Women-led work at the VAULT Festival 2020
The F-Word reviews a selection of shows from the VAULT Festival in Waterloo in London, the UK’s biggest curated arts and entertainment festival
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Edinburgh Festival Fringe: part six
The F-Word’s sixth and final set of reviews of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering comedy, theatre and spoken word
“We really wanted to be part of the solution rather than the problem”
Meet Vivien Jones, founder of Kookie, a new print magazine for tweenage girls
The Diary of a Teenage Girl: who’s afraid of teenage girls who defy stereotypes?
Mercedes McGrath praises The Diary of a Teenage Girl and argues the film shouldn’t have been given an 18 certificate as its target audience is younger
A shadow of progress?
Nick Beard welcomes Shadowhunters’ diverse casting when wider representation has often failed to reach television shows aimed at teenagers and young adults
The leader of the pack?
Dawn Kofie reports on the antics in Raised By Wolves so far and finds the show warm-hearted and often funny, although sometimes a little thin on plot
Girls don’t need more information about what boys find attractive
Dr Aric Sigman suggests we can combat teenage girls' poor body image by asking teenage boys what they find attractive. D H Kelly discusses why this is a really bad idea
New review: Some Girls
Kate Bonynge looks at the third series of BBC3’s Some Girls, a comedy about three 18 year olds that marks a change from the male dominated programmes we’ve come to expect
Finally, the girls are centre stage
Kate Bonynge looks at the third series of BBC3's Some Girls, a comedy about three 18 year olds that marks a change from the male dominated programmes we've come to expect
Teen pop fandom: an adolescent rebellion
Teenage girlhood is a period strongly associated with avid pop fandom. Bridget Coulter examines this phenomenon, arguing that fan behaviour is a rebellion against a culture that constrains and controls teenage girls
Boyhood’s girlhood
Reviewing Richard Linklater's unique study of growing up, Sophie Mayer applauds the girlhoods that frame Mason's boyhood
Let’s talk about sex
How can people be reaching 16 without getting useful and relevant sex education? Abigael Watson thinks things need to change so that teens have an understanding of sex that goes beyond the biological explanation from school and the misleading portrayal from porn
New review: Dawson’s Creek
Sara Yasin revists an old childhood favourite, Dawson's Creek
Teen angst and “mounting sexual theoretics”
Sara Yasin revists an old childhood favourite, Dawson's Creek
Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you
Chelsea Birkby welcomes the spread of the feminist movement online with open arms for changing young women's attitudes to feminism
New review: Teen Mom
TV editor Holly Combe introduces Chrissy D's review of Teen Mom
Teen public property
Farrah Abraham of the MTV reality television series Teen Mom has attracted plenty of salacious media gossip and slut shaming. Chrissy D explores the cultural landscape behind the programme and the hype surrounding her recent sex tape
