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Producer Jan Chapman spoke to Jess McCabe by phone from Sydney about women in the film industry - and her latest movie Bright Star

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/11/bright_star_and 2009-11-16T21:40:14Z 2009-11-16T11:51:53Z Jess McCabe http://sugarcrash.co.uk/

Are the scales of justice in alignment? Rachel Thwaites looks at how women and men are so often treated differently by the system if they commit violent crimes

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/11/gender_and_sent 2009-11-18T15:13:10Z 2009-11-14T12:01:13Z Rachel Thwaites

Primary schools are no utopia of skipping rope and gender blind comradery. Instead, girls are already learning to worry about their looks - and boys are learning male privilege, reports teacher Kate Townshend

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/10/self_esteem_and 2009-10-25T21:58:46Z 2009-10-25T21:29:58Z Kate Townshend http://www.katetownshend.co.uk/

Much has been written about sexism in the Twilight books and film. Here, Caitlin Brown puts the series in context of other popular vampire fiction

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/09/feminism_and_th 2009-09-08T20:56:03Z 2009-09-08T16:41:31Z Caitlin Brown

Francine Hoenderkamp explains her campaign to ban Page 3

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/08/dear_clare_i_ha 2009-08-14T17:38:44Z 2009-08-13T12:18:22Z Francine Hoenderkamp

Feminist artists have often used the tactic of exaggerating the objectification of women to the point of parody. But Alex Brew questions how subversive this strategy is in practice

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/08/how_do_i_look_i 2009-08-12T09:21:53Z 2009-08-11T07:41:19Z Alex Brew

Molly Lavender considers a slew of calendars which reduce women to body parts

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/07/calendar_girls 2009-07-22T20:08:45Z 2009-07-22T19:31:55Z Molly Lavender

Jamie Spears is credited with restoring stability to his superstar daughter's life. But, asks Cila Warncke, does daddy really know best?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/06/britney_spears 2009-06-26T11:59:28Z 2009-06-26T10:50:55Z Cila Warncke http://irresponsibility.wordpress.com/

Forget which body-shape is 'fashionable' - women are more than just their bodies, argues Lara Williams

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/06/some_body_to_lo 2009-06-07T22:21:59Z 2009-06-07T20:33:01Z Lara Williams

Protesters from Smash Miss Contest sneaked into the Miss London University beauty contest, releasing stinkbombs and distributing letters to the audience. Sarah Levack reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/stink_bombing_t 2009-04-27T21:11:11Z 2009-04-27T20:32:39Z Sarah Levack

Geeky women have a lot to put up with, from sexist portrayals of women in their favourite media to friends, family and coworkers doubting their competence, says Wisrutta Atthakor. But why should female geeks give up on what they're interested in?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/youre_beautiful 2009-04-26T11:08:36Z 2009-04-25T20:31:39Z Wisrutta Atthakor http://pumpkinpistudio.blogspot.com/

If you believe one story on a popular science news site, there's proof that older men "chasing" younger women benefits humankind (or should that be mankind?) Eirwen-Jane Pierrot considers the impact of these sensationalist claims on women in the real world

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/for_the_good_of 2009-04-22T09:31:30Z 2009-04-15T20:23:23Z Eirwen-Jane Pierrot

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

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/03/who_are_you_and 2009-03-03T23:28:54Z 2009-03-03T21:44:16Z Melanie Maddison

Anna-Kate considers how the porn and beauty industries impact the self esteem of girls and women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/01/feminist_progre 2009-01-25T20:48:05Z 2009-01-25T19:30:55Z Anna-Kate

Ala Abbas reflects on her decision to stop wearing the hijab

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/01/losing_my_hijab 2009-01-25T10:49:24Z 2009-01-24T23:06:38Z Ala Abbas http://www.ala-abbas.co.uk/