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What does gender-based violence look like?

Alessia Galatini29 November 2020

16 Days 16 Films 2020 tackles the issue of gender-based violence with poignancy but without trauma...

“The future of music lies with trans and non-binary people”

Sojourner McKenzie27 November 2020

Sojourner McKenzie sits down with music historian and journalist Lucy O’Brien to talk about the 25th Anniversary edition of her book She Bop and the future of music...

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“We didn’t do anything wrong. For me it was a massive turning point to realise that”

Lissy Lovett25 November 2020

Lissy Lovett interviews artist Viv Gordon about her new work exploring life as a survivor of child sexual abuse...

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Shooting an arrow of strength in grief

Jordan Lynch22 November 2020

Jordan Lynch explores the piercing physicality of Sumita Chakraborty's debut poetry collection ...

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Throwback Thursday: The Watermelon Woman

Pippa Sterk20 November 2020

A new monthly thread looks back at classic films through a modern lens ...

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Why we’re showing our support for transgender people this Transgender Day of Remembrance

Fliss Alma20 November 2020

For Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020, Fliss Alma shares how and why the F-word collective will always stand in support of transgender, non-binary and gender-diverse people...

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November fiction round-up

Leah Cross16 November 2020

The editors of The F-Word’s fiction section select the best new titles for November. ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor16 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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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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