The F-Word - Contemporary UK Feminism

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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Are you rich enough to work?

Guest Blogger27 February 2021

Theatre-maker Liv Morris questions whether the government is doing enough to support working parents...

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With Malcolm & Marie, nothing is black and white

Jenna Kirby24 February 2021

Jenna Kirby dives deep into the exhausting rawness of Levinson’s latest release...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor23 February 2021

It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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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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Cocoon: portrait of a slow transformation

Pippa Sterk17 February 2021

Pippa Sterk interviews director Leonie Krippendorff about her new feature...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor16 February 2021

It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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Unashamed and untouchable: how Deborah Harry helped me become a music journalist

Jasmine Hodge16 February 2021

Jasmine Hodge praises the genius behind punk icon Blondie...

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The unsettling world of the crone

Lissy Lovett15 February 2021

Lissy Lovett enjoys her Friday night spent with Bait Theatre...

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The F-Word stage blog: February 2021

Lissy Lovett11 February 2021

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor9 February 2021

It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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Jill and the female carer

Pippa Sterk8 February 2021

It’s a Sin doesn’t offer a recognition of care work but rather an idealisation of it ...

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Seeking new section editors for The F-Word

Editor7 February 2021

Join The F-Word’s team. Applications close 8 March 2021 ...

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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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Weekly round-up and open thread

Lusana Taylor3 February 2021

It’s time for another (slightly late!) weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the previous seven days...

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How many more promising young women are we willing to sacrifice?

Alessia Galatini2 February 2021

The latest release by Emerald Fennell is an exercise in gaslighting that stabs you in the back ...

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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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