The York Lesbian Arts Festival 2008

Literature-loving women flocked to York last month for the UK's only lesbian arts festival. Milly Shaw reports back

Published: 3 November 2008 | More reviews of: Events | Written by Milly Shaw

The Virgin Daughters

Black-tie dances during which six-year-old girls promise their fathers to abstain from sex until marriage? A documentary about 'purity' balls in the United States horrifies Dawn Kofie

Published: 2 November 2008 | More reviews of: Television | Written by Dawn Kofie

The Perfect Vagina

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 reviews of: Television | Written by Amy Clare

Femmes of Power: Exploding Queer Femininities

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 reviews of: Books | Written by Milly Shaw

Janes In Love

Janes In Love is an oddly bloodless story of friendship, boys and 'art attacks', says Sarah C L

Published: 7 September 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Sarah C L

Her Naked Skin

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 reviews of: Plays | Written by debi withers

Loving outside the line of monogamy: Tristan Taormino's new guide to open relationships

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 reviews of: Books | Written by Red Chidgey

Uglies

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 reviews of: Books | Written by Cazz Blase

'Freedom always has a price'

Cazz Blase considers how Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical story of coming-of-age in Iran and Europe transfers to the big screen

Published: 11 August 2008 | More reviews of: Films | Written by Cazz Blase

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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

Published: 18 July 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Melanie Newman