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Protests seem to be ignored, so what's a disgruntled feminist to do? Deborah McAlister considers some of the options

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/the_future_of_a 2008-07-18T22:38:51Z 2008-07-18T21:15:56Z Deborah McAlister

Forget single mums and absent fathers - the current spate of knife crime can be traced back to the so-called 'real man', argues Jennifer Drew

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/knife_crime_and 2008-07-19T19:19:59Z 2008-07-18T19:50:33Z Jennifer Drew

What happened to the women in The Diving-bell and the Butterfly in its transition from memoir to film, asks Melanie Newman?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2008/07/the_diving_bell 2008-07-18T19:28:51Z 2008-07-18T18:48:37Z Melanie Newman

Hordes of girls dream of becoming glamour models, but are too embarrassed to even talk about masturbation. Sophie Platt rages against a taboo which only affects girls and women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/what_a_load_of 2008-07-14T20:27:52Z 2008-07-14T19:32:17Z Sophie Platt

Disabled women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence, and can face a range of additional barriers - from inaccessible shelters onwards, Clare Laxton reports

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/domestic_violen 2008-07-12T18:44:16Z 2008-07-12T18:19:29Z Clare Laxton

BDSM may set off red flags for feminists, says Kit Roskelly. But so does sitting in judgment on women's sexual preferences

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/kink_101 2008-07-05T18:48:37Z 2008-07-05T08:27:01Z Kit Roskelly

Self harm isn't always about cutting, says Nino. Too many girls and women are holding themselves back from fully living

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/07/self_harm 2008-07-03T20:48:10Z 2008-07-02T22:47:31Z Nino http://www.myspace.com/noisewontstop

Sandrine Levêque from Object reports on the next stage in the campaign to change the licensing laws for lap-dancing clubs

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/come_on_boris_w 2008-06-26T23:00:43Z 2008-06-26T22:44:45Z Sandrine Levêque

Debi Withers reviews a book of writing by and interviews with female refugees and asylum seekers in Wales

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2008/06/fragments_from 2008-06-15T19:10:13Z 2008-06-15T11:06:10Z Debi Withers http://www.debi-rah.net/

All to often, the feminist promise of sisters supporting each other does not reflect reality. Rosjke Hasseldine considers what is holding women back from leaving the war of attrition behind in favour of solidarity

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/why_are_women_s 2008-06-14T22:42:19Z 2008-06-14T22:08:01Z Rosjke Hasseldine http://www.thesilentfemalescream.com

Anne Onne dispenses some advice for men commenting on feminist websites and blogs

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/men_feminism_ne 2008-06-14T13:16:10Z 2008-06-14T12:06:17Z Anne Onne

In a break from our usual text-based programming, a selection of cartoons on the theme of men and women, by Yvonne Howard

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/cartoon_special 2008-06-13T15:44:10Z 2008-06-09T22:38:09Z Yvonne Howard http://cid-9cc99db44088903e.spaces.live.com/?mkt=en-GB&partner=Live.Spaces

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 Bergström

The Sex and the City movie makes for a disappointing postscript to the more subversive TV series, argues Catherine Redfern

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2008/06/sex_and_the_cit 2008-06-05T20:43:36Z 2008-06-05T19:40:52Z Catherine Redfern http://www.thefword.org.uk/

El Orfanato is a rare example of the 'horror' genre with a strong female lead. Or is it? Lindsey M Sheehan has more

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2008/06/haunted 2008-06-05T09:25:42Z 2008-06-04T23:38:44Z Lindsey M Sheehan

Joanna Bourke's history of rape turns a steady and necessary gaze on an unsettling subject, concludes Louise Livesey

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2008/06/rape_an_unfinis 2008-06-05T09:31:42Z 2008-06-04T20:58:45Z Louise Livesey

In the third 'Ask a Feminist', our contributors answer questions from a woman who is seven months pregnant and needs help explaining why she wants to keep her name to her partner - and why their child won't necessarily take his name; from a reader wondering if crafty hobbies are compatible with feminism; and from another pondering if life is easier as a "fat" or "thin" feminist

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/06/ask_a_feminist_3 2008-06-04T13:30:01Z 2008-06-02T12:27:57Z Various Authors

Violent men do not attack girls or women because they are 'vulnerable', argues Jennifer Drew, and it deflects attention from the perpetrators to pretend otherwise

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/there_is_a_buzz 2008-05-19T21:53:27Z 2008-05-19T21:31:33Z Jennifer Drew

Laurie Penny considers why so many Oxbridge students are going into prostitution and stripping, and the impact the media coverage of their stories has on women in less privileged positions

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2008/05/the_oxbridge_se 2008-05-12T21:29:42Z 2008-05-11T22:03:34Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

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