Articles from March 2007
Zines: for when mainstream media lets us down
Feminist blogs are blooming, but many women seeking a creative outlet still turn to hand-made zines. This May, the Women's Library in London will play host to Zine Fest!, showcasing women's zines past and present, as well as providing scissor-and-paper classes for aspiring zinesters. Red Chidgey, who is organising this first-of-a-kind event, explains to Cazz Blase why zines still flourish and picks some of her favourites
Cazz Blase // 29 March 2007
Categories: Activism, Culture and Media, Interviews
The farmer wants a wife, the wife wants a wife
Women don't want to be lumbered with the housework, but men aren't willing to pick up the bucket and mop. Right? JC Sutcliffe asks why women perpetuate the myth that men are incapable of doing domestic chores
JC Sutcliffe // 29 March 2007
Categories: Men, Sex and Relationships, Work and Play
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
Could Britney Spears be the feminist icon of our generation?
Britney Spears is a strong, confident, self-made woman - in short, she is a feminist success story. No wonder the tabloid's love affair with her finished so abruptly when she cut off her locks, argues Theadora Jean
Theadora Jean // 29 March 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media
A worthwhile women's day
Fed up with most of the events put on for International Women's Day, Angela Brant found herself at an illuminating talk on women living under religious and oppressive laws
Angela Brant // 29 March 2007
Categories: Activism, Politics and Current Affairs, Violence
WAG do you want to be when you grow up?
In WAG Boutique, Josefin Skullbacka finds a group of women all-too-willing to define themselves as the wives and girlfriends of footballers
Josefin Skullbacka // 29 March 2007
Categories: Television
Hair today, mad tomorrow
Even when baldness is caused by illness, it is taboo because it flouts conventions of femininity, argues Nichi Hodgson. Britney Spears is only the latest in a long line of reviled, bald women - and, worst of all, she chose to shave off her locks
Nichi Hodgson // 29 March 2007
Categories: Culture and Media, Fashion and Image
Lifting the veil on mothers and daughters
Mother's Day is an extravaganza of flowers and cards. But Rosjke Hasseldine asks why no one is paying attention to real mother-daughter relationships
Rosjke Hasseldine // 14 March 2007
Categories: Culture and Media, Family
Comments from February 2007
Comments made by you, the readers, during the month of February
Catherine Redfern // 5 March 2007
Categories: Comments
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
Flicking the Bean
Thanks to the media and canny advertising agencies, we are surrounded by sexualised images of women. Abby O'Reilly asks why actual female sexual pleasure is still taboo
Abby O'Reilly // 1 March 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Sex and Relationships
The Mechanics of Femininity
When her car breaks down, Emma Hadfield discovers that mechanics and salesmen still cling to misogynist stereotypes of women as bad drivers who are clueless about what goes on under the hood
Emma Hadfield // 1 March 2007
Categories: Stereotypes
Who's to Say Who Understands Us?
From George Clooney to handbag merchant Stuart Vevers, the Observer Woman's list of the 50 men who "really understand" women gets it badly wrong, argues Joanna Tocher
Joanna Tocher // 1 March 2007
Categories: Magazines
Suffering in Silence
One woman's story of street harassment turned George Mason from anti-feminist to women's rights advocate. Now, he urges more women to speak out about their experiences
George Mason // 1 March 2007
