law Archives - The F-Word

On the Basis of Sex: when a character is smaller than life

Alessia Galatini26 January 2019

Alessia Galatini feels that Mimi Leder’s biopic of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does a bit of disservice to its iconic protagonist...

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Law, love and the era of the alt-right

Becky Kukla7 June 2017

Becky Kukla is impressed with how The Good Fight tackles issues in the current political climate ...

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Revenge porn law puts perpetrators first

Guest Blogger31 January 2016

Rikke Amundsen argues that the law supposedly created to protect victims is weighted in favour of perpetrators...

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Getting control back

Megan Stodel29 December 2015

New legislation criminalising coercive control is a positive step forward, writes Megan Stodel, as it strengthens and clarifies the definition of domestic abuse...

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The European Court of Human Justice has ruled that, in some circumstances, fat people will be able to use disability discrimination law to respond to discrimination. D H Kelly examines whether fat people can be described as disabled ...

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“Not guilty” does not mean she lied

Laura11 September 2013

Laura speaks out against the inaccurate portrayal of the girl in the Le Vell rape case ...

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7000 Irish women a year travel to the UK for abortions

Guest Blogger15 July 2013

Cara Murphy highlights how little impact the new Irish abortion legislation would actually have on Irish women, whose only current option is to travel overseas - if they can afford it ...

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An open letter to Baroness Stowell of Beeston

Guest Blogger1 July 2013

Reubs Walsh shares their letter to the Government's spokesperson in the House of Lords for Women & Equalities regarding the negative implications of the Marriage (Same Sex) Couples Bill for trans people ...

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Justice: the preserve of the rich?

Guest Blogger1 June 2013

Ellen Robertson discusses the impact of the government's cuts and changes to legal aid and explains what we can do to fight them ...

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Leading barrister deems Operation Yewtree “grotesque spectacle”

Laura9 May 2013

Laura takes down an article that paints Stuart Hall's acts of child abuse as "low-level misdemeanors" and accuses anti-abuse campaigners and law-enforcement agencies of "fetishising victimhood" ...

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Government attacks Equality Act

Laura19 April 2013

The Government is on the verge of repealing an essential part of equality legislation; Laura has the details and information on what you can do to try and stop it ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread

Laura1 April 2013

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

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LGBTQ asylum seekers facing life threatening prejudice in UK

Laura10 February 2013

Laura shares some shocking examples of asylum judges' attitudes to LGBTQ asylum seekers ...

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Song of the day: Teena Marie/Apollo – Happiness is in Your Soul/Happiness

Holly Combe20 July 2012

An early Teena Marie composition showcased by disco act Apollo in 1979, with the acoustic version from Lady T herself finally becoming available 32 years later ...

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