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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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Grenfell Tower is about race and class

Joanna Whitehead22 June 2017

Grenfell Tower has become a symbol of systemic, institutional and structural inequality argues Joanna Whitehead...

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The F-Word stage blog: March 2017

Lissy Lovett9 March 2017

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

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On the road with Star and her mag crew

Laura James16 November 2016

Laura James revels in the meandering story of a group of young misfits in Andrea Arnold’s American Honey...

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In search of working class voices

Charlotte Davies6 October 2016

Charlotte Davies, our guest blogger for October, asks what working class means in 2016 and considers whether mainstream feminism is inclusive enough...

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Gentrification threatens the future of the London Feminist Library

Emma Snaith23 June 2016

Emma Snaith investigates the potential eviction of the Feminist Library and the ongoing fight to save this vital resource...

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Murderous sisters in the West End

Jennifer Brough10 May 2016

Jennifer Brough reviews The Maids at Trafalgar Studios and finds its themes of class and race as relevant today as they ever were...

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The middle classing of prostitution: the social climb of the sex trade

Rae Story3 April 2016

Rae Story discusses the effect of the digital age on sex work and the seductive cultural appeal of prostitution becoming a middle class occupation...

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Is suffrage black or white?

Rashida Islam15 December 2015

Rashida Islam watches a recent BBC documentary about Sophia Duleep Singh and argues that, when it comes to Black activists throughout history, her story is not necessarily the most significant...

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A fair perspective

Nick Beard22 November 2015

Nick Beard watches the second series of The Affair and finds a sophisticated examination of the gap between who we perceive ourselves to be and the reality of how we behave...

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Looking for the class divide

Lissy Lovett14 October 2015

Lissy Lovett considers the intersection of gender and class inspired by two of last week's news stories...

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On love and abandonment: The Second Mother

Huma Munshi1 September 2015

Huma Munshi is touched by The Second Mother, Brazilian director Anna Muylaert’s film about a domestic worker that questions rigid social hierarchies as well as obvious familial arrangements...

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The leader of the pack?

Dawn Kofie10 April 2015

Dawn Kofie reports on the antics in Raised By Wolves so far and finds the show warm-hearted and often funny, although sometimes a little thin on plot ...

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New interview: Ste McCabe

Holly Combe7 March 2015

Holly Combe has a listen to Brains of Britain and talks to Ste McCabe about DIY touring, fab feminist girls in the 1990s and coping with the divisive tactics of...

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“I couldn’t care less if miserable people who work in offices laugh at me”

Holly Combe7 March 2015

Holly Combe has a listen to Brains of Britain and talks to Ste McCabe about DIY touring, fab feminist girls in the 1990s and coping with the divisive tactics of biscuit-hogging bullies in 2015 Britain ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Laura7 July 2014

This week's round-up of interesting and thought-provoking news and views ...

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Understanding the “Privileged”

Sheena Vasani5 July 2014

Guest blogger Sheena Vasani reflects on privilege in her and others' lives. ...

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Zen and the art of rubbish bin maintenance

Abbi Davey16 October 2013

Is this a clever twist on daily chores or is it class pornography? Britain's first solo exhibition of Mierle Laderman Ukeles' earlier work makes an uncertain impression on Abbi Davey ...

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