Laura, Author at The F-Word

Maria Miller backs same-sex civil marriage

Laura19 September 2012

The current ban on same-sex marriage is discriminatory, says Laura, but the conservative obsession with marriage is outdated nonsense ...

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We Can Stop It

Laura18 September 2012

Laura is impressed by a new police anti-rape campaign ...

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Spanish feminist subjected to harassment campaign

Laura9 September 2012

Laura reports on an online harassment campaign against Alicia Murillo, a Spanish feminist who has spearheaded a project to highlight street harassment ...

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Bradford No Means No

Laura1 September 2012

Laura shares some images from the Bradford demo in response to George Galloway's comments about rape and consent ...

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Manchester Pride update

Laura24 August 2012

Further to marykmac's post on Monday, the Manchester Pride organisers have now cancelled Danny Dyer's DJ appearance on Saturday evening. Pride Chief Executive J...

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The “We are not Julian” round-up

Laura21 August 2012

The latest developments in the Julian Assange rape case have seen rape apologists rearing their ugly heads again. Laura links to a few of the blog posts and articles challenging the behaviour of Assange and his supporters ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread: 30 July 2012

Laura30 July 2012

A round up of items we didn't have time to blog this week ...

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“She doesn’t look like a woman”

Laura24 July 2012

According to a Guardian interview, Laura Jane Grace of punk band Against Me! doesn't look "like a woman". Laura asks what this even means... ...

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Where are the women? Olympics music edition

Laura25 June 2012

Laura is unimpressed with the lack of gender balance in the playlist for the 2012 opening ceremony ...

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Autism is not “scary”

Laura8 June 2012

Ugh. Disablity rights campaigner Nicky Clark just tweeted this Telegraph article containing the following, horrible, statement: Autism scares us, understandabl...

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Enforced labour for the jubilee

Laura5 June 2012

The jubilee workfare scandal is symptomatic of everything that's wrong with Britain under the ConDem government. ...

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Sudanese woman sentenced to death by stoning

Laura1 June 2012

Please write to the President of Sudan to oppose the killing of a young woman. ...

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There’s nothing radical about transphobia

Laura17 May 2012

Laura calls out a new radical feminist conference for excluding trans women and promoting transphobia. ...

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Parental leave: what’s the deal?

Laura14 May 2012

Laura looks at the issues surrounding parental leave, and explains why it is so important. ...

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Calling out disablist language

Laura1 May 2012

Laura highlights what's wrong with some of the most frequently-used disablist language, and suggests ways to avoid using it. ...

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Not so Lush

Laura27 April 2012

There's lots of debate currently going on through our Twitter feed around Lush's publicity stunt to highlight the cruelty of testing cosmetics on animals. It's ...

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Rage Against Racism

Laura24 April 2012

Black Feminists are organising a demonstration outside the Swedish Embassy next Tuesday, 1 May, in response to the Minister of Culture's engagement with the r...

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Calling feminists in the North East!

Laura17 April 2012

Laura has the details on how you can help organise a feminist event in Newcastle this autumn. ...

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