Blog posts by Guest Blogger: 2008
Volunteer at Crisis this Christmas
By Guest Blogger | 17 December 2008, 21:18
Crisis’ women’s centre is understaffed this Christmas. Charlotte Cooper puts a call out for volunteers Every Christmas for the last 37 years, the charity Crisis opens the doors of several special centres across London to accommodate a large community of…
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P.S. - Notes from an apologetic polyamorist, by Red Chidgey
By Guest Blogger | 30 October 2008, 22:49
Last month we published a review by Red Chidgey of Tristan Taormino’s latest book, a guide to open relationships. We ended up changing the headline for this review - in this post-script, Red explains why and elaborates on some of…
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Times Online indulges in a bit of ‘slut’ shaming
By Guest Blogger | 30 October 2008, 21:39
Jonathan Ross has got himself suspended for three months, while Russell Brand quit his radio rob. But The Times is more interested in attacking Georgina Baillie - the butt of Ross and Brand’s joke. In this guest post, Amity Reed…
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Feminism in London 2008
By Guest Blogger | 17 October 2008, 14:51
Last weekend was the first Feminism in London conference. Charlotte Cooper reflects on the day in this guest post. You can also see Jess’ photos from the day on Flickr While the word conference would normally rouse feelings of fear…
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Victims are never to blame for coercive, abusive ‘relationships’
By Guest Blogger | 8 September 2008, 17:01
In this guest post, Cara Grayling tackles our victim-blaming culture This article on how the manager of an NHS eating disorders clinic managed to get away with coercing several young women patients into “relationships” for 20 years states The investigators…
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Chikipedia
By Guest Blogger | 18 August 2008, 17:33
Chikipedia.com is like Wikipedia, except with chicks, right? Charlotte Cooper has more in this guest post Ever feel the fire has gone out of your feminism? Tired of having to explain why something might be offensive to women? Maybe you…
Ctrl+Alt+Shift? How about Delete
By Guest Blogger | 10 July 2008, 10:24
In this guest post, Charlotte Cooper considers how Christian Aid’s new user-generated magazine stumbles on issues of women’s oppression User-generated content has been the bon vivant of publishing for the last few years: engaging people, breeding loyalty and ensuring a…
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Sisters - or mothers and daughters?
By Guest Blogger | 7 June 2008, 12:13
Why does the ‘mother-daughter’ theme of generational conflict continue to plague feminism, asks Polly Cassidy, in this guest post I went to a talk at Housman’s bookshop in London last Friday, given by contributors to the anthology ‘68-‘78-‘88: From Women’s…
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Feminism and food
By Guest Blogger | 1 June 2008, 21:59
Earlier this week, Samara posted about how some women feel the need to apologise before eating “bad” food, such as cake. Philomela wrote the response you are about to read, which I think articulates a perspective that needs to be…
Retrosexual this…
By Guest Blogger | 30 May 2008, 14:48
Remember this quiz providing men with a helpful guide to satisfying the gender police? Now the Daily Mail has dug up a modern version - and some people clearly wish they were back in 1954. Clare Laxton has more in…
More on Ladyfest
By Guest Blogger | 19 May 2008, 15:23
Ladyfest may be over, but the ringing in our ears continues here at The F-Word. In a guest post, Col Cruise reports back on the ‘Ladies and the Trans’ workshop The idea for a ‘Ladies and the Trans’ forum at…
A tribute to Pauline Campbell
By Guest Blogger | 16 May 2008, 12:16
Pauline Campbell was found dead by her daughter’s grave yesterday. Since spent the last five years campaiging on the deaths of women in prison, after her own 18-year-old daughter died of an overdose at Styal prison. In this guest post,…
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Amity responds on birth rape
By Guest Blogger | 14 May 2008, 16:34
Amity Reed has written a response to comments on her birth rape feature for The F-Word, made by an NHS doctor blogging under the name ‘Dr Crippen’. You may want to read this post for background Having just emerged from…
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Ladyfest London lead up
By Guest Blogger | 7 May 2008, 10:21
Jessica Bateman explains why she got involved in Ladyfest London, in this guest post I first found out about the plans for another Ladyfest London when I stumbled across the MySpace profile during some absent-mindedly browsing of the internet. I’d…
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Ladyfest London lead up
By Guest Blogger | 2 May 2008, 10:08
As Ladyfest London approaches, one of the organisers - Kate, of Dandizette - reflects on how Ladyfests provide both links to a history of feminist festival organising and a clean slate Ladyfest has become like an international travelling carnival of…
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Ladyfest lead up
By Guest Blogger | 1 May 2008, 10:22
Ladyfest London is nearly upon us. Here, Polly Cassidy, one of the organisers, guest-posts her pre-festival reflections There’s just over a week before Ladyfest London 2008 launches. I have been involved with organising the festival, which showcases women’s/feminist/queer creativity, for…
Sexual good manners
By Guest Blogger | 11 April 2008, 09:08
The author of this guest post wishes to remain anonymous. The debate about the BNP/chocolate cake analogy continues to rage, which made me want to share an experience, which still confuses me even after some time has passed. I was…
From the Edinburgh Feminist Network…
By Guest Blogger | 15 March 2008, 22:17
Feminist groups are springing up around the UK - in this guest post, the women behind the Edinburgh Feminist Network talk about their origins. A year ago this spring, the seeds for a new feminist group were planted in Edinburgh….
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‘The one thing we should change is hate’
By Guest Blogger | 4 March 2008, 14:50
Another guest post from Helen G. The murder of Lawrence King at a California school a couple of weeks ago has served to highlight the increasing intolerance of anyone who ‘dares to be different’ (if only we had the choice)…
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What have you done for me lately?
By Guest Blogger | 1 March 2008, 00:53
Helen G guest posts on Barack Obama’s record on civil liberties and human rights The Bilerico Project (“Daily experiments in LGBTQ”) have posted an “open Letter from Barack Obama to the LGBT community” on their site - link here. Even…
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Freedom of expression does not include hate crimes - or biased reportage
By Guest Blogger | 25 February 2008, 07:36
This is a guest post by Helen G Recently there seems to have been an increase in the mass media’s coverage of violent hate crimes against transgendered women. It’s hard to keep up, but there seem to have been four…
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Transgender Basics
By Guest Blogger | 19 February 2008, 00:42
From Helen G: Transgender Basics is a 20 minute educational film on the concepts of gender and transgender people. Two providers from the Gender Identity Project discuss basic concepts of gender - sex, identity and gender roles - as three…
Call to arms
By Guest Blogger | 19 February 2008, 00:04
Charlotte Cooper of Subtext Magazine shares her thoughts on the launch of the new Feminist Coalition Against Prostitution My main problem with the feminist movement today has been the lack of calls-to-arms, or a defining moment or idea to bring…
Men resent ‘quality time’ breastfeeding
By Guest Blogger | 5 February 2008, 14:17
This is a guest post by Charlotte Cooper of Subtext Magazine Another day, another burgeoning battle on the field of motherhood and breastfeeding - the pros and the cons are force fed to us like mother’s milk, only it’s not…
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Property is theft!
By Guest Blogger | 2 February 2008, 19:14
This is a guest post by Helen G, who contributed last month’s feature on transphobia in feminist communities. What an inspiring and thought-provoking phrase. I even used to think I understood what it meant, back in the days of my…
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