Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2012-01-29T13:04:17Z

Going clothes shopping as a disabled woman is a nightmare, says D H Kelly

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2012/01/no_access_ 2012-01-29T13:04:17Z 2012-01-30T18:00:27Z D H Kelly http://blobolobolob.blogspot.com

Porn is not for everyone: but it can be for feminists, Mia Engberg tells Sophie Mayer, as her programme of shorts screens in London

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2012/01/she_gives_me_fever 2012-01-17T22:24:52Z 2012-01-13T17:46:48Z Sophie Mayer

The gender politics of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was eye-rolling enough. But some people look beyond the solar system entirely for their guidelines on sex and relationships, to a fictional planet where men are dominant and women are wives, sex slaves or rebel 'panthers'. Kit Marsters reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/12/sought_alien_se 2011-12-24T22:33:14Z 2011-12-20T19:43:35Z Kit Marsters

I'm no censor, says Lisa Saunders. She talks through some common misconceptions about anti-porn/pro-sex feminism

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/12/mythbuster_antiporn_prosex 2011-12-30T05:56:38Z 2011-12-13T13:25:40Z Lisa Saunders

It's not you, it's me. Lex Delaney explains why she is taking a 12-month break from romance to concentrate on herself

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2011/06/breaking_up_with_romance 2011-09-04T17:56:51Z 2011-06-28T11:22:17Z Lex Delaney

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

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/09/zoe_margolis 2010-09-17T11:40:23Z 2010-09-16T09:29:57Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

S's experience with vulvar vestibulitis - which makes penetrative sex painful - highlighted the phallocentric medical establishment and limited definitions of sex

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/03/painful_vagina 2010-03-14T12:11:52Z 2010-03-14T14:52:09Z S

Cuts have become politically popular again, but the new thrift is targeted at the most not least vulnerable, says Clare Gould

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/12/_thrift_is_a_vi 2009-12-16T22:33:00Z 2009-12-16T15:49:55Z Clare Gould

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

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

A recent feature in The Times labelled protests against the Miss University London beauty pagaents "old fashioned". But, argues Sandrine Levêque, if anything campaigns against the objectification of women and girls are more relevant today than ever

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/01/sex_object_culture 2009-01-04T20:22:42Z 2009-01-04T19:19:35Z Sandrine Levêque

Molly Lavender is exasperated at gender segregation in music – and the way pop songs valorise abusive relationships

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/12/now_thats_what 2008-12-05T00:45:36Z 2008-12-04T23:58:53Z Molly Lavender

Maggie Lee tells of the devestating effect her hysterectomy had on her sexuality and more

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/11/the_useless_org 2008-11-03T17:04:58Z 2008-11-02T22:32:43Z Maggie Lee

Denying women's sexuality won't prevent rape, argues Victoria Dutchman-Smith

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/incitement_to_r 2008-10-14T22:17:34Z 2008-10-13T19:43:45Z Victoria Dutchman-Smith

St Monica's in Manchester does not want girls vaccinated against HPV on school grounds. Kit Roskelly argues that all schools have a responsibility to protect their pupils' health

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/10/hpv_vaccination 2008-10-13T13:25:08Z 2008-10-10T16:06:48Z Kit Roskelly