Painful vagina? Your poor husband!

S's experience with vulvar vestibulitis - which makes penetrative sex painful - highlighted the phallocentric medical establishment and limited definitions of sex

Published: 14 March 2010 | More articles about: Body and Health, Men, Sex and Relationships, Soundbites | Written by S

Adventures in self-publishing

Can print-on-demand and self publishing help feminists today continue the legacy of the suffragettes & the women's liberation movement? Deborah Withers considers the potential

Published: 10 March 2010 | More articles about: Culture and Media | Written by debi withers

Women in punk: 'Too Good To Be Forgotten'

Women's involvement in British punk has been marginalised and written out of mainstream histories. In the next few months, The F-Word will run a series of features on women in punk by Cazz Blase. By way of introduction, here she sketches out her own first encounters with the genre, and carries out a vox pop in Manchester to gauge whether the person on the street can name any women in punk

Published: 28 February 2010 | More articles about: Culture and Media, Herstory | Written by Cazz Blase

Bring the herstory of riot grrrl back into the present

What has happened to the legacy of riot grrrl? asks Heather McIntosh

Published: 3 February 2010 | More articles about: Activism, Culture and Media, Feminism, Herstory, Work and Play | Written by Heather McIntosh

Feminism and fat

Susie Orbach's classic Fat is a Feminist Issue became suddenly relevant to Helen Dring in the aftermath of a car accident which caused her to lose weight

Published: 31 January 2010 | More articles about: Body and Health, Culture and Media | Written by Helen Dring

The professional masquerade

Women working in corporate finance are expected to adhere to sexist and objectifying dress codes, says Amica Lane

Published: 24 January 2010 | More articles about: Work and Play | Written by Amica Lane

In our satin tights, fighting for our rights! But are women really natural campaigners?

Stereotypes about women drawn to campaigning because they are natural nurturers do more harm than good, argues Mhairi Guild

Published: 14 January 2010 | More articles about: Activism, Feminism, Politics and Current Affairs, Stereotypes, Work and Play | Written by Mhairi Guild

A question of (sexism in) sport

Despite plaudits from politicians, women's sport gets less media coverage than men's sport, says Natalie Davis, and sports pages largely feature women as eyecandy not athletes

Published: 18 December 2009 | More articles about: Culture and Media | Written by Natalie Davis

Piggy banks and budget cuts

Cuts have become politically popular again, but the new thrift is targeted at the most not least vulnerable, says Clare Gould

Published: 16 December 2009 | More articles about: Family, Politics and Current Affairs, Sex and Relationships, Work and Play | Written by Clare Gould

On sisterhood

Katie Sutton was called sexist names at Reclaim the Night, amid continued disagreements between feminists over the issue of prostitution/sex work. Where now for sisterhood at these public events? Includes a response by Finn Mackay

Published: 9 December 2009 | More articles about: Activism, Feminism, Violence | Written by Various Authors