Articles from February 2010
Women in punk: 'Too Good To Be Forgotten'
Women's involvement in British punk has been marginalised and written out of mainstream histories. In the next few months, The F-Word will run a series of features on women in punk by Cazz Blase. By way of introduction, here she sketches out her own first encounters with the genre, and carries out a vox pop in Manchester to gauge whether the person on the street can name any women in punk
Cazz Blase // 28 February 2010
Categories: Culture and Media, Herstory
The Equality Illusion
Do you think feminism's job is done? Kat Banyard's book will remove your rose-tinted glasses, says Jess McCabe
Jess McCabe // 27 February 2010
Categories: Books
Lighting a fire
Christiane Inmann's history of women's reading and writing is a delicious read, says Jessica Gjergji
Jessica Gjergji // 22 February 2010
Categories: Books
Hello Kitty Must Die
The protagonist of Angela S. Choi's comic debut novel channels the anger of every woman who has been belittled or demeaned, says Kaite Welsh
Kaite Welsh // 21 February 2010
Categories: Books
The Fossil Hunter
Kaite Welsh reviews a fictionalised biography of early paleontologist Mary Anning
Kaite Welsh // 4 February 2010
Categories: Books
Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism
Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein's book reclaims the road trip and tells a story about what young women across the US think about feminism and the issues facing them as women, says LonerGrrrl
LonerGrrrl // 4 February 2010
Categories: Books
Bring the herstory of riot grrrl back into the present
What has happened to the legacy of riot grrrl? asks Heather McIntosh
Heather McIntosh // 3 February 2010
Categories: Activism, Culture and Media, Feminism, Herstory, Work and Play
Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism
Natasha Walter's latest book reflects her change of heart since The New Feminism, but Melanie Newman argues the result is a mixed bag
Melanie Newman // 3 February 2010
Categories: Books
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Jess McCabe // 1 February 2010
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