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

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

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/

Lads' mags are responsible for my eating disorder, says Hannah Whittaker

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/glamour_models 2008-01-02T21:49:02Z 2008-01-02T17:23:31Z Hannah Whittaker

Antonia Strachey explains why she took part in a protest against a beauty contest for students at the London School of Economics

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/01/miss_lse_or_mis 2008-01-02T15:29:40Z 2008-01-02T15:20:11Z Antonia Strachey

The self-hating mindset, if not the medical condition, of anorexia is frighteningly common, argues Katie Muller

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/12/filling_the_hol 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-12-06T23:02:57Z Katie Muller

A collection of extreme stilettos tells a very uncomfortable story about the high heels many women totter around in every day, says Gloria Dawson

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/11/high_heels_with 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-11-09T22:38:12Z Gloria Dawson

Girl-on-girl action may be marketing gold, but has little benefit for actual lesbians, argues Joanna Whitehead

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/11/how_many_lesbia 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-11-04T22:25:44Z Joanna Whitehead

Pink ribbons may raise life-saving funding for breast cancer research. But, Michelle Wright says, October's month of consumer altruism glosses over the reality of the disease - and allows corporations to line their pockets

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/10/the_problem_wit 2007-12-08T14:42:01Z 2007-10-31T23:33:51Z Michelle Wright http://lonergrrrl.blogspot.com

The size-zero debate is just another excuse for judging women's bodies, argues Abi M

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/08/skinny_porn 2008-06-23T09:57:47Z 2007-08-30T22:24:10Z Abi M

Welcome to the first ever F Word podcast!

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/07/the_f_word_podc 2007-12-08T14:42:00Z 2007-07-09T18:16:47Z Jess McCabe http://www.jessmccabe.co.uk

On the face of it, the size zero debate seems to address feminist bug-bears. But, argues Laurie Penny, it just creates another set of sexist stereotypes - and obfuscates the truth about eating disorders

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/07/size_zero 2007-12-08T14:42:00Z 2007-07-07T21:56:05Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

The Vagina Institute purports to provide a public service to curious women. But Samara Ginsberg detects a rather different agenda

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/07/vagina_institute 2007-12-08T14:42:00Z 2007-07-07T21:16:11Z Samara Ginsberg

When the latest anti-aging cream hit the shelves, queues of women scrambled to buy it. But Gemma Wearing argues we should take a step back and think before fronting up the cash

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/07/buying_gunk 2007-12-08T14:42:00Z 2007-07-07T16:03:33Z Gemma Wearing

Locher's t-shirts come with teasing slogans stitched in, but a closer examination reveals they are far from subversive, argues Louise Livesey

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2007/07/why_replication 2007-12-08T14:42:00Z 2007-07-07T16:00:42Z Louise Livesey