Holly Combe, Author at The F-Word

Women speaking out

Holly Combe21 October 2018

In light of the government’s recent GRA consultation, Holly Combe asks: do we want to allow others to have a say in defining who we are?...

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High heels and employers’ ‘freedom’ to impose

Holly Combe11 August 2017

Holly Combe considers the possibility of employers being forced not to force women to wear high heels...

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And our new editor is… Joanna Whitehead!

Holly Combe27 July 2017

The rotating editorship passes from Holly Combe to Joanna Whitehead...

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Building a diverse picture resource

Holly Combe20 May 2017

We have created a Flickr group for F-Word readers and contributors to share their own photos or illustrations featuring under-represented groups, with a particular focus on images that are both of and by disabled people...

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Social media and features editors wanted

Holly Combe12 February 2017

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New review: The Fall

Holly Combe5 April 2015

Agata Ostrowska watches crime drama The Fall and is impressed by the staunchly feminist approach of the show's protagonist and her portrayal by Gillian Anderson...

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New review: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Holly Combe24 March 2015

Iona Sharma revels in the feminist joy of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries is a lush confection: an Australian detective dr...

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New interview: Hanna Hanra of BEAT magazine

Holly Combe14 March 2015

Stephanie Phillips talks to Hanna Hanra about her vision for the independent publication BEAT and her experiences as a DJ and music enthusiast. Note from Holly...

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New review: India’s Daughters

Holly Combe12 March 2015

Asiya Islam finds India's Daughter, The BBC documentary on the 2012 gang rape in Delhi, neither educational nor challenging and suggests we question its purpose...

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New review: Spiral

Holly Combe11 March 2015

Dawn Kofie appreciates Laure Berthaud, Spiral's "feminist anti-hero" who isn't afraid to bend the rules, but is disappointed by the predictability of some of th...

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New interview: Ste McCabe

Holly Combe7 March 2015

Holly Combe has a listen to Brains of Britain and talks to Ste McCabe about DIY touring, fab feminist girls in the 1990s and coping with the divisive tactics of...

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“I couldn’t care less if miserable people who work in offices laugh at me”

Holly Combe7 March 2015

Holly Combe has a listen to Brains of Britain and talks to Ste McCabe about DIY touring, fab feminist girls in the 1990s and coping with the divisive tactics of biscuit-hogging bullies in 2015 Britain ...

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New Black Mirror review

Holly Combe26 February 2015

What role does gender inequality play in how we approach issues of privacy and autonomy? D H Kelly follows Gemma Varnom's Black Mirror review with an examinatio...

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New review: Catastrophe

Holly Combe24 February 2015

Dawn Kofie finds a refreshing lack of game playing between the characters at the centre of Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's Catastrophe Irish primary school t...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Holly Combe9 February 2015

A round-up of the articles and blog pieces we've been reading over the past week ...

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New review: Black Mirror’s ’15 Million Merits’ and ‘White Bear’

Holly Combe7 February 2015

Gemma Varnom takes a second glance at Black Mirror's '15 Million Merits' and 'White Bear' episodes and wonders if we are inching ever closer to the horrifying a...

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Page 3 debates: no room for nuances?

Holly Combe26 January 2015

There seems to be a tendency for the mainstream media to assume feminists oppose Page 3 and then set us up against glamour models, regardless of what we say ...

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New review: Neneh Cherry

Holly Combe21 January 2015

Neneh Cherry's fourth studio release Blank Project continues to have resonance in today's political climate. David Wilkinson listens again. We did not have t...

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