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Forget Insatiable, watch Dietland instead

Becky Kukla4 September 2018

Becky Kukla nominates AMC’s Dietland with Joy Nash in the leading role as the (almost) perfect antidote to fat-shaming TV shows ...

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“Just like Ibiza in the 1990s”: Welcome to Love Island for the over 30s

Emma Kernahan16 August 2018

Emma Kernahan pitches follow-up series to Love Island, full of new hot and exciting contestants...

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When the jokes aren’t funny any more

Molly Greeves27 July 2018

Molly Greeves is glad Hannah Gadsby has raised her voice for the “non-normals”...

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From hashtags to headlines: Woman with a Movie Camera summit

Emily Zinkin19 June 2018

Emily Zinkin reports from British Film Institute’s first-ever summit for professional women in film, who dissected #timesup, performative wokeness, diversity in criticism and the death of the “strong female character” among other things...

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Real to reel: watching second wave activist documentaries

Rosa Campbell12 June 2018

Rosa Campbell reports from Artists & Activists: Second Wave Feminist Filmmakers, the mini festival of feminist documentaries from the 1970s and 1980s held recently at the Barbican Centre...

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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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Mansfield 66/67: a punchline too far?

Joanna Whitehead1 May 2018

Jayne Mansfield’s memory is mud in this tacky and tasteless documentary about her life and early demise, laments Joanna Whitehead...

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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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Circus Kathmandu: survivors of trafficking reclaim their skills

Ania Ostrowska26 March 2018

Kate McLarnon, one of the directors of documentary Even When I Fall, tells Ania Ostrowska about the extraordinary journey of her subjects...

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Transgender visibility in television: are we making progress?

Abby Robson21 March 2018

Abby Robson explores the representation of transgender people in television drama, what progress has been made and what needs to happen next...

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To be young, Bipolar and black: Why Nina Simone’s story matters in the wake of #MeToo

Emma Yapp19 March 2018

Emma Yapp looks back at Nina Simone's life and how #MeToo could do better by black and mentally ill women...

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Amy Schumer may be privileged, but she’s allowed to feel ugly

Guest Blogger18 March 2018

It’s dangerous to use a woman’s privilege to justify dismissing her feelings of being unworthy or out of place, writes Katie Jane ...

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Empowered by numbers

Ania Ostrowska28 February 2018

Our film editor Ania Ostrowska summarises the latest report on the numbers of women directors and cinematographers in British film industry...

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The Choice: cutting-edge technology offers a fresh take on women’s right to choose

Guest Blogger31 January 2018

Joanne-Aśka Popińska introduces her innovative VR experience The Choice that puts you in the shoes of a woman considering abortion...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor22 January 2018

This week's selection of interesting links from around the web chosen by the F-Word team ...

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Goodbye Leia (and thank you, Carrie)

Emily Zinkin19 January 2018

Emily Zinkin says goodbye to Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia but is still not done going on adventures in a galaxy far, far away or smashing the space patriarchy...

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Visit Pussy Willow, a town (not) like any other

Jac Nunns4 January 2018

Jac Nunns reviews Tales from Pussy Willow, animated web series by Kate Jessop which pokes fingers and raises eyebrows at absurd yet commonplace situations...

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Why are bisexual TV characters such complete jerks?

D H Kelly29 November 2017

Bisexual characters remain rare on our TV screens, but D H Kelly notices that when they do appear, they are overwhelmingly sketchy and occasionally villainous ...

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