Articles by Kate Townshend
Gender in the playground
Primary schools are no utopia of skipping rope and gender blind comradery. Instead, girls are already learning to worry about their looks - and boys are learning male privilege, reports teacher Kate Townshend
Kate Townshend // 25 October 2009
Categories: Culture and Media, Education, Fashion and Image
War of Words
'Feminism' 'Slut' 'Bitch': all powerful words evoking strong (mostly negative) reactions. Should we reclaim tainted words, or drop them for something less provocative? Kate Townshend discusses this question, and explains why the language we use to define ourselves - and allow others to use to define us - is still important to the feminist cause.
Kate Townshend // 16 November 2006
