capitalism Archives - The F-Word

“I wanted the novel to feel haunted by the prospect of hope, without it ever being secured”: an interview with Naomi Booth

Zoe Turner29 September 2020

Zoë Turner interviews author Naomi Booth about her chilling new novel Exit Management ...

Exposing London’s rotten interior

Jessica White16 September 2020

Jessica White investigates the chilling deconstruction of capitalism and class in Naomi Booth's latest novel, Exit Management...

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An experience unexperienced

Lissy Lovett27 November 2019

Despite everyone’s good intentions, Lissy Lovett fails to be drawn into FemmeDaemonium’s piece of “carnal theatre” ...

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The F-Word stage blog: February 2018

Lissy Lovett27 February 2018

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in February...

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Stop sneering at Black Friday shoppers

Joanna Whitehead23 November 2017

Joanna Whitehead is critical of sensationalist media coverage that portrays the victims of austerity as 'vulgar' or 'lesser' for participating in Black Friday spending...

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The comic strip: commercial feminism

Guest Blogger24 December 2016

Ahead of Christmas, our resident cartoonist, Silvia Carrus, takes on the commercialisation of feminism...

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Following the first UK exhibition of the work of Yves Saint Laurent, Rosa Walling-Wefelmeyer examines the language used to describe the fashion designer and his work, and wonders whether this is all about making sales...

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New review: Black Mirror’s ’15 Million Merits’ and ‘White Bear’

Holly Combe7 February 2015

Gemma Varnom takes a second glance at Black Mirror's '15 Million Merits' and 'White Bear' episodes and wonders if we are inching ever closer to the horrifying a...

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“And you just watched”

Gemma Varnom7 February 2015

Gemma Varnom takes a second glance at Black Mirror's '15 Million Merits' and 'White Bear' episodes and wonders if we are inching ever closer to the horrifying and oppressive society they depict ...

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Exceptions won’t change the rules

Guest Blogger12 December 2014

Amelia Handy muses on the aspirational formula behind The Apprentice and argues that quotas recommending the 'add-woman-and-stir' recipe to companies are not good enough when we have an economic system that values profit over people ...

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It’s Kellogg’s who should be shamed, not women

Guest Blogger24 December 2013

Lorna Wilson on why the latest Special K advert is just more of the same capitalist shaming of women ...

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Why this class-conscious feminist probably won’t be calling herself a socialist much more

Elise Haf28 July 2013

The male Left's tendency to focus on a unifying working class struggle ignores the differing experiences of men and women, argues Elisa, particularly when it comes to sex work ...

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Socially liberal fiscal conservatives, or the definition of an oxymoron

Guest Blogger19 November 2012

Elisa argues that it is impossible to be both fiscally conservative and morally "liberal" on issues such as abortion rights, gender equality and gay rights ...

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Song of the day: Sade – When Am I Going to Make a Living

Holly Combe4 August 2012

Sade's words of encouragement in the face of adversity are as relevant today as they were in Thatcher's 1984 ...

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Song of the day: Lisa Lougheed – Run With Us

Holly Combe16 July 2012

Canadian new wave synth-pop made famous by raccoons resisting the corporate plans of a greedy aardvark millionaire ...

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Why I’m an anarcha-feminist

Natalie Dzerins24 January 2012

Disclaimer: This article will discuss my personal feelings about anti-capitalism, anarcho-communism and their relationships with feminism (and other systems of ...

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[Don’t] shop an illegal

Laura11 October 2011

In a blatant attempt to divert attention from the disastrous NHS bill currently going through the Lords, David Cameron yesterday urged us all to shop an illeg...

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Disabled? Work for less!

Holly Combe17 June 2011

I expect the headline above would be dismissed by Tory MP Philip Davies as yet more "leftwing hysteria" but it precisely reflects something he has seriously s...

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