Painful vagina? Your poor husband!

S's experience with vulvar vestibulitis - which makes penetrative sex painful - highlighted the phallocentric medical establishment and limited definitions of sex

Published: 14 March 2010 | Written by S

A Third Wave?

Is there such thing as a "Third Wave" of feminism? What are the differences between the feminism of the new generation and that of the Second Wave? Can we make our own revolution in the shadow of those who preceeded us? And why do young women feel so isolated as feminists?

Published: 16 September 2002 | Written by Catherine Redfern

The Spice Girls

The 'fab' five?

Published: 16 April 2002 | Written by Catherine Redfern

Pornography

Rearrange the words "worms", "can", and "of" into a well known phrase or saying...

Published: 16 January 2002 | Written by Catherine Redfern

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher - Was she good for feminism?

Published: 16 August 2001 | Written by Catherine Redfern

The Personal is (or) isn't political (or is it?)

During the 'second-wave' of feminism in the 1960's-70's, the idea developed that 'the personal is political': i.e. that every part of our personal lives could be affected by the political situation. More recently, some have argued that this idea has given feminism a bad name and has caused feminists to focus on the wrong issues. So who's right?

Published: 16 May 2001 | Written by Catherine Redfern

The Beauty Myth

Are we exploited by the cosmetics industry?

Published: 16 April 2001 | Written by Catherine Redfern

I'm not a feminist, but...

What the movers and shakers think feminism is all about.

Published: 16 March 2001 | Written by Catherine Redfern