Articles from April 2006
Keeping It Real
Leonie Brooke examines how attitudes to menstruation still limit women's choices and prevent us from discovering the different options available. She discusses how simply talking about the issues can break down taboos and lead to more freedom of choice for everyone.
Leonie Brooke // 8 April 2006
Categories: Body and Health
Comments from vApril 2006
Comments, arguments and crazy rants. We haven't got time to respond to all of them individually, but you can form your own opinions.
Catherine Redfern // 5 April 2006
Categories: Comments
Sex and The Married Girl
Mandi Norwood claims to have discovered a new type of woman: The Married Girl, an empowered, assertive specimen who is revolutionising marriage on her own terms and insisting on being treated as an equal parter. Sounds like a feminist dream come true; so why does Catherine Redfern find this book so annoying?
Catherine Redfern // 1 April 2006
Categories: Books
Reasons to be Cheerful
It's usually considered that when feminism engages with state institutions, it loses its radical edge and became compromised and weakened. But is that really the case? Jonathan Dean argues that mainstream women's organisations are actually a lot more radical than they are given credit for, and that we can be optimistic about the future of British feminism.
Jonathan Dean // 1 April 2006
