University students are used to applying feminist theory in their academic work, but this fails to transfer out of the classroom, reports Lizzie Dearden
Published: 29 August 2010 | More articles about: Activism, Education, Feminism
Cystitis is bad enough, says Hannah Fearn. But why are doctors so dismissive?
Published: 15 August 2010 | More articles about: Body and Health
A J Conroy looks back at what we can learn about the need to form ties with other women from Adrienne Rich's famous essay
Published: 15 August 2010 | More articles about: Feminism, Herstory
Pregnant celebrities post for photoshoots, we have childbirth-focused reality TV shows - but, argues Sara De Benedictis, only a sanatised, product-driven version of natality has gained the limelight
Published: 4 August 2010 | More articles about: Body and Health
After the rape attacks on female festival-goers this summer, platitudes are not the answer, argues Amy Nicholson
Published: 23 July 2010 | More articles about: Violence
What happened to the women of 1970s British punk once the 1980s dawned? Cazz Blase continues her series
Published: 22 July 2010 | More articles about: Herstory
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Artist Leonora Carrington is considered a national treasure in her home of Mexico. But the Lancashire-born surrealist is little known in the UK, where no public collection displays her paintings. Susan Gilbert argues more should be done to celebrate her work
Published: 5 September 2010 | More articles about: radio
Philippa Willitts reviews a documentary about this community in Northern Ethiopia, grounded in principles of equality between the sexes
Published: 30 August 2010 | More articles about: Films
Barbara Kingsolver has finally won the Orange Prize. Sarah Bryne wonders, is it a coincidence that she has been recognised for The Lacuna, her first novel with a male protagonist?
Published: 15 August 2010 | More articles about: Books
Hannah Free is not a great work of art, says CN Lester, but this love story makes some passionate and timely political points
Published: 11 August 2010 | More articles about: Films
Sex blogger Abby Lee saw her anonymity stripped away by the media. Her latest book explores the personal consequences in a society that has yet to come to terms with female sexual desire, says Abby O'Reilly
Published: 9 August 2010 | More articles about: Books
This collection of essays goes well beyond glossy photos and patterns, weaving together a serious assessment of knitting, its role in activism, art and more, says Kaite Welsh
Published: 8 August 2010 | More articles about: Books
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