Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2010-03-17T15:51:21Z

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/03/claudia_zeiske 2010-03-17T15:51:21Z 2010-03-17T15:57:13Z Various Authors

What has happened to the legacy of riot grrrl? asks Heather McIntosh

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/02/bring_the_herst 2010-02-06T22:09:36Z 2010-02-03T14:58:36Z Heather McIntosh

Women working in corporate finance are expected to adhere to sexist and objectifying dress codes, says Amica Lane

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/01/the_professiona 2010-01-28T16:14:03Z 2010-01-24T19:56:15Z Amica Lane

Stereotypes about women drawn to campaigning because they are natural nurturers do more harm than good, argues Mhairi Guild

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2010/01/in_our_satin_ti 2010-01-14T22:01:36Z 2010-01-14T22:51:22Z Mhairi Guild

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

Girlguides can offer girls a respite from pressure of gendered expectations. Clare Burgess offers her perspective as a late-joiner

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/12/girls_in_the_le 2009-12-08T16:19:14Z 2009-12-07T20:29:51Z Clare Burgess

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/

What is really holding back women in engineering, and stopping girls from aspiring to careers in applied sciences? Wisrutta Atthakor investigates

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/07/the_woman_engin 2009-07-20T18:09:14Z 2009-07-20T17:03:41Z Wisrutta Atthakor http://pumpkinpistudio.blogspot.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

What drove 37,000 women in the UK to abandon careers in IT between 2001 and 2007? Sue Schofield investigates

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/01/its_a_mans_worl 2009-01-21T20:16:59Z 2009-01-20T20:21:24Z Sue Schofield

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

Jennifer Gray argues that parental leave laws must become more flexible

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/12/time_to_end_par 2008-12-08T21:40:54Z 2008-12-08T21:10:50Z Jennifer Gray

A feminist challenge to sexism within the current cult of motherhood is needed, argues Victoria Dutchman-Smith

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/12/why_feminists_s 2008-12-04T19:46:02Z 2008-12-04T19:23:12Z Victoria Dutchman-Smith

Carolyn Roberts digs beyond headlines about the impact of the credit crunch on makeup sales and cosmetic surgery, to consider how the financial crisis may affect women in the UK

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/11/beyond_boob_job 2008-11-04T21:38:41Z 2008-11-04T09:27:05Z Carolyn Roberts

Frances Downey reports back on an international conference aimed at driving up the number of female physicists

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/11/women_in_physic 2008-11-03T10:37:05Z 2008-11-02T10:16:39Z Frances Downey