2008
Categories: Comments
Comments from January 2008
All your comments from the first month of 2008
Jess McCabe // 9 February 2008
Categories: Comments
Comments from December 2007
Comments received during the last month of 2007
Jess McCabe // 14 January 2008
Categories: Comments
The F Word Podcast - episode three!
Episode three of The F Word podcast - on the tricky topic of pornography - is out now!
Jess McCabe // 14 January 2008
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Feminism, Podcasts, Sex and Relationships
Ask a feminist - The F Word problem page
How can I tell if I am a feminist? Can I be a married feminist with children? Check out The F Word's new 'ask a feminist' feature for more
Jess McCabe // 10 January 2008
Categories: Ask a Feminist, Family, Feminism
It's So You
Love clothes, but not in a 'Vogue' way? This collection of essays on expressing identity through fashion could be for you, says Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe // 2 January 2008
Categories: Books
Comments from November 2007
Comments received during the month of November
Jess McCabe // 8 December 2007
Categories: Comments
Revolution Girl Style Now!
Jess McCabe reviews a book which documents the powerful girl-centric political and cultural movement that was riot grrrl
Jess McCabe // 7 December 2007
Categories: Books
Comments from October 2007
Breastfeeding and the housewife-feminist dominate the comments send in by our lovely readers during the month of October
Jess McCabe // 11 November 2007
Categories: Comments
The F Word Podcast - episode two!
This time we discuss Marie Claire's makeover of feminism
Jess McCabe // 20 October 2007
Categories: Features
Comments from September 2007
From you to us: this month's comment-fest.
Jess McCabe // 13 October 2007
Categories: Comments
Comments from August 2007
What you had to say about The F-Word in August
Jess McCabe // 5 September 2007
Categories: Comments
Get your toe bypass here
Mikhaela Reid is angry. And funny. And she draws. Jess McCabe reviews her first book of cartoons
Jess McCabe // 4 September 2007
Categories: Books
Comments from July 2007
This month readers wonder about the practicalities of banana insertion, compose anti-feminist verses and stand up for the single life
Jess McCabe // 11 August 2007
Categories: Comments
The F Word podcast: episode one!
Welcome to the first ever F Word podcast!
Jess McCabe // 9 July 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image, Feminism, Podcasts, Politics and Current Affairs, Stereotypes
Comments from May 2007
Reader responses sent in during the month of May
Jess McCabe // 9 June 2007
Categories: Comments
A feminist guide to ballet
From body image to ultra-femininity, ballet has a bad rap with feminists. Returning to classes for the first time in 15 years, Jess McCabe finds her inner ballerina
Jess McCabe // 2 June 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image
Comments from March 2007
Readers talk back: responses to features, reviews and blog posts received this March
Jess McCabe // 10 April 2007
Categories: Comments
Jacky Fleming on drawing for feminism
Jacky Fleming is responsible for one of the most iconic images of the feminist movement - plus a stream of widely-distributed cartoons that poke fun at such unlikely subjects as sexual harassment and the male-dominated workplace, as well as men and relationships. Jess McCabe caught up with her by email
Jess McCabe // 29 March 2007
Categories: Culture and Media, Interviews
From peace camps to protests - Finn Mackay
In the second of a series of interviews with inspiring women, Jess McCabe talks to Finn Mackay, the brains behind the Reclaim the Night marches and the London Feminist Network
Jess McCabe // 3 March 2007
Categories: Feminism, Interviews, Violence
Not a men's club anymore: Antarctica
Antarctica is one of the toughest environments in the world. In the first of a series of interviews with adventurous, inspiring women, Jess McCabe talks to Allie Barden, better known as blogger 'Sandwichgirl'. about visiting the geographic South Pole, penguins and the challenges of working in subzero temperatures.
Jess McCabe // 6 February 2007
Categories: Interviews
Uplift Magazine
Jess McCabe gets her hands on an exciting new, glossy, creative feminist magazine.
Jess McCabe // 22 August 2006
Categories: Magazines
The Politics of the Tampon Case
Jess McCabe talks to creators and manufacturers about the politics of the tampon case and whether the cases should help hide women's periods or celebrate them unashamedly. A popular product in some hip feminist circles, this handy item is still little known in the mainstream.
Jess McCabe // 4 June 2006
Categories: Products
North Country
Jess McCabe reviews North Country, a film with a feminist plotline based on a true story about a woman who brings sexual harassment charges against her workplace; the first of its kind in the U.S.
Jess McCabe // 3 March 2006
Categories: Films
The Descent
An all female cast of adventurers take on the traditionally male role of explorer, with terrifying consequences. Jess McCabe weighs up the pros and cons of this unusual horror film.
Jess McCabe // 5 November 2005
Categories: Films
Le Tigre - London Astoria, April 2004
Jess McCabe finds Le Tigre on top form at the Astoria.
Jess McCabe // 18 April 2004
Categories: Music
