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Women-led work at the VAULT Festival 2020

Various Authors6 March 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

Various Authors23 August 2018

The F-Word’s sixth and final set of reviews of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering comedy, theatre and spoken word...

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“We really wanted to be part of the solution rather than the problem”

Cazz Blase21 January 2018

Meet Vivien Jones, founder of Kookie, a new print magazine for tweenage girls ...

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl: who’s afraid of teenage girls who defy stereotypes?

Mercedes McGrath3 August 2016

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...

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A shadow of progress?

Nick Beard25 March 2016

Nick Beard welcomes Shadowhunters’ diverse casting when wider representation has often failed to reach television shows aimed at teenagers and young adults...

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The leader of the pack?

Dawn Kofie10 April 2015

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 ...

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Girls don’t need more information about what boys find attractive

D H Kelly18 March 2015

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 ...

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New review: Some Girls

Holly Combe17 December 2014

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...

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Finally, the girls are centre stage

Kate Bonynge16 December 2014

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 ...

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Teen pop fandom: an adolescent rebellion

Bridget Coulter3 December 2014

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 ...

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Boyhood’s girlhood

Sophie Mayer22 September 2014

Reviewing Richard Linklater's unique study of growing up, Sophie Mayer applauds the girlhoods that frame Mason's boyhood ...

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Let’s talk about sex

Abigael Watson23 August 2014

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 ...

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Teenage Kicks: August season @ BFI Southbank

Guest Blogger6 August 2014

This is a guest post by Selina Robertson. Selina is a freelance film programmer and writer, curating queer film programmes in the UK and at international film f...

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New review: Dawson’s Creek

Holly Combe22 March 2014

Sara Yasin revists an old childhood favourite, Dawson's Creek. For the 12-year-old version of myself, Dawson's Creek was part of a forbidden world after 8pm....

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Teen angst and “mounting sexual theoretics”

Sara Yasin22 March 2014

Sara Yasin revists an old childhood favourite, Dawson's Creek ...

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Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you

Chelsea Birkby11 February 2014

Chelsea Birkby welcomes the spread of the feminist movement online with open arms for changing young women's attitudes to feminism ...

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New review: Teen Mom

Holly Combe25 June 2013

Farrah Abraham of the MTV reality television series Teen Mom has attracted plenty of salacious media gossip and slut shaming. Chrissy D's review (just posted)...

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Teen public property

Chrissy25 June 2013

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 ...

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