Articles from February 2009
Intersex (For Lack of a Better Word)
debi withers reviews Thea Hillman's memoir outlining her own experience as an intersex person, as well as offering a critique of 'normal' and a vision for a queer intersex feminism
debi withers // 18 February 2009
Categories: Books
The First Person and Other Stories
Ali Smith's latest short story collection teases the reader and plays with the conventions of literature, says Kirsty McHugh
Kirsty Doole // 11 February 2009
Categories: Books
Embarrassing Teenage Bodies advocates cosmetic labiaplasty
Channel 4's series Embarrassing Teenage Bodies is meant to reassure young people. But an episode which saw doctors perform labiaplasty on a 19-year-old achieved exactly the opposite effect, argues Bellavita
Bellavita // 10 February 2009
Categories: Television
Alright darlin'
Selina Jervis reports that sexual harassment in public spaces has reached critical levels
Selina Jervis // 8 February 2009
Pity in Pink
On a mission to buy a new laptop, Posie Rider found that manufacturers and sales staff believe the best way to get women to buy a laptop is to make it pink
Posie Rider // 7 February 2009
Categories: Fashion and Image, Stereotypes
On the herstory of feminist coalitions
Michelle Wright reviews a book which sketches the history of coalition building between second-wave feminists and other social justice activists
Michelle Wright // 2 February 2009
Categories: Books
