Language Matters
Kerry Fry examines how the words we choose can have hidden meaning and reveals the power language has to elevate or relegate women
gender stereotypes
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019: part seven
The F-Word's seventh set of reviews from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering theatre
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019: part six
The F-Word's sixth set of reviews from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering theatre, musicals and opera, and cabaret and variety
You can’t tackle discrimination with self-belief alone
Holly Combe reflects on a recent BBC Radio Scotland debate in response to Nicola Sturgeon and Anne Hughes discussing the issue of ‘imposter syndrome’
Is Wonder Woman a feminist?
She might be a powerful woman who embraces her strength and physicality, but, Sharon Jagger asks, can we really call Wonder Woman a feminist?
Banning sexist ads will benefit the youngest in our society
Sexist advertising is part of a culture that teaches girls they exist to serve men and not themselves, writes Sarah Wilson
Fighting sexist stereotypes – a breakdown of the new report from Advertising Standards Agency
Rob Harding breaks down what this recent report on gender stereotypes in advertising actually means
The comic strip: Stereotype bags
The F-Word's resident cartoonist, Silvia Carrus, shows that gender stereotypes very often do not fit comfortably
One woman’s voice
Megan Stodel finds that OperaUpClose’s La Voix Humaine doesn’t go far enough in its attempt to subvert the opera’s gender roles
Anne with an E tells the trauma of adoption like it is
Alessia Galatini watches Netflix’s recent adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and finds it takes a stand on what it means to be a good parent
The (anti)feminist teachers in popular media
Our monthly guest blogger, Madeleine Pownall, worries about what the portrayal of women in popular media is teaching us about gender and sexuality
Please stop calling your daughters ‘stupid’
Madeleine Pownall argues that we should be careful how we label our children, as words are powerful and can have a lasting impact
He said, she said: the misogyny of the casual pronoun
Beth Leslie argues that use of gender-specific pronouns is often a microaggression and we cannot achieve a more equal society until we overcome our inherent bias
Navigating girlhood
Sarah Wishart is impressed by the hypnotic performance of a girl on the cusp of teenagehood in The Fits
Flipping gender stereotypes rather than challenging them?
Fleabag explores a modern woman’s experience of her sexuality in a way that flips 'male' and 'female' stereotypes but Cath Murray wonders if it could have done so in a less binary way
Sawdust and sisterhood
Flora Herberich writes about the role of women in contemporary circus and the upcoming Postcards Festival at Jacksons Lane Theatre in London
Science, stereotypes and society
Pamela Jacobsen explores stereotype threat - a phenomenon where people underperform in certain subjects when they're reminded of their gender
Nothing feminist to detect?
Lisa Glass watches the 2015 DVD release of 1990s detective drama Chandler & Co and is disappointed with the old fashioned humour and lack of realism
