Articles from July 2007
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
Where the size-zero debate goes awry
On the face of it, the size zero debate seems to address feminist bug-bears. But, argues Laurie Penny, it just creates another set of sexist stereotypes - and obfuscates the truth about eating disorders
Laurie Penny // 7 July 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Fashion and Image
'Honey! Your vagina needs a mint'
The Vagina Institute purports to provide a public service to curious women. But Samara Ginsberg detects a rather different agenda
Samara Ginsberg // 7 July 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Fashion and Image, Feminism, Sex and Relationships
Sexism and the System
Judith Orr's pamphlet puts the backlash against feminism into a wider context, says Ben Drake
Ben Drake // 7 July 2007
Categories: Books
Buying gunk
When the latest anti-aging cream hit the shelves, queues of women scrambled to buy it. But Gemma argues we should take a step back and think before fronting up the cash
Gemma // 7 July 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Fashion and Image
Why replication isn't subversion
Locher's t-shirts come with teasing slogans stitched in, but a closer examination reveals they are far from subversive, argues Louise Livesey
Louise Livesey // 7 July 2007
Categories: Fashion and Image
I did it my way
The word spinster seems woefully out-dated. But, when Emma Hadfield exited a long-term relationship, she found some people still can't come to terms with women who choose to stay single and child-free
Emma Hadfield // 7 July 2007
Categories: Family, Feminism, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes
Yummy-mummy or pramface?
Baby-making has become a high-pressure pursuit, argues Abby O'Reilly. Celebrity 'yummy-mummies' only raise the stakes further and obscure the realities of child-birth and motherhood
Abby O'Reilly // 7 July 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image, Sex and Relationships
