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A rising star: Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski

Charlotte Goodger12 January 2021

Charlotte Goodger introduces us to the impressive Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists...

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The sweat behind the words

Evelyn Deshane30 May 2017

Evelyn Deshane reviews Notes from a Feminist Killjoy by Erin Wunker and admires the author’s demonstration of the physical exertion and ‘sweat’ behind the process of writing...

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The (anti)feminist teachers in popular media

Guest Blogger27 May 2017

Our monthly guest blogger, Madeleine Pownall, worries about what the portrayal of women in popular media is teaching us about gender and sexuality...

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Megan Stodel reviews Women and the City: Bristol 1373-2000, edited by Madge Dresser, and explores the worth of local history in providing more well-rounded accounts of women's lives during various eras ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Chella Quint5 January 2015

Hello, F Word readers, and Happy 2015! Welcome to the first weekly round-up and open thread of the year. Below are some recent news stories that caught the attention of The F Word Collective this week (linking does not necessarily imply endorsement or agreement by members of the collective or the author of this post). Please note that these links range from "ooh yay!" to "oy vey" and some articles may be triggering. Want to discuss these topics or add your own? Please share this post, and comment below! ...

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Hidden sexism in the Academy

Guest Blogger18 March 2014

This is a guest post by Natasha Turner, who Tweets at @NatashaDTurner. With women making up 56% of undergraduates in the UK, it's easy to assume that gender ...

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Health, personal responsibility and guilt: holding mothers to account with ‘total motherhood’

Guest Blogger16 February 2013

A guest post from Chrissy D about a recent open lecture at Kent University from Joan Wolf, the author of 'Is Breast Best?', on 'total motherhood' and the harmful myths swamping the discourse on parenting ...

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Career Girls on TV: illustrated lecture by Dr Rachel Moseley

Ania Ostrowska19 June 2012

On Wednesday 20 June (tomorrow), BFI Southbank will host a lecture by Dr Rachel Moseley, Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Studies from Warwick Universit...

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University research evaluation process ignores mothers

Laura4 September 2011

Feminist Philosophers have drawn our attention to a retrograde step in the government's latest university research assessment process, the REF 2014. The REF 2...

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PhD studentship opportunity: A History of Feminism on Television

Laura9 March 2011

We received details of this feminist PhD opportunity at De Montfort University, Leicester, if anyone's interested: STARTING OCTOBER 2011 A PhD research studen...

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New feature – Jonathan Dean: Rethinking contemporary feminist politics

Jess McCabe30 September 2010

Jonathan Dean's recent academic book Rethinking Contemporary Feminist Politics analyses the state of contemporary feminism in the UK, and uses The F-Word as a c...

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Feminism is Dead? Nice Try Harry!

Holly Combe8 February 2008

It's time to strike an angry pose next to the mythical bra-bonfire, dear readers, because (yet again) the worn-out tableau of stinky old feminism finally crawli...

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