Contemporary UK feminism. http://www.thefword.org.uk/ Movable Type http://www.thefword.org.uk/images/logo2003.gif 2013-06-18T19:03:39Z

Hot on the heels of Sheffield Doc/Fest that finished last Sunday, Open City Docs Fest is bringing an amazing selection of 132 documentaries to London. The festival will run from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 June in various venues in...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/Open_City_Docs_2013 2013-06-18T19:03:39Z 2013-06-18T19:03:00Z Ania Ostrowska

A couple of weeks ago, the Guardian ran a much-Tweeted-about feature on the suffragettes: specifically, they wanted to know what suffragette activism might look like today. Women have had the vote for nearly 100 years, so what's the new equivalent?...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/making_it_home_ 2013-06-18T09:37:44Z 2013-06-18T09:40:27Z Claire Askew

A mini rant about male violence, abuse apologism and victim blaming, after yesterday's news

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/hall_saatchi 2013-06-18T09:32:22Z 2013-06-18T07:57:58Z Laura http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog

This week's round-up of interesting and thought-provoking news and views

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/weekly_round-up_114 2013-06-17T22:10:57Z 2013-06-17T20:48:26Z Laura http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog

Sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady have carved a niche for themselves as purveyors of eclectic folk and "weirdly beautiful creations". Along with Antony Hegerty, Kembra Pfahler and Johanna Constantine, they are 'Future Feminists'. Ania Ostrowska reviews their new album Tales...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/new_review_cocorosie_tales_of_a_grasswidow 2013-06-17T15:10:02Z 2013-06-17T14:36:45Z Cazz Blase

Sisters Bianca and Sierra Casady have carved a niche for themselves as purveyors of eclectic folk and "weirdly beautiful creations". Along with Antony Hegerty, Kembra Pfahler and Johanna Constantine, they are 'Future Feminists'. Ania Ostrowska reviews their new album Tales of a GrassWidow

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2013/06/cocorosie_tales_of_a_grasswidow 2013-06-17T15:09:02Z 2013-06-17T14:10:47Z Ania Ostrowska

Nigella Lawson was apparently attacked in a restaurant by her husband, Charles Saatchi, yesterday. In light of this shocking event, Christie Louise Tucker considers the way in which abusers emotionally manipulate their victims

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/to_outward_appe 2013-06-17T10:35:04Z 2013-06-17T08:34:25Z Guest Blogger

Kate Ledger recently came across a particularly disturbing form of sexist behaviour in the classroom that reflects worrying attitudes towards girls and sex in our schools. Here she outlines the problem and how she and her colleagues have responded

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/nervous_when_bo 2013-06-18T10:20:11Z 2013-06-16T18:55:06Z Guest Blogger

Guest post by G. L Wild about empathy and people with Asperger's Syndrome

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/20130611_GL_Wild 2013-06-18T11:50:04Z 2013-06-11T07:00:00Z G. L Wild

Credit where it's due: under this government, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill has been making its way through Parliament, addressing a grotesque injustice that has been allowed to stand for far too long. But though the coalition giveth...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/family_migration_ukba 2013-06-12T08:30:58Z 2013-06-10T12:45:17Z Jolene Tan

It's that time again. Weekly round-ups are interesting links we'd like to draw attention to but were not able to focus on the issue. Linking does not necessarily mean endorsement. Please tread careful if you are sensitive to disturbing...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/weekly_round-up_113 2013-06-10T13:27:53Z 2013-06-10T11:01:13Z Josephine Tsui http://goodgirlsmarrydoctors.com

I've always been happy to live in a city that is relatively safe for sex workers. Edinburgh was the first city in the UK to offer licences to saunas, way back in 1986, which allowed such establishments to operate just-about-within...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/edinburgh_sauna 2013-06-10T09:06:20Z 2013-06-10T08:38:40Z Claire Askew

Currently showing at Tate Modern is the world's first major solo exhibition of Lebanese artist Saloua Raouda Choucair. Choucair's work is intriguing and thought-provoking. Not only is it gratifying to see such a talented artist receive recognition, it is also...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/new_review_an_e 2013-06-10T11:00:51Z 2013-06-07T11:27:09Z Megan Stodel

Quietly radical and joyfully frustrated, Lebanese abstract artist Saloua Raouda Choucair finally gains a new audience with her first major solo exhibition. Nikki Hall thinks it's about time too

http://www.thefword.org.uk//2013/06/choucair 2013-06-10T11:00:11Z 2013-06-07T11:06:07Z Nikki Hall

Having been reminded of women such as Selina Cooper and Ada Nield Chew in Louise Whittle's excellent piece on Monday, it has to be said that Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette is yet another item focused on one already...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/review_balding_suffragette_doc 2013-06-07T07:50:17Z 2013-06-06T22:51:07Z Holly Combe http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/

Catherine Elms watches Clare Balding's Secrets of a Suffragette, a documentary looking at some of the history behind the movement and the events surrounding the death of one of its most well-known figures

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2013/06/secrets_suffragette_documentary 2013-06-07T07:53:50Z 2013-06-06T21:42:43Z Catherine Elms

So by now, even if you're not a member of the fandom, you've probably heard that Matt Smith, aka the eleventh Doctor Who, will leave the smash hit TV show later this year. Some fans are weeping into their Cyberman...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/female_doctor_who 2013-06-08T23:46:42Z 2013-06-05T08:15:00Z Claire Askew

Zarina shares her journey of overcoming history of being oppressed by her family and breaking away from a forced marriage, aided by solidarity and help she found online

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2013/06/speaking_out_wi 2013-06-07T07:54:16Z 2013-06-04T15:04:18Z Zarina

I think we can all agree that, these days, the majority of people think the environment is an important concern, right? Whereas expressing worry about the environment once earned you the label 'tree-hugging hippie', these days it's climate change...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/whos_going_to_s 2013-06-04T08:35:36Z 2013-06-04T08:35:50Z Claire Askew

Trained violinist Emily Wells successfully merges hip-hop and classical to create a folktronic sound that is all her own. She has brought out seven albums since 1999, mostly on her own label. Cazz Blase has a listen to Mama, her...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/review_emily_wells_mama 2013-06-04T11:41:33Z 2013-06-03T22:59:10Z Holly Combe http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/

Trained violinist Emily Wells successfully merges hip-hop and classical to create a folktronic sound that is all her own. She has brought out seven albums since 1999, mostly on her own label. Cazz Blase has a listen to Mama, her first release in the UK

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2013/06/emily_wells_mama 2013-06-04T11:40:37Z 2013-06-03T22:40:01Z Cazz Blase

Louise Whittle urges us to remember the working class women who fought for women's suffrage

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/erased_from_history 2013-06-03T17:44:07Z 2013-06-03T16:43:11Z Guest Blogger

Monday is here and with it is green tea mochi. That is, I mean, links. (Sometimes I get confused when I'm peckish.) As ever, linking does not equate endorsement (which is surely a shame for everyone here, because they would...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/weekly_round-up_112 2013-06-03T08:52:41Z 2013-06-03T08:40:15Z Jolene Tan

A new month means new guest bloggers - with thanks for all of May's contributions. In June we can look forward to perspectives from: Claire Askew - in her own words, "a writer, community educator and intersectional feminist. She's...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/junes_guest_blo 2013-06-02T20:13:48Z 2013-06-02T18:55:51Z Jolene Tan

Ellen Robertson discusses the impact of the government's cuts and changes to legal aid and explains what we can do to fight them

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/06/justice_the_preserve 2013-06-01T09:17:12Z 2013-06-01T08:58:29Z Guest Blogger

Musician and singer Sabrina Chap talks to Karren Ablaze! about putting the joy in the fight for LGBT rights and how same-sex marriage is by no means the end of the road Sabrina Chap is a lady of gargantuan talent....

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/05/new_feature_sabrina_chap_equality 2013-06-03T08:44:15Z 2013-05-31T22:14:10Z Holly Combe http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/

Musician and singer Sabrina Chap talks to Karren Ablaze! about putting the joy in the fight for LGBT rights and how same-sex marriage is by no means the end of the road

http://www.thefword.org.uk/features/2013/05/long_walk_to_equality 2013-06-03T08:42:40Z 2013-05-31T21:08:32Z Karren Ablaze!

This is a guest post by the artist and filmmaker Nigel Shephard from Gypsy Gold Films Tuesday 4 June 2013 will mark one hundred years since Emily Wilding Davison ran out on to the track at Epsom Downs. To commemorate...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/05/light_a_beacon 2013-05-31T10:27:11Z 2013-05-31T10:21:00Z Guest Blogger

Peccadillo Pictures have just released on DVD The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mum, 2011 feature debut by Canadian director Tara Johns. It is an endearing coming of age story about a little girl in search of her real mother,...

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2013/05/n_review_Dolly_Parton 2013-05-30T09:54:29Z 2013-05-30T09:54:00Z Ania Ostrowska

Cazz Blase immensely enjoys, despite not being a die-hard Dolly Parton fan, a girl's journey in search of her mother

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2013/05/desperately_seeking_Dolly 2013-05-31T08:51:24Z 2013-05-30T09:34:00Z Cazz Blase