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A monumental intellectual achievement

Alex Burnett10 June 2021

Alex Burnett reviews Transgender Marxism, a book which exposes the false narrative of opposition between the transgender community and the working class...

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What makes Marie NDiaye’s green women?

Jess Timperley24 May 2021

Jess Timperley is faced with the green women of Marie NDiaye's newly translated memoir and begins to reckon with her own ...

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Dabiri’s work is always one step ahead

Sharmin Islam13 May 2021

Sharmin Islam reviews What White People Can Do Next, Emma Dabiri’s newest addition to the anti-racism guide genre...

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A colourful cast of caricatures on the fringes of society

Leah Cross20 April 2021

Leah Cross reviews Hot Stew, a novel set amid the brothels of Soho...

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April fiction round-up

Leah Cross19 April 2021

The F-Word’s fiction editors select the best new titles to look out for in April. ...

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Navigating the man-made city

Thames Menteth Wheelwright10 April 2021

Thames Menteth reviews Leslie Kern’s Feminist City, a book exploring women’s life-long complex relationship with the urban spaces designed to exclude them...

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How do we come back stronger?

Natalie Audley6 April 2021

Natalie Audley reviews The Feminist Book Society’s new collection of essays...

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A sparklingly intelligent debut

Rosie Wilby22 March 2021

Detransition, Baby is for anyone who has ever reached a point of reassessment, transformation and risk...

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March fiction round-up

Zoe Turner11 March 2021

The editors of The F-Word’s fiction section select ten new titles to look out for in March...

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A toolkit for emotional heaviness

Ava MacPherson1 March 2021

Ava MacPherson delves into Natalie Ann Holborow’s second collection of poetry to find nostalgia and reckoning with second selves...

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The complexities of consent

Georgina Diaz22 February 2021

Georgina Diaz explores Katherine Angel’s Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again: Women and Desire in the Age of Consent, a book which is challenging the paradigm of today’s consent culture...

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The interior life like we’ve never seen it before

Zoë King21 February 2021

Zoe King explores the visceral and discomforting experience of María Fernanda Ampuero's stories in translation ...

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February fiction round-up

Leah Cross7 February 2021

The editors of The F-Word’s fiction section select ten new titles to look out for in February. ...

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How fiction can triumph over the trend of anti-racist guides

Sharmin Islam31 January 2021

Sharmin Islam looks at the power of Raven Leilani’s debut novel...

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A story that demands and deserves to be heard

C L Murphy27 January 2021

C L Murphy is swept away by Salena Godden’s debut novel...

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The growth of the Brexit novel

Jessica White16 January 2021

Jessica White considers Olivia Sudjic’s new novel and the growing genre of Brexit fiction...

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A punk rock day-glow dream world

Madeline Carey4 January 2021

Madeline Carey is drawn in by Rachel Genn's What You Could Have Won, but is ultimately left wanting a little more...

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Another sex education

Sarah Bronzite3 January 2021

Sarah Bronzite explores Natalie Fiennes’ Behind Closed Doors; an accessible, albeit occasionally frustrating, introduction to putting sexual attitudes and behaviours within a wider context...

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