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Christina McDermott reviews Marie Mutsuki Mockett's deft debut novel, which follows two sequential mother-daughter stories

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/10/picking_bones_f 2009-10-05T13:19:49Z 2009-10-05T17:05:01Z Christina McDermott http://giro-playgirl.livejournal.com/

Salma's debut novel is a moving and beautifully-written must-read, says Sian Norris

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/10/the_hour_past_m 2009-10-05T08:01:57Z 2009-10-04T08:38:32Z Sian Norris http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/

Red Chidgey reviews a step-by-step guide to going freelance

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/10/how_to_survive 2009-10-01T08:21:28Z 2009-10-01T21:52:57Z Red Chidgey http://www.redchidgey.net/

Sian Norris reviews an anthology which explores our feelings about dirt (and cleaning it up)

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/09/dirt_is_an_anth 2009-09-10T12:24:12Z 2009-09-09T21:57:14Z Sian Norris http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/

Stieg Larsson's thrillers have been described as feminist, but Melanie Newman argues they are just the latest in a line of novels which aim to titillate readers with graphic depictions of men raping and murdering women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/09/larrson_review 2009-09-06T22:23:04Z 2009-09-04T21:14:52Z Melanie Newman

England's first college accepting female undergraduates was established in 1869. In 1948, Cambridge became the last university in the country to grant degrees to its female students. Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein reviews a book which charts the years in between

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/09/bluestockings 2009-09-04T15:16:58Z 2009-09-04T14:49:00Z Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein http://alexandragoldstein.co.uk/

Ellie Levenson's guide to feminism for the "noughtie girl" apologises too much and asks for too little change, says Laurie Penny

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/08/beyond_noughtie 2009-08-02T16:05:20Z 2009-08-02T15:29:28Z Laurie Penny http://pennyred.blogspot.com/

Although Ellie Levenson's feminist primer makes some sensible points, this is undermined by a raft of offensive statements, a defence of rape jokes and a desire to speak only to the young, white, able-bodied, straight, educated and middle-class, argues Amity Reed

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/08/the_noughtie_gi 2009-08-02T16:12:30Z 2009-08-02T15:01:41Z Amity Reed http://noblesavage.me.uk/

Karen Gregory reviews the 20th anniversary edition of The Politics of Breastfeeding by Gabrielle Palmer

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/07/the_politics_of_1 2009-08-02T16:12:57Z 2009-07-14T09:35:16Z Karen Gregory http://mummywriter.blogspot.com/

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

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

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

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

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/