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Being the strongest woman

Guest Blogger6 July 2021

Singer-songwriter Erika discusses the reason for writing her new song, 'Strongest Woman', which focuses on the topics of drink spiking and sexual assault...

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Are you rich enough to work?

Guest Blogger27 February 2021

Theatre-maker Liv Morris questions whether the government is doing enough to support working parents...

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Two feminist perspectives on the government’s new obesity strategy

Guest Blogger9 August 2020

Katharine Palmer, a research assistant in Nutritional Psychology, and Millie Croal, a passionate fat positive writer, weigh in on the new Better Health campaign and find it wanting...

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Supporting women in comedy

Guest Blogger5 August 2020

Gabby Tuzzeo interviews five comedians to find out their thoughts on women in comedy today...

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Gender Recognition Act: shelved, again

Guest Blogger12 November 2019

Sarah Tennent explains why Liz Truss is the wrong person to be entrusted with the review of the 2004 Gender Recognition Act...

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The Iris Prize 2019: “a place that says yes”

Guest Blogger6 October 2019

Tabitha Jukes offers a preview of Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival which returns to Cardiff 8-13 October...

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“I think I can now also join that bunch of fear-facing people who have a story to tell”

Guest Blogger18 July 2019

Electronic musician Emika writes for The F-Word about motherhood and creativity ...

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Fragmented, complicated and wondrous

Guest Blogger21 June 2019

Kathleen Price considers what cabaret can mean for artists that feel ‘othered’...

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Finding Sisterhood

Guest Blogger11 December 2018

The founder of a new app for women writes about why she created it...

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Damned if you do and damned if you don’t: when will we believe women?

Guest Blogger9 December 2018

Suzanne Roche’s recent accident has her thinking more about society’s disbelief of women...

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I need a bra that fits me, not the male gaze

Guest Blogger31 October 2018

Diana Harrison discusses how it feels to be a one-breasted woman set against a two-breasted standard...

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Christine Blasey Ford’s legacy to survivors

Guest Blogger25 October 2018

Ford’s voice and testimony have given hope to survivors everywhere argues Willow Verkerk...

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Women’s voices at London Korean Film Festival 2018

Guest Blogger24 October 2018

The London Korean Film Festival 2018 team introduces this year’s focus on women directors, including the Women's Voices strand...

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A call to start talking about sexual orientation differently

Guest Blogger14 October 2018

The terms heteroamorous, biamorous and homoamorous need to be more widely used argues Florence Drayson...

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The Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival is back!

Guest Blogger30 September 2018

Lucy Smith invites everyone who can make it to Cardiff for the 12th edition of Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival, taking place from 9 to 14 October 2018 ...

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A visit to the male breast consultant

Guest Blogger23 September 2018

Amelia Beavis-Harrison talks about her experiences of visiting a male breast consultant, and why his reaction to her nudity highlights systemic sexism...

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New Barbie, same sexism?

Guest Blogger18 September 2018

Siobhan Ali considers the impact new, ‘inspiring’ ranges of Barbie dolls will realistically have on the women’s movement ...

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Improving mental health care for women in prison

Guest Blogger14 September 2018

Being a feminist mental health campaigner means leaving no woman to the fringes of the system, writes Jennifer Richards ...

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