Guest Blogger, Author at The F-Word

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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What employers can do to keep mothers at work

Guest Blogger28 August 2018

It's time employers put these measures in place to retain mothers after they've given birth, writes Katie Dickerson ...

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We must give a voice to the victims of rape in war

Guest Blogger14 July 2018

We must not forget the children born of rape during war nor the mothers who bore them, writes Lejla Damon...

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If FTSE companies won’t put women on boards, we will

Guest Blogger10 July 2018

We need to put pressure on big companies to put women on boards by literally showing them what it looks like, writes Sophie Becker...

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Don’t get swept into this Ocean

Guest Blogger10 June 2018

Lauren Fraser is not impressed by the Hollywood's continuing obsession with all-women reboots...

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A brief history of normalising female pain

Guest Blogger7 June 2018

Women’s pain being dismissed or not taken seriously is a tale as old as time, writes Helena Jackson...

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I won’t stop writing about things that upset men

Guest Blogger21 May 2018

I’m not thinking about men’s feelings when I write because I don’t write for men, argues Jordan King...

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A brief history of period shame

Guest Blogger18 May 2018

Kitty Busz delves into the historical and cultural past of periods in order to better understand society’s fearful attitudes towards them...

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Challenging the Church’s menstrual shaming with poetry

Guest Blogger28 April 2018

Sharon Jagger investigates period shaming in the Church of England ...

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My vaginismus is not for male sexual pleasure

Guest Blogger15 April 2018

More awareness of vaginismus as a serious medical condition is needed to challenge the idea that we’re simply women with ‘tight’ vaginas, says Vanessa de Largie ...

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Is Wonder Woman a feminist?

Guest Blogger7 April 2018

She might be a powerful woman who embraces her strength and physicality, but, Sharon Jagger asks, can we really call Wonder Woman a feminist? ...

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