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<title type="text">Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century</title>
<summary type="text">Jess McCabe reviews Justine Larbalestier&apos;s collection of 11 stories and accessible essays, which provide an engaging introduction to feminist scifi </summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2010/03/daughters_of_ea</id>
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<updated>2010-03-14T13:26:39Z</updated>
<published>2010-03-17T12:59:44Z</published>
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<name>Jess McCabe</name>
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<title type="text">The Equality Illusion</title>
<summary type="text">Do you think feminism&apos;s job is done? Kat Banyard&apos;s book will remove your rose-tinted glasses, says Jess McCabe</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2010/02/the_equality_il</id>
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<updated>2010-02-27T17:21:10Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-27T12:39:27Z</published>
<author>
<name>Jess McCabe</name>
<uri>http://sugarcrash.co.uk/</uri>
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<title type="text">Lighting a fire</title>
<summary type="text">Christiane Inmann&apos;s history of women&apos;s reading and writing is a delicious read, says Jessica Gjergji</summary>
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<updated>2010-02-22T22:55:54Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-22T22:54:12Z</published>
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<name>Jessica Gjergji</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Hello Kitty Must Die</title>
<summary type="text">The protagonist of Angela S. Choi&apos;s comic debut novel channels the anger of every woman who has been belittled or demeaned, says Kaite Welsh</summary>
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<updated>2010-02-21T11:13:49Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-21T10:59:39Z</published>
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<name>Kaite Welsh</name>
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<title type="text">The Fossil Hunter</title>
<summary type="text">Kaite Welsh reviews a fictionalised biography of early paleontologist Mary Anning</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2010/02/the_fossil_hunt</id>
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<updated>2010-02-03T22:31:10Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-04T21:43:01Z</published>
<author>
<name>Kaite Welsh</name>
<uri>http://kaitewelsh.posterous.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism</title>
<summary type="text">Nona Willis Aronowitz and Emma Bee Bernstein&apos;s book reclaims the road trip and tells a story about what young women across the US think about feminism and the issues facing them as women, says LonerGrrrl</summary>
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<updated>2010-02-04T16:52:01Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-04T16:53:10Z</published>
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<name>LonerGrrrl</name>
<uri>http://lonergrrrl.wordpress.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism</title>
<summary type="text">Natasha Walter&apos;s latest book reflects her change of heart since The New Feminism, but Melanie Newman argues the result is a mixed bag</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2010/02/living_dolls</id>
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<updated>2010-02-05T10:53:49Z</updated>
<published>2010-02-03T10:05:53Z</published>
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<name>Melanie Newman</name>

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<title type="text">The Wisdom of Whores</title>
<summary type="text">Elizabeth Pisani&apos;s book breaks down the facts on HIV/AIDS, but loses points for offensive language and playing too cool to care, says Charlotte Cooper</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/12/the_wisdom_of_w</id>
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<updated>2009-12-08T17:03:49Z</updated>
<published>2009-12-07T21:16:23Z</published>
<author>
<name>Charlotte Cooper</name>
<uri>http://www.subtextmagazine.co.uk</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Daphne Du Maurier&apos;s feminist fairy tales</title>
<summary type="text">Sian Norris reconsiders Daphne du Maurier&apos;s novels</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/12/daphne_du_mauri</id>
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<updated>2009-12-05T12:36:14Z</updated>
<published>2009-12-05T12:13:00Z</published>
<author>
<name>Sian Norris</name>
<uri>http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Picking Bones from Ash</title>
<summary type="text">Christina McDermott reviews Marie Mutsuki Mockett&apos;s deft debut novel, which follows two sequential mother-daughter stories </summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/10/picking_bones_f</id>
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<updated>2009-10-05T13:19:49Z</updated>
<published>2009-10-05T17:05:01Z</published>
<author>
<name>Christina McDermott</name>
<uri>http://giro-playgirl.livejournal.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">The Hour Past Midnight</title>
<summary type="text">Salma&apos;s debut novel is a moving and beautifully-written must-read, says Sian Norris</summary>
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<updated>2009-10-05T08:01:57Z</updated>
<published>2009-10-04T08:38:32Z</published>
<author>
<name>Sian Norris</name>
<uri>http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">How to survive and thrive as a creative professional for hire</title>
<summary type="text">Red Chidgey reviews a step-by-step guide to going freelance</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/10/how_to_survive</id>
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<updated>2009-10-01T08:21:28Z</updated>
<published>2009-10-01T21:52:57Z</published>
<author>
<name>Red Chidgey</name>
<uri>http://www.redchidgey.net/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Dirt: Quirks, Habits and Passions of Keeping House</title>
<summary type="text">Sian Norris reviews an anthology which explores our feelings about dirt (and cleaning it up) </summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/09/dirt_is_an_anth</id>
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<updated>2009-09-10T12:24:12Z</updated>
<published>2009-09-09T21:57:14Z</published>
<author>
<name>Sian Norris</name>
<uri>http://www.sianandcrookedrib.blogspot.com/</uri>
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<entry>
<title type="text">Feminist or misogynist?</title>
<summary type="text">Stieg Larsson&apos;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</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/09/larrson_review</id>
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<updated>2009-09-06T22:23:04Z</updated>
<published>2009-09-04T21:14:52Z</published>
<author>
<name>Melanie Newman</name>

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<entry>
<title type="text">Bluestockings</title>
<summary type="text">England&apos;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</summary>
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<id>http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2009/09/bluestockings</id>
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<updated>2009-09-04T15:16:58Z</updated>
<published>2009-09-04T14:49:00Z</published>
<author>
<name>Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein</name>
<uri>http://alexandragoldstein.co.uk/</uri>
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