Articles about Family
Being a young mum: representation and reality
Teenage mums are seen as at best, a problem and, at worst, a burden. Izzy Koksal talks to a young mum about the reality of teenage motherhood
Izzy Koksal // 3 April 2013
Categories: Activism, Family, Features, Interviews, Stereotypes
Taking advantage of mum?
Rebecca is a student who has moved back with her mum - just what David Cameron has urged young people to do, rather than relying on housing benefit. But, she asks, is this the best plan for either of them?
Rebecca // 4 September 2012
Categories: Class, Education, Family, Politics and Current Affairs, Work and Play
Extended breastfeeding: perverted or praiseworthy?
Earlier this year, Time magazine put on its cover a young, attractive woman with a three-year-old boy sucking at her...
Rebecca Clough // 31 July 2012
Categories: Body and Health, Family
Feminism: still excluding working class women?
Working class women talk to Pavan Amara about feeling excluded and patronised by a classist feminist movement where middle class voices are still dominating the debate
Pavan Amara // 7 March 2012
Categories: Activism, Culture and Media, Education, Family, Feminism, Language, Work and Play
Hot pants or hot air?
Is the 'sexualisation of young girls' really getting worse - or has it been exaggerated for the sake of shocking tabloid headlines? Ruth Whippman reports
Ruth Whippman // 26 February 2012
Categories: Culture and Media, Family
Who are the outlaw mothers?
An empowered mother is an outlaw mother, argues Jane Chelliah
Jane Chelliah // 14 January 2012
Categories: Family
Piggy banks and budget cuts
Cuts have become politically popular again, but the new thrift is targeted at the most not least vulnerable, says Clare Gould
Clare Gould // 16 December 2009
Categories: Family, Politics and Current Affairs, Sex and Relationships, Work and Play
Girls in the lead
Girlguides can offer girls a respite from pressure of gendered expectations. Clare Burgess offers her perspective as a late-joiner
Clare Burgess // 7 December 2009
Categories: Culture and Media, Family, Work and Play
Breastfeeding: radical, feminist and good for you
Kate Joester explains how breastfeeding helped her understand 'the personal is political'
Kate Joester // 24 January 2009
Categories: Body and Health, Family, Feminism
Time to end parental leave discrimination
Jennifer Gray argues that parental leave laws must become more flexible
Jennifer Gray // 8 December 2008
Categories: Family, Stereotypes, Work and Play
Why feminists shouldn't have to keep mum
A feminist challenge to sexism within the current cult of motherhood is needed, argues Victoria Dutchman-Smith
Victoria Dutchman-Smith // 4 December 2008
Categories: Body and Health, Family, Feminism, Work and Play
Whose feminism is it?
Is feminism reaching women of colour? How about women who didn't go to university, teenage mums, or women who do not have access to the internet? Annika Spalding calls for change
Annika Spalding // 22 September 2008
Categories: Activism, Family, Feminism, Racism, Work and Play
In the name of the father...
For many women, getting married still means changing their name. Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams has an alternate proposal
Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams // 20 August 2008
Categories: Family, Feminism, Language, Sex and Relationships
Sisters! Some of us are mothers, too!
Mothers' issues are feminist issues, argues Ruth Moss
Ruth Moss // 19 August 2008
Categories: Family, Feminism, Stereotypes, Work and Play
Why my son wears pink
At two year's old, Penni F's son happily enthuses over both fairies and trucks. But, she worries, what happens when pressure to be a 'real man' kicks in?
Penni F // 19 August 2008
Categories: Family, Men, Stereotypes
Ask a feminist - The F Word problem page
How can I tell if I am a feminist? Can I be a married feminist with children? Check out The F Word's new 'ask a feminist' feature for more
Jess McCabe // 10 January 2008
Categories: Ask a Feminist, Family, Feminism
Feeling a bit uncomfortable?
Who wants to be told they have an incompetent cervix? Jane Purcell reports from the maternity ward
Jane Purcell // 4 December 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Family, Language
Built for women
The Women's Design Service is celebrating 20 years of feminist activism from the planners' office to the building site. Eeva Berglund reports
Eeva Berglund // 9 November 2007
Categories: Family, Feminism, Politics and Current Affairs, Work and Play
Abortion: still a feminist issue
It is 40 years since abortion was legalised in the UK, yet our right to control our own bodies is still under threat. Irina Lester reports
Irina Lester // 6 October 2007
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Family, Politics and Current Affairs, Sex and Relationships
'Who... me? I'm just a housewife'
Feminism is not just for women with high-flying careers, and feminists must do more to engage women who feel alienated from the movement, argues Samantha Jay
Samantha Jay // 30 September 2007
Categories: Activism, Family, Feminism, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes, Work and Play
I did it my way
The word spinster seems woefully out-dated. But, when Emma Hadfield exited a long-term relationship, she found some people still can't come to terms with women who choose to stay single and child-free
Emma Hadfield // 7 July 2007
Categories: Family, Feminism, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes
A Bride by Any Other Name
When Eleanor Turner announced that she would not be changing her name after walking down the aisle, and instead her new husband would take on her surname, reactions ranged from shock to annoyance. She considers why breaking with tradition provokes such strong feelings
Eleanor Turner // 2 May 2007
Categories: Family, Language, Sex and Relationships, Work and Play
Lifting the veil on mothers and daughters
Mother's Day is an extravaganza of flowers and cards. But Rosjke Hasseldine asks why no one is paying attention to real mother-daughter relationships
Rosjke Hasseldine // 14 March 2007
Categories: Culture and Media, Family
