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Jamie Spears is credited with restoring stability to his superstar daughter's life. But, asks Cila Warncke, does daddy really know best?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/06/britney_spears 2009-06-26T11:59:28Z 2009-06-26T10:50:55Z Cila Warncke http://irresponsibility.wordpress.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

We know that sexual violence is all too common and everyday. Here 'L' talks through repeat experiences of being targetted with abuse and sexual assault by boys and men

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/05/breaking_the_ci 2009-05-25T22:17:00Z 2009-05-25T21:21:50Z L

Steve Biddulph's bestseller on bringing up boys takes us on a trip back to 19th century, says Clare Gould

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/05/raising_boys_he 2009-05-26T09:57:07Z 2009-05-25T21:01:10Z Clare Gould

Jessica Burton explains how kickboxing changed how she feels about her own body and her confidence in the face of harassment and potential violence

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/05/kickboxing 2009-05-16T20:25:08Z 2009-05-16T19:36:00Z Jessica Burton http://ssica3003.livejournal.com

Protesters from Smash Miss Contest sneaked into the Miss London University beauty contest, releasing stinkbombs and distributing letters to the audience. Sarah Levack reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/stink_bombing_t 2009-04-27T21:11:11Z 2009-04-27T20:32:39Z Sarah Levack

Geeky women have a lot to put up with, from sexist portrayals of women in their favourite media to friends, family and coworkers doubting their competence, says Wisrutta Atthakor. But why should female geeks give up on what they're interested in?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/04/youre_beautiful 2009-04-26T11:08:36Z 2009-04-25T20:31:39Z Wisrutta Atthakor

JM Barrie's creation Peter Pan has an enduring popularity. Allison McCarthy digs into the sexist and racist history of the play and novel, and how this has been addressed in modern adaptations

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/04/feminism_and_pe 2009-04-19T21:34:34Z 2009-04-19T20:59:33Z Allison McCarthy

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

Sabre reviews Irshad Manji's controversial book which challenges some of the ways Islam is practiced

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/03/as_soon_as_i_sa 2009-03-21T11:41:51Z 2009-03-18T21:49:42Z Sabre

Terese Jonsson calls for all white feminists (herself included) to step up to the plate on racism and white privilege

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/03/piercing_the_wh 2009-03-16T23:19:12Z 2009-03-16T19:22:35Z Terese Jonsson

Laura Doherty reviews a show that promised to fight impossible beauty standards, but fell into all the same traps as a beauty paegent

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/03/miss_naked_beau 2009-03-13T23:40:56Z 2009-03-13T23:25:53Z Lara McKinnon

Why are white, young, male 'rebels' celebrated and revered in pop culture, while women who push against society's sexist and racist norms are marginalised and dismissed? Michelle Wright reviews a book which brings to light stories of the female rebel

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/03/hellions_pop_cu 2009-03-13T23:06:12Z 2009-03-13T22:41:21Z Michelle Wright http://lonergrrrl.blogspot.com

Want to make connections with grassroots feminist activists across borders and languages? Melanie Maddison talks to Red Chidgey about an online project that aims to help us do just that

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/03/who_are_you_and 2009-03-03T23:28:54Z 2009-03-03T21:44:16Z Melanie Maddison

Tara Atluri reflects on the Do You Remember Olive Morris? project and the Remembering Olive Collective

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/03/olive_would_hav 2009-03-09T12:06:40Z 2009-03-02T23:05:38Z Tara Atluri

debi withers reviews Thea Hillman's memoir outlining her own experience as an intersex person, as well as offering a critique of 'normal' and a vision for a queer intersex feminism

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/02/queer_intersex 2009-02-18T23:26:13Z 2009-02-18T22:45:13Z debi withers http://www.debi-rah.net/

Ali Smith's latest short story collection teases the reader and plays with the conventions of literature, says Kirsty McHugh

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/02/the_first_perso 2009-02-11T17:04:43Z 2009-02-11T11:15:40Z Kirsty McHugh http://feministbookworm.wordpress.com/

Channel 4's series Embarrassing Teenage Bodies is meant to reassure young people. But an episode which saw doctors perform labiaplasty on a 19-year-old achieved exactly the opposite effect, argues Bellavita

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/02/channel_4_show 2009-02-11T10:49:13Z 2009-02-10T23:32:41Z Bellavita

Selina Jervis reports that sexual harassment in public spaces has reached critical levels

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/02/alright_darlin 2009-02-08T23:54:28Z 2009-02-08T23:18:36Z Selina Jervis http://www.flyingsaucer.typepad.com/

On a mission to buy a new laptop, Posie Rider found that manufacturers and sales staff believe the best way to get women to buy a laptop is to make it pink

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2009/02/im_in_the_marke 2009-02-09T09:53:28Z 2009-02-07T21:21:49Z Posie Rider http://ladiesalone.blogspot.com/