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<title type="text">The F-Word: Activism</title>
<subtitle type="text">Contemporary UK feminism.</subtitle>
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<updated>2010-02-06T22:09:36Z</updated>


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<title type="text">Bring the herstory of riot grrrl back into the present</title>
<summary type="text">What has happened to the legacy of riot grrrl? asks Heather McIntosh</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/02/bring_the_herst</id>
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<updated>2010-02-06T22:09:36Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-03T14:58:36Z</published>
<author>
<name>Heather McIntosh</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">In our satin tights, fighting for our rights! But are women really natural campaigners?</title>
<summary type="text">Stereotypes about women drawn to campaigning because they are natural nurturers do more harm than good, argues Mhairi Guild</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/01/in_our_satin_ti</id>
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<updated>2010-01-14T22:01:36Z</updated>
<published>2010-01-14T22:51:22Z</published>
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<name>Mhairi Guild</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">On sisterhood</title>
<summary type="text">Katie Sutton was called sexist names at Reclaim the Night, amid continued disagreements between feminists over the issue of prostitution/sex work. Where now for sisterhood at these public events? Includes a response by Finn Mackay</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/12/im_going_to_use</id>
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<updated>2009-12-09T16:02:48Z</updated>
<published>2009-12-09T20:08:07Z</published>
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<name>Various Authors</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text"> A gude cause maks a strong arm</title>
<summary type="text">Wisrutta Atthakor reports back from the Gude Cause march through Edinburgh, 100 years to the day since Scottish suffragettes took to the city&apos;s streets</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/11/a_gude_cause_ma</id>
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<updated>2009-11-18T22:11:00Z</updated>
<published>2009-11-18T15:35:27Z</published>
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<name>Wisrutta Atthakor</name>
<uri>http://pumpkinpistudio.blogspot.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Feminism in London 2009 </title>
<summary type="text">Charlotte Cooper reports back from the capital&apos;s second Feminism in London conference</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/10/feminism_in_lon</id>
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<updated>2009-10-24T18:17:42Z</updated>
<published>2009-10-13T19:25:14Z</published>
<author>
<name>Charlotte Cooper</name>
<uri>http://www.subtextmagazine.co.uk</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">How to organise a demonstration</title>
<summary type="text">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</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/09/how_we_organise</id>
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<updated>2009-09-17T11:15:40Z</updated>
<published>2009-09-15T13:57:14Z</published>
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<name>Carrie Supple</name>
<uri>http://iamlubna.com.venus.dnstemplate.com/voices.html</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Turn your back on Page 3</title>
<summary type="text">Francine Hoenderkamp explains her campaign to ban Page 3</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/08/dear_clare_i_ha</id>
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<updated>2009-08-14T17:38:44Z</updated>
<published>2009-08-13T12:18:22Z</published>
<author>
<name>Francine Hoenderkamp</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Stink bombing the beauty pagaent</title>
<summary type="text">Protesters from Smash Miss Contest sneaked into the Miss London University beauty contest, releasing stinkbombs and distributing letters to the audience. Sarah Levack reports</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/stink_bombing_t</id>
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<updated>2009-04-27T21:11:11Z</updated>
<published>2009-04-27T20:32:39Z</published>
<author>
<name>Sarah Levack</name>

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<title type="text">Piercing the whitening silence</title>
<summary type="text">Terese Jonsson calls for all white feminists (herself included) to step up to the plate on racism and white privilege</summary>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Racism" />
<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/03/piercing_the_wh</id>
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<updated>2009-03-16T23:19:12Z</updated>
<published>2009-03-16T19:22:35Z</published>
<author>
<name>Terese Jonsson</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Grassroots feminism 2.0?</title>
<summary type="text">Want to make connections with grassroots feminist activists across borders and languages? Melanie Maddison talks to Red Chidgey about an online project that aims to help us do just that</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/03/who_are_you_and</id>
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<updated>2009-03-03T23:28:54Z</updated>
<published>2009-03-03T21:44:16Z</published>
<author>
<name>Melanie Maddison</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">We&apos;re all in this together</title>
<summary type="text">Irish and British women must unite in the battle for reproductive rights, argue Ariel Silvera and Sinead Ahern, as they sketch out the history of abortion in Ireland and the UK</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/were_all_in_thi</id>
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<updated>2008-10-26T23:56:49Z</updated>
<published>2008-10-26T23:03:52Z</published>
<author>
<name>Various Authors</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Whose feminism is it?</title>
<summary type="text">Is feminism reaching women of colour? How about women who didn&apos;t go to university, teenage mums, or women who do not have access to the internet? Annika Spalding calls for change</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/09/feminism_of_tod</id>
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<updated>2008-09-23T13:42:04Z</updated>
<published>2008-09-22T20:35:09Z</published>
<author>
<name>Annika Spalding</name>
<uri>http://birminghamfeminists.blogspot.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Across the porn divide</title>
<summary type="text">It&apos;s time to end the battle of words, argues Debi Crow</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/09/across_the_porn</id>
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<updated>2008-09-10T15:31:48Z</updated>
<published>2008-09-10T10:23:03Z</published>
<author>
<name>Debi Crow</name>

</author>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Million Women Rise - Reflections</title>
<summary type="text">Around 5,000 women gathered from across the UK and marched through central London. Although they received no mainstream media attention, the march and rally have since become the subject of much discussion.  Louise Livesey talks to some of the people involved...</summary>
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<updated>2008-12-07T22:48:30Z</updated>
<published>2008-08-23T18:51:04Z</published>
<author>
<name>Louise Livesey</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">The future of activism</title>
<summary type="text">Protests seem to be ignored, so what&apos;s a disgruntled feminist to do? Deborah McAlister considers some of the options</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/the_future_of_a</id>
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<updated>2008-07-18T22:38:51Z</updated>
<published>2008-07-18T21:15:56Z</published>
<author>
<name>Deborah McAlister</name>

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