Working at a tech startup as a woman of colour
Hala Rahaman shares her experience of working in a seemingly progressive start-up whose workplace culture was anything but
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The F-Word stage blog: January 2020
The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month
The importance of PSHE
PSHE (physical, social, health and economic education) is a subject that is often seen as a nuisance by teachers and students alike in secondary schools. H Totten argues for its enduring importance in teaching young people about consent and healthy relationships
Reporting on rape culture
Charlotte Barnes reads Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture – a collection of accounts of rape and sexual assault edited by Roxane Gay – and finds it painful and troubling but also timely and necessary
Finding Sisterhood
The founder of a new app for women writes about why she created it
Who will believe thee?
Ellie Pilcher is blown away by the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Measure for Measure
Christine Blasey Ford’s legacy to survivors
Ford’s voice and testimony have given hope to survivors everywhere argues Willow Verkerk
Seduction for sale
Charlotte Barnes reviews Rachel O’Neill’s recent book on the ‘seduction community’ and is introduced to an industry seemingly built on misogyny and problematic attitudes towards women
I won’t stop writing about things that upset men
I’m not thinking about men’s feelings when I write because I don’t write for men, argues Jordan King
From pain to empowerment
Zoe Louise Tongue reviews 100 Women I Know, a book detailing accounts of sexual assault and rape from 100 women, finding it an emotionally difficult read but a necessary and powerful one
Calming down in Camden
The F-Word interviews some of the artists taking part in the ‘Calm Down Dear’ festival
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: part one
Here are The F-Word’s first set of reviews of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering theatre, comedy, cabaret and variety
The secret lives of white middle class America
Nick Beard is impressed with the nuanced way in which Big Little Lies deals with domestic violence and the emotional aftermath of rape
My rape wasn’t dramatic – but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t real
Our monthly guest blogger, Madeleine Pownall, welcomes the portrayal of rape in Netflix show 13 Reasons Why, and argues that lack of resistance does not constitute consent
The wrong kind of victim
Following the coverage of the Stanford university rape case, an anonymous contributor discusses her own experiences of sexual assault and the difficulties she faced when identifying herself as a victim of rape
‘Tis the season for “don’t get raped” advice
It's our #festivefeminism month and Ellie Hutchinson asks why we have to put up with the now annual "don't get raped" messages from the police
How Corbyn broke the mould with women-only carriages
Helen Raymond argues that Jeremy Corbyn's support for women-only train carriages is more than a political gimmick and is likely to make travelling women feel safer