Amy Clare, Author at The F-Word

Blogging Against Disablism Day: on being a disabled blogger

Amy Clare1 May 2010

Though my guest blogging month is over, I'm doing this extra guest post purely for the occasion of Blogging Against Disablism Day. As my contribution to today,...

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Checked your human privilege lately?

Amy Clare29 March 2010

My name is Amy Clare, and I am a vegan feminist. (Or should that be veg*n fem*nist?) For my last post as one of this month’s guest bloggers, I'd like to t...

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Freedom of religion is not freedom to discriminate

Amy Clare24 March 2010

A gay couple were turned away from a B&B in Berkshire by its Christian owner, who claimed it would be ‘against her convictions’ to allow them to sta...

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Disabled people failed by harsh benefit test

Amy Clare23 March 2010

Thousands of chronically ill and disabled people are being let down by the medical tests for the Government’s new disability benefit, Employment and Suppo...

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Greater Manchester Police failed DV victims, say IPCC

Amy Clare11 March 2010

(Trigger warning: descriptions of domestic violence.) This will come as no surprise at all to many readers: it seems more victims of domestic violence have bee...

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South African women need more than World Cup condoms

Amy Clare9 March 2010

HIV/Aids is now the biggest worldwide cause of death and disease among reproductive-age women, according to the BBC’s report into a new initiative by UNAi...

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Hollywood glass ceiling is shattered, but women are still losing out in film and TV

Amy Clare8 March 2010

On the eve of International Women’s Day, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director, for her Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker....

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Sexism in the atheist community: not rational, not reasonable, not funny

Amy Clare3 March 2010

Those who are familiar with my comments on this site will know that I am highly critical of religion. This is mainly due to a lack of evidence for a god or gods...

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The Perfect Vagina

Amy Clare10 September 2008

Cutting away at your labia sounds extreme, but more and more women are going under the surgeon's knife. Amy Clare reports on a Channel 4 documentary which attempted to shine a light on why this is happening ...

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