A gude cause maks a strong arm

Wisrutta Atthakor reports back from the Gude Cause march through Edinburgh, 100 years to the day since Scottish suffragettes took to the city's streets

Published: 18 November 2009 | More articles about: Activism, Feminism, Herstory, Scotland | Written by Wisrutta Atthakor

Bright Star and women in film

Producer Jan Chapman spoke to Jess McCabe by phone from Sydney about women in the film industry - and her latest movie Bright Star

Published: 16 November 2009 | More articles about: Culture and Media, Work and Play | Written by Jess McCabe

Gender and sentencing

Are the scales of justice in alignment? Rachel Thwaites looks at how women and men are so often treated differently by the system if they commit violent crimes

Published: 14 November 2009 | More articles about: Culture and Media, Politics and Current Affairs, Violence | Written by Rachel Thwaites

A streamlined new me

Laura Thomas talks through her experience going from red mane to shaved head

Published: 13 November 2009 | More articles about: Body and Health, Fashion and Image | Written by Laura Thomas

Gender in the playground

Primary schools are no utopia of skipping rope and gender blind comradery. Instead, girls are already learning to worry about their looks - and boys are learning male privilege, reports teacher Kate Townshend

Published: 25 October 2009 | More articles about: Culture and Media, Education, Fashion and Image | Written by Kate Townshend

Feminism in London 2009

Charlotte Cooper reports back from the capital's second Feminism in London conference

Published: 13 October 2009 | More articles about: Activism, Feminism | Written by Charlotte Cooper

How to organise a demonstration

In this case study, Carrie Supple explains how she and Louise Morris organised a protest to support Sudanese journalist Lubna Hussein - and how you can use the same techniques to organise a demo for your campaign too

Published: 15 September 2009 | More articles about: Activism, Features | Written by Carrie Supple

Feminism and the vampire novel

Much has been written about sexism in the Twilight books and film. Here, Caitlin Brown puts the series in context of other popular vampire fiction

Published: 8 September 2009 | More articles about: Culture and Media, Feminism, Language, Racism, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes | Written by Caitlin Brown

Turn your back on Page 3

Francine Hoenderkamp explains her campaign to ban Page 3

Published: 13 August 2009 | More articles about: Activism, Culture and Media | Written by Francine Hoenderkamp

How do I look in this, on this, doing this, with this...?

Feminist artists have often used the tactic of exaggerating the objectification of women to the point of parody. But Alex Brew questions how subversive this strategy is in practice

Published: 11 August 2009 | More articles about: Culture and Media, Fashion and Image | Written by Alex Brew