Murder of Prostitutes Prompts Fears for "Other" Women

By Holly Combe | 13 December 2006, 13:15

There’s a particularly appalling article on the BBC news site about the recent murders of women in Ipswich. Here’s a prime quote: All five were working as prostitutes but the shock and anxiety has spread to the wider community in…

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Women Take Action Against Rape: Event in Bristol This Saturday

By Holly Combe | 24 November 2006, 14:01

Every day, an average of 30 women contact Bristol organisations seeking help for rape/sexual abuse and, last year, there were 225 rapes and 727 other sexual assaults reported to the police in the area. Despite this, Bristol has no rape…

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Bristol Domestic Abuse Forum Launches Campaign

By Holly Combe | 13 November 2006, 20:05

A new campaign encouraging men to reject domestic abuse against women is being launched in Bristol. The posters feature the message “Domestic Abuse There’s No Excuse” and show a series of passport images of men and the text: “We don’t…

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Feminist Fightback Conference on 21 October

By Holly Combe | 16 October 2006, 13:03

The Feminist Fightback conference will be taking place on 21 October at the School of Oriental and African Studies, Russell Square, London. (Nearest tube stops are Russell Square, Euston and Goodge Street.) This is is a one day activist conference,…

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HPV Vaccination Programme Makes Further Progress

By Holly Combe | 6 October 2006, 16:17

Last month, the European Commission licenced Gardasil, the first vaccine developed to prevent HPV infection, for use in girls and women aged 9 to 26. It has now been reported in the national news that the Lancet Medical Journal has…

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Girl With One-Track Mind Exposed by Media

By Holly Combe | 11 August 2006, 15:52

The writer of a book of sexual adventures (based on her blog) has had her identity revealed by the Times, just 3 days after the book’s publication. Predictably, the overall tone in the newspapers with regard to Girl with a…

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"Equality Kills Feminism"

By Holly Combe | 30 March 2006, 00:10

There have been at least three recent articles in The Guardian commenting on Alison Wolf’s Prospect article about the supposed downside of women’s freedom. We have apparently reached the end of an era where “women of all classes shared the…

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Reproductive Rights: Women Pitched Against Each Other (Again)

By Holly Combe | 29 March 2006, 14:38

Catholic Herald editor, Cristina Odone, is in the Guardian today, reminding us that not all anti-abortion activists are violent mentalists or fanatics fired by religious zeal. In fact, she points out (twice) that some pro-lifers might even be our neighbours….

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More Praise for Macho Man

By Holly Combe | 26 March 2006, 21:03

Yet again, The Times has been bemoaning the apparent decline of traditional manhood. Nirpal Dhaliwal thinks the ascent of the alpha female has led to the rise of the omega male (a “wimp who’s lost touch with his masculinity”) and…

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Men! Don't Expect Equality on a Thursday

By Holly Combe | 23 March 2006, 23:44

There’s an article by ex-GQ sex columnist, Kate Taylor, in today’s Guardian, slating Ariel Levy for criticising women who embrace raunch culture. (I’ve not read Levy’s Female Chauvinist Pigs yet and, though I agree with a lot of what she…

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