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<title type="text">The F-Word: Activism</title>
<subtitle type="text">Contemporary UK feminism.</subtitle>
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<title type="text">Feminist critics of SlutWalk have forgotten that language is not a commodity </title>
<summary type="text">SlutWalk is primarily a protest movement against victim-blaming, points out Sophie Jones. Feminist critics of the name have got the wrong end of the stick, she argues</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/06/the_politics_of_slutwalk</id>
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<updated>2011-09-04T18:09:04Z</updated>
<published>2011-06-08T07:22:10Z</published>
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<name>Sophie Jones</name>
<uri>http://therookiefiles.blogspot.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Why feminists should join the fightback against higher education cuts and fees</title>
<summary type="text">Critical skills taught on university humanities courses challenge the world view of students and make them a breeding ground for resistance to the status quo, argues Nola Kay</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/04/feminist_defence_of_the_humanities</id>
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<updated>2011-04-01T20:27:23Z</updated>
<published>2011-04-01T20:59:41Z</published>
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<name>Nola Kay</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Students offer a glimmer of hope</title>
<summary type="text">An encounter with students at an Oxford University festival on gender and equality leaves Lisa Ansell optimistic </summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/01/since_the_budge</id>
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<updated>2011-01-24T11:15:29Z</updated>
<published>2011-01-23T23:34:02Z</published>
<author>
<name>Lisa Ansell</name>
<uri>http://deeplyflawedbuttrying.wordpress.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Global feminism(s)? </title>
<summary type="text">Feminists in the UK should be learning from women&apos;s activism in other countries, says Sarah Jones</summary>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Feminism" />
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<updated>2011-01-12T10:33:23Z</updated>
<published>2011-01-12T16:45:03Z</published>
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<name>Sarah Jones</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Empowering just one person: An interview with Zoe Margolis</title>
<summary type="text">The outspoken feminist and author of Girl With a One Track Mind and Girl With a One Track Mind: Exposed spoke to Catherine Redfern about feminism, sex, activism and writing</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/09/zoe_margolis</id>
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<updated>2010-09-17T11:40:23Z</updated>
<published>2010-09-16T09:29:57Z</published>
<author>
<name>Catherine Redfern</name>
<uri>http://www.thefword.org.uk/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">On campus, feminism wavers</title>
<summary type="text">University students are used to applying feminist theory in their academic work, but this fails to transfer out of the classroom, reports Lizzie Dearden</summary>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Activism" />
<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/08/on_campus_femin</id>
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<updated>2010-08-30T09:44:58Z</updated>
<published>2010-08-29T16:52:39Z</published>
<author>
<name>Lizzie Dearden</name>

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<entry>
<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>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Culture and Media" />
<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>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Stereotypes" />
<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>
<author>
<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>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Activism" />
<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>
<author>
<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>
<author>
<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>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Feminism" />
<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>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Features" />
<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>
<author>
<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>
<category term="/features/activism" scheme="http://www.thefword.org.uk/" label="Activism" />
<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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<entry>
<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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