Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2009-11-16T21:40:14Z

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

Is feminism reaching women of colour? How about women who didn't go to university, teenage mums, or women who do not have access to the internet? Annika Spalding calls for change

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/09/feminism_of_tod 2008-09-23T13:42:04Z 2008-09-22T20:35:09Z Annika Spalding http://birminghamfeminists.blogspot.com/

Mothers' issues are feminist issues, argues Ruth Moss

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/08/sisters_some_of 2008-08-19T21:43:07Z 2008-08-19T20:24:09Z Ruth Moss

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

Although women shoulder most of the housework burden, men also vacuum, wash up and do the laundry. Kristine Bergström wonders why TV advertising persists in pretending otherwise?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/mamas_mop_and_b 2008-06-09T21:50:33Z 2008-06-09T21:09:00Z Kristine Bergstrom

The campaign to ban women from terminating pregnancies after 20 weeks is only the beginning, says Kit Roskelly

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/a_slicebyslice 2008-05-11T21:22:37Z 2008-05-11T20:20:56Z Kit Roskelly

Is it feminist to be able to fix your own plumbing? Where are all the female tradespeople? Rhona-Mairead Sweeting considers the place of feminism in the construction industry and manual trades

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/04/do_it_yourself 2008-04-06T18:24:11Z 2008-04-06T17:43:33Z Rhona-Mairead Sweeting http://www.wonderhorse.co.uk