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

Fragments from the Dark

Debi Withers reviews a book of writing by and interviews with female refugees and asylum seekers in Wales

Published: 15 June 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Debi Withers

Sex and the City the movie: Having your (wedding) cake and eating it

The Sex and the City movie makes for a disappointing postscript to the more subversive TV series, argues Catherine Redfern

Published: 5 June 2008 | More reviews of: Films | Written by Catherine Redfern

Haunted?

El Orfanato is a rare example of the 'horror' genre with a strong female lead. Or is it? Lindsey M Sheehan has more

Published: 5 June 2008 | More reviews of: Films | Written by Lindsey M Sheehan

Rape: an unfinished revolution

Joanna Bourke's history of rape turns a steady and necessary gaze on an unsettling subject, concludes Louise Livesey

Published: 4 June 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Louise Livesey

Sexuality and sainthood

Cranach painted Venus to titillate Luther's contemporaries and chaste virgins aimed at keeping women in check, argues Itala Atteih

Published: 8 May 2008 | More reviews of: Art | Written by Itala Attieh

He's a stud, she's a slut?

Men get angry; women get PMS. Single men are bachelors; single women are spinsters. Jess McCabe wonders how Jessica Valenti limited herself to 49 examples of the double standard

Published: 7 May 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Jess McCabe

A modern maiden?

Louise Livesey reviews another guide to life as a modern woman which blithely ignores everyone who isn't white, middle class and straight

Published: 13 April 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Louise Livesey

Girl Power?

The Spice Girls' come-back tour re-opens some questions about the nature of 'Girl Power'. Jennifer Thomson looks back fondly - but critically

Published: 5 April 2008 | More reviews of: Music | Written by Jennifer Thomson

Tales of low-paid work

Monica Dickens worked as a cook, servant, nurse, in an aircraft factory and as a junior reporter. Cazz Blase reviews her unsentimental portraits of working life in the first half of the 20th century

Published: 4 April 2008 | More reviews of: Books | Written by Cazz Blase