Fighting for The Feminist Library with film
The Feminist Library is a treasure trove of feminist history and needs support more than ever, which is why Anaïs Charles made a film about it
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The F-Word stage blog: July 2016
The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in July
Ancient herstory
Pooja Kawa previews the first episode in a four-part BBC Two series on the history of women, from the beginning of civilisation to the present day
Remembering our foremothers
Laura Wilkinson speaks to women who participated in the 1984 miners' strike to find out how the industrial dispute changed their lives
The Victorians and the speculum
Kaye Jones on the history of the speculum
New feature: Are you writing in permanent marker?
What happens when a brilliant feminist blog gets deleted, or an online magazine disappears? The Women’s Library is...
Are you writing in permanent marker?
What happens when a brilliant feminist blog gets deleted, or an online magazine disappears? The Women's Library is ensuring that as many resources as possible leave a more permanent mark through the British Library Web Archive, Inderbir Bhullar explains
New feature: A shocking shade of pink
Shocking Pink was a magazine for and by young women, that rejected the adult-oriented feminism of the periodicals...
Scotland Yard gets first camera to snoop on Suffragettes
“In 1912, Scotland Yard detectives bought their first camera, to covertly photograph suffragettes. The pictures were compiled into...
Women’s erasure from women’s memorials
The only memorial to women's contributions in World War II depicts empty clothing. Carolyn Dougherty considers what this says about the erasure of women from public spaces. With contributions from Alex Wardrop
A feminist pioneer in law: Gwyneth Bebb
Last week a new woman appeared in the Oxford Dictionary of Biography, a woman who played an important role in English first-wave feminism.
Call For Music Reviewers
Do you love music? Do you have plenty to say about it? Do you ever find yourself listening...
New feature: The revolution is in you
Chloe Stopa-Hunt looks back to the historical figure of Lucile Duplessis from the French Revolution and considers how...
The revolution is in you
Chloe Stopa-Hunt looks back to the historical figure of Lucile Duplessis from the French Revolution and considers how she has been 'put back' into history by modern writers
New feature: ‘I’m 37 with enough stories for an 80 year old’
Ece Temelkuran’s passion for storytelling is clear in the first few minutes of meeting her. But, as a...
‘I’m 37 with enough stories for an 80 year old’
Ece Temelkuran's passion for storytelling is clear in the first few minutes of meeting her. But, as a Turkish woman, some stories are dangerous for her to tell. Mary Pole reports
Happy 100th International Women’s Day
Today is the 100th International Women’s Day – so much has been achieved since it was launched by...
His & Hers
Interviews with 70 women tell the life story of white, Irish, heterosexual women, through their relationships with men. Katherine Wootton has more