10-year-old Ananya is frustrated by magazines aimed at girls
Published: 4 October 2008 | More articles about: Culture and Media
Is feminism reaching women of colour? How about women who didn't go to university, teenage mums, or women who do not have access to the internet? Annika Spalding calls for change
Published: 22 September 2008 | More articles about: Activism, Family, Feminism, Racism, Work and Play
Is a tampon soaked in stage blood too shocking for theatre-goers? Gemma Bolwell and Harriet Chandler report
Published: 22 September 2008 | More articles about: Culture and Media
It's time to end the battle of words, argues Debi Crow
Published: 10 September 2008 | More articles about: Activism, Feminism, Language
Around 5,000 women gathered from across the UK and marched through central London. Although they received no mainstream media attention, the march and rally have since become the subject of much discussion. Louise Livesey talks to some of the people involved...
Published: 23 August 2008 | More articles about: Activism, Feminism
For many women, getting married still means changing their name. Sarah Louisa Phythian-Adams has an alternate proposal
Published: 20 August 2008 | More articles about: Family, Feminism, Language, Sex and Relationships
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This article articulated all the feelings that were welling up inside me; I am not the only one who refuses to constantly apologize for being a feminist
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Cutting away at your labia sounds extreme, but more and more women are going under the surgeon's knife. Amy Clare reports on a Channel 4 documentary which attempted to shine a light on why this is happening
Published: 10 September 2008 | More articles about: Television
What does femme mean, and how does it differ from the 'traditional' femininity which feminism so often puts under the microscope? Milly Shaw reviews a book of photographs of and interviews with femmes from around the world
Published: 8 September 2008 | More articles about: Books
Janes In Love is an oddly bloodless story of friendship, boys and 'art attacks', says Sarah C L
Published: 7 September 2008 | More articles about: Books
Rebecca Lenkiewicz's take on the suffrage movement hinges on a clichéd story of forbidden love between seamstress Eve Douglas and Lady Celia Cain. Debi Withers is exasperated
Published: 7 September 2008 | More articles about: Plays
Two-person relationships are the default in our culture, but why? Red Chidgey reviews a book which lays open the potential for different kinds of relationships
Published: 4 September 2008 | More articles about: Books
Uglies opens in a world where every teenager undergos extreme surgery on their 16th birthday to mould them into hypnotic and hypnotised 'Pretties'. Cazz Blase reviews a four-part 'trilogy' with plenty to say about body image, cosmetic surgery, citizen journalism, celebrity, the environment and, of course, growing up
Published: 3 September 2008 | More articles about: Books
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