Articles by Lorraine Smith
Fashion and gender
Androgynous trends come and go, but high-street fashion remains for the most part strictly divided into womenswear and menswear. Lorraine Smith searches for an alternative
Lorraine Smith // 13 May 2011
Categories: Fashion and Image
The 'Right' Time for Motherhood?
Some women are attacked for being 'too old' to have children (selfish!), some for being 'too young' (irresponsible!), and yet others for choosing to remain childfree (even more selfish!). Lorraine Smith discusses recent press coverage of pregnancy and women's choices.
Lorraine Smith // 29 May 2006
Categories: Body and Health
The Apprentice
How come the female contestants for the job of Apprentice were so disappointing? Lorraine Smith pins her hopes on series two.
Lorraine Smith // 10 June 2005
Categories: Television
365 Days of Sensational Sex
Will Lorraine Smith have 365 days of "sensational sex" by following sexpert Lou Paget's suggestions? (It's a tough job being a reviewer for The F-Word, ain't it?)
Lorraine Smith // 11 August 2004
Categories: Books
Hollywood Women
Lorraine Smith ponders the role of women in film-making. What will it take for women to be accepted behind the camera - and how long will it be before a womans win the Academy Award for Best Director?
Lorraine Smith // 19 March 2004
Categories: Culture and Media, Work and Play
Not a Victim - Stephanie Pakrul
Lorraine Smith introduces the intriguing new "edgy folk" singer Stephanie Pakrul.
Lorraine Smith // 18 January 2004
Categories: Music
Reversals
An investigation into gender inequality in the workplace? Hardly, says Lorraine Smith
Lorraine Smith // 20 December 2003
Categories: Television
The Feminist Minefield?
Lorraine Smith doesn't think feminism is incompatible with a penchant for pornography. She argues that the industry is finally beginning to benenfit women, both as participants and viewers.
Lorraine Smith // 19 December 2003
Categories: Culture and Media, Sex and Relationships
Be Unlimited
Lorraine Smith discovers a promising new monthly women's magazine.
Lorraine Smith // 16 October 2003
Categories: Magazines
Christina Aguilera - Can't Hold Us Down
Christina Aguilera's new song 'Can't Hold Us Down' contains some refreshing feminist sentiments, says Lorraine Smith.
Lorraine Smith // 16 September 2003
Categories: Music
Driven to Distraction
Men assume that women know nothing about cars, but increasingly these days they couldn't be more wrong. Lorraine Smith insists she, and many other women, know a lot more about cars than the colour.
Lorraine Smith // 19 August 2003
Categories: Work and Play
More Sex Tips for Girls
Lorraine Smith explains why she can't help cringing with embarassment when she watches Channel 4's "More Sex Tips For Girls".
Lorraine Smith // 20 July 2003
Categories: Television
Ball breaking? Coming out of the feminism closet.
A recent survey by the Equal Opportunities commission was used by the media to brand feminism as "outmoded and unpopular." Lorraine Smith conducts her own survey, and wonders whether feminism needs an image overhaul before people would be willing to embrace the term. Could we draft Kylie in to help?
Lorraine Smith // 19 July 2003
Categories: Feminism
This is Rockbitch
Lorraine Smith watched channel five's "This is Rockbitch" documentary, but is she any wiser about the radical sex-collective rockers?
Lorraine Smith // 16 May 2003
Categories: Music, Television
24
How does 24 portray powerful women - and what's with the blonde/brunette thing anyway, wonders Lorraine Smith?
Lorraine Smith // 16 March 2003
Categories: Television
Body Image
Lorraine Smith explains the pressures the media puts on women to be thin and beautiful.
Lorraine Smith // 16 March 2003
Categories: Culture and Media, Fashion and Image
