No access to the women's room
Going clothes shopping as a disabled woman is a nightmare, says D H Kelly
D H Kelly // 30 January 2012
Categories: Body and Health, Fashion and Image, Sex and Relationships, Stereotypes, Work and Play
Challenging rape myths in the mainstream
Emilia di Girolamo, the lead writer on Law and Order: UK, takes an unflinching view of gang rape in the show's next episode. Siân Norris met her to discuss her motivations
Sian Norris // 29 January 2012
Categories: Culture and Media, Interviews, Violence
Who are the outlaw mothers?
An empowered mother is an outlaw mother, argues Jane Chelliah
Jane Chelliah // 14 January 2012
Categories: Family
She gives me fever
Porn is not for everyone: but it can be for feminists, Mia Engberg tells Sophie Mayer, as her programme of shorts screens in London
Sophie Mayer // 13 January 2012
Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Features, Interviews, Sex and Relationships, Work and Play
Take back the tech
In Cairo and New Dehli, smart phone apps are being used to map sexual harassment and report sexual assault. Farah Jassat reports
Farah Jassat // 5 January 2012
Categories: Violence
In defence of fake beauty
'Natural' beauty demands hard labour to appear effortlessly beautiful and blemish-free. Brash, flamboyant, over-the-top makeup and clothes can let us reclaim our image, argues Shona McCombes
Shona McCombes // 23 December 2011
Categories: Body and Health
On a planet far, far away...
The gender politics of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was eye-rolling enough. But some people look beyond the solar system entirely for their guidelines on sex and relationships, to a fictional planet where men are dominant and women are wives, sex slaves or rebel 'panthers'. Kit Marsters reports
Kit Marsters // 20 December 2011
Categories: Sex and Relationships
You can be anti-porn and pro-sex
I'm no censor, says Lisa Saunders. She talks through some common misconceptions about anti-porn/pro-sex feminism
Lisa Saunders // 13 December 2011
Categories: Culture and Media, Feminism, Sex and Relationships
Are you writing in permanent marker?
What happens when a brilliant feminist blog gets deleted, or an online magazine disappears? The Women's Library is ensuring that as many resources as possible leave a more permanent mark through the British Library Web Archive, Inderbir Bhullar explains
Inderbir Bhullar // 20 November 2011
Categories: Culture and Media, Feminism, Herstory
A degree in sexism
Going to university has made me a feminist, says Cherry Morris
Cherry Morris // 14 November 2011
