The F-Word - Contemporary UK Feminism

Against the Tides doesn’t quite turn the tide on the disablist discourse

Antonia Louisa Georgiou15 November 2020

Antonia Louisa Georgiou reviews the new documentary on British marathon-swimmer Beth French...

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The F-Word stage blog: November 2020

Lissy Lovett13 November 2020

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor10 November 2020

It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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Summoning the spectre of sexual violence in war

Alice Parkin9 November 2020

Alice Parkin speaks to Jaye Ho about her powerful exhibition viewable now on ONCA’s website...

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Wicked Winters: production company with a difference

Alessia Galatini3 November 2020

Novelist and filmmaker Jade Winters talks to Alessia Galatini about her exciting journey from a romance novel writer to a crime film director...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor2 November 2020

It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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The drumbeat of the self, the rhythm of society

Amara George Parker2 November 2020

Amara George Parker delves into Kae Tempest’s new non-fiction book On Connection, a powerful and compassionate exploration of self, society and creativity...

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Black British women who shaped our history

Editor31 October 2020

The F-Word team has compiled a list of pioneering Black British women whose stories have often been forgotten ...

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New Nigerian film For Maria Ebun Pataki breaks the silence

Alessia Galatini28 October 2020

Unspoken, unseen and unforgiving: we need to talk about postpartum depression ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor26 October 2020

It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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Giving a voice to rural Argentina’s ‘dead girls’

Mariah Feria25 October 2020

Mariah Feria reviews Selva Almada's new journalistic fiction exploring femicide in Argentina...

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Democratising music for women

Sojourner McKenzie21 October 2020

Sojourner McKenzie discusses gender inequality and sustainable artist development in music with Kimberley Dickson, founder of Hypertribe...

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Why was this needed?

Pippa Sterk21 October 2020

Pippa Sterk offers her take on the 2020 adaption of The Boys in the Band ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor20 October 2020

A fortnight’s worth of interesting links from around the web chosen by The F-Word team...

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The F-Word stage blog: October 2020

Lissy Lovett18 October 2020

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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New British horror makes vampirism the new domesticity

Alessia Galatini17 October 2020

Alessia Galatini interviews the director and producers of Rose: A Love Story, which premiered at BFI London Film Festival...

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The leaders of the not-so-free world: how the US is threatening reproductive rights across the world

Emily Bartlett16 October 2020

Emily Bartlett explains why “the land of the free” is anything but when it comes to abortion rights and discusses the concept of ‘reproductive imperialism’ and how the US shapes global attitudes and policies...

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Angela Rayner: a Northern feminist icon

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead16 October 2020

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead explains why the deputy leader of the Labour Party and her pronounced Northern accent gives us hope that the “pale, male and stale” political class is crumbling ...

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