healthcare Archives - The F-Word

When penetration is impossible: vaginismus, self-worth and sexual fulfilment

Maria Leontiou11 December 2018

Maria Leontiou’s experience with vaginismus has her thinking not just about her own sexual health, but also about how women’s health is systematically ignored...

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Improving mental health care for women in prison

Guest Blogger14 September 2018

Being a feminist mental health campaigner means leaving no woman to the fringes of the system, writes Jennifer Richards ...

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A brief history of normalising female pain

Guest Blogger7 June 2018

Women’s pain being dismissed or not taken seriously is a tale as old as time, writes Helena Jackson...

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My vaginismus is not for male sexual pleasure

Guest Blogger15 April 2018

More awareness of vaginismus as a serious medical condition is needed to challenge the idea that we’re simply women with ‘tight’ vaginas, says Vanessa de Largie ...

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SASS Intimate Skincare: whatever you do, don’t say “vagina”

Jade Moulds20 September 2015

In the first guest feature of our body image series, Jade Moulds shares her doubts about SASS Intimate Skincare and why a company that can’t say the word “vagina” shouldn’t be trusted with them ...

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Would Scottish independence be bad for women’s health?

Guest Blogger18 August 2013

Ana Hine compares women's healthcare in England and Scotland ...

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A battle I cannot win

Tara27 July 2013

Tara writes about the impact of fat shaming and discusses the intersection between feminism, fatness, diabetes and eating disorders ...

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“Choose Your Midwife” Protest – 25th March

Amity Reed19 March 2013

Independent midwifery will essentially become illegal in October of this year, impacting on women's reproductive freedom. Amity Reed explains what you can do to stop this happening ...

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NHS consultation on trans related healthcare proposals

Helen G10 January 2013

The NHS has announced a consultation and online survey in connection with its draft proposals for trans related healthcare. ...

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#TransDocFail: the trans community rises

Jane Fae9 January 2013

Content note: This piece begins with a strong reference to self harm. Selective concern by the press and medical establishment - targeting one doctor while ignoring decades of everyday abuse and neglect from hundreds of NHS professionals - has led to great anger and unity. Jane Fae explains why in this guest post ...

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Women can’t win: Mental health in crisis

Philippa Willitts25 October 2012

Philippa talks about the appalling state of mental health provision for women in crisis, after reading a psychiatrist's recommendation that women of childbearing age go untreated. ...

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Two-tier? Too right

Guest Blogger3 January 2012

A guest post from Chrissy D looking at the arguably already two-tiered system of antenatal provision for mothers-to-be that currently exists in the UK ...

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