Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2008-08-13T20:13:58Z

How would you feel if you found out the people around you chat about putting you forward for How to Look Good Naked? Kelly Draper knows all too well

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/08/forget_what_not 2008-08-13T20:13:58Z 2008-08-12T20:03:09Z Kelly Draper http://adventuresandjapes.blogspot.com

Hordes of girls dream of becoming glamour models, but are too embarrassed to even talk about masturbation. Sophie Platt rages against a taboo which only affects girls and women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/what_a_load_of 2008-07-14T20:27:52Z 2008-07-14T19:32:17Z Sophie Platt

Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence, and can face a range of additional barriers - from inaccessible shelters onwards, Clare Laxton reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/domestic_violen 2008-07-12T18:44:16Z 2008-07-12T18:19:29Z Clare Laxton

Self harm isn't always about cutting, says Nino. Too many girls and women are holding themselves back from fully living

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/self_harm 2008-07-03T20:48:10Z 2008-07-02T22:47:31Z Nino http://www.myspace.com/noisewontstop

The campaign to ban women from terminating pregnancies after 20 weeks is only the beginning, says Kit Roskelly

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/a_slicebyslice 2008-05-11T21:22:37Z 2008-05-11T20:20:56Z Kit Roskelly

Girls and women need to give themselves a break from the endless preoccupation with fat, argues Katie Muller

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/fat 2008-05-09T13:01:55Z 2008-05-07T19:54:22Z Katie Muller

Are disabled women's voices silenced in the abortion debate? asks Clare Laxton

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/abortion_and_di 2008-04-04T19:21:57Z 2008-04-04T18:48:25Z Clare Laxton

What use are sex worker groups that give out condoms and showers, but can't help women who want to exit prostitution? Ekis reports from Barcelona on prostitution and the campaign for legalisation

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/how_to_get_an_a_1 2008-03-17T00:13:36Z 2008-03-16T23:07:42Z Ekis

Women in Northern Ireland must still cross the water to get an abortion, and even setting out the law in an accessible form is controversial. Siún Carden reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/where_the_1967 2008-03-13T21:02:58Z 2008-03-13T20:43:45Z Siún Carden

Amina pairs women who have experienced sexual violence with volunteers who have been through the same ordeal - and turns their perceived 'victim' status on its head. Rachel Bell reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/im_no_sad_victi 2008-03-11T10:39:00Z 2008-03-10T19:19:11Z Rachel Bell http://www.bettybandit.co.uk/

Threatened, intimidated, bullied, violated: this is hospital birth as many mothers experience it. Amity Reed reports on the little-recognised crime of birth rape

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/03/not_a_happy_bir 2008-03-07T21:27:24Z 2008-03-07T20:14:45Z Amity Reed http://noblesavage.me.uk/

Corsets were bad news for Victorian women, argues Laurie Penny, and modern incarnations are little better

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/02/of_corset_matte 2008-02-14T17:31:50Z 2008-02-02T11:17:57Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

Episode three of The F Word podcast - on the tricky topic of pornography - is out now!

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/the_f_word_podc_1 2008-02-10T21:52:20Z 2008-01-14T21:35:16Z Jess McCabe http://www.jessmccabe.co.uk

Helen G considers why some feminists are hostile to transgender women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/a_period_of_tra_1 2008-01-02T17:19:35Z 2008-01-02T20:20:53Z Helen G

Porn should be reformed, not banned, argues Laurie Penny

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/against_censors 2008-01-02T19:30:43Z 2008-01-02T17:46:06Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/