8 September 2008

Victims are never to blame for coercive, abusive ‘relationships’

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 8 September 2008 | Comments (9)

18 August 2008

Chikipedia

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 18 August 2008 | Comments (10)

10 July 2008

Ctrl+Alt+Shift? How about Delete

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 10 July 2008 | Comments (8)

7 June 2008

Sisters - or mothers and daughters?

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… Read more...

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1 June 2008

Feminism and food

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 1 June 2008 | Comments (13)

30 May 2008

Retrosexual this…

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 30 May 2008 | Comments (19)

19 May 2008

More on Ladyfest

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… Read more...

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16 May 2008

A tribute to Pauline Campbell

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,… Read more...

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14 May 2008

Amity responds on birth rape

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… Read more...

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7 May 2008

Ladyfest London lead up

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 7 May 2008 | Comments (2)

2 May 2008

Ladyfest London lead up

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 2 May 2008 | Comments (0)

1 May 2008

Ladyfest lead up

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 1 May 2008 | Comments (2)

11 April 2008

Sexual good manners

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… Read more...

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15 March 2008

From the Edinburgh Feminist Network…

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…. Read more...

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4 March 2008

‘The one thing we should change is hate’

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)… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 4 March 2008

1 March 2008

What have you done for me lately?

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… Read more...

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25 February 2008

Freedom of expression does not include hate crimes - or biased reportage

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 25 February 2008

19 February 2008

Transgender Basics

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 19 February 2008 | Comments (3)

Call to arms

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 19 February 2008 | Comments (2)

5 February 2008

Men resent ‘quality time’ breastfeeding

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 5 February 2008

2 February 2008

Property is theft!

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… Read more...

Posted by Guest Blogger at 2 February 2008