Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2010-03-14T12:11:52Z

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

Is there such thing as a "Third Wave" of feminism? What are the differences between the feminism of the new generation and that of the Second Wave? Can we make our own revolution in the shadow of those who preceeded us? And why do young women feel so isolated as feminists?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2002/09/a_third_wave 2007-12-08T14:41:55Z 2002-09-16T01:05:32Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

The 'fab' five?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2002/04/the_spice_girls 2007-12-08T14:41:55Z 2002-04-16T00:56:53Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

Rearrange the words "worms", "can", and "of" into a well known phrase or saying...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2002/01/pornography 2007-12-08T14:41:55Z 2002-01-16T01:54:01Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

Margaret Thatcher - Was she good for feminism?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2001/08/margaret_thatcher 2007-12-08T14:41:55Z 2001-08-16T10:42:58Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

During the 'second-wave' of feminism in the 1960's-70's, the idea developed that 'the personal is political': i.e. that every part of our personal lives could be affected by the political situation. More recently, some have argued that this idea has given feminism a bad name and has caused feminists to focus on the wrong issues. So who's right?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2001/05/the_personal_is_or_isnt_political_or_is_it 2007-12-08T14:41:55Z 2001-05-16T07:35:52Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

Are we exploited by the cosmetics industry?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2001/04/the_beauty_myth 2007-12-08T14:41:54Z 2001-04-16T10:56:23Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

What the movers and shakers think feminism is all about.

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2001/03/im_not_a_feminist_but 2007-12-08T14:41:54Z 2001-03-16T11:29:36Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/