The music women make when left to their own devices is often sidelined. Julia Downes, editor of 2012's Women Make Noise, previews an upcoming discussion in She...
The music women make when left to their own devices is often sidelined. Julia Downes, editor of 2012's Women Make Noise, previews an upcoming discussion in Sheffield on 16 October about DIY feminist efforts to counter this
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"Action needs to be taken to come to a point of critical mass where there are enough women in a particular sphere, whether in industry, media or in entertainment, so that others can envisage themselves in similar roles"
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This is call for submissions from the team behind the London Feminist Film Festival that premiered last December, becoming a big success. Ania blogged about las...
Rowan Harvey highlights what the UK needs to do to support Afghan women's political representation and participation in the country's peace process
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Holly Combe considers how women are expected to respond to sexist culture and discusses a recent Guardian article featuring four women who have been involved in lads' mags
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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 l...
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
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A collaborative blog post by Helen, Jess, Philippa and zohra about yesterday's Occupation of the London Stock Exchange, and the decision to ask Julian Assange to speak.
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I was fortunate to be able to attend ActionAid's IWD event in March, when four prominent women's rights activists from Afghanistan spoke of their experience...
'Friends with benefits' is not such a novelty as a recent series of Hollywood films is trying to present it, says Evelyn Krampf, debunking the phenomenon as a mere plot device serving the usual goals of good ol' heterosexist romcom
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Far from being a feisty embodiment of female empowerment, Briseis in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy seems more of a victim in a Stockholm syndrome-type relationship. ...
Far from being a feisty embodiment of female empowerment, Briseis in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy seems more of a victim in a Stockholm syndrome-type relationship. LucindaE traces how the ancient 'war prize' story has been transformed into a consensual romantic arrangement to please contemporary audiences
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Men's voices dominate the airwaves, an assessment of the ratio of male to female presenters on radio has concluded.
Journalist, novelist and sometimes F-Word...
Miss Representation is a documentary about the way the US media portrays women. It just premiered at Sundance, no word on when it might be released here. Looks ...
By night, I am the editor of The F-Word. By day, I am a journalist covering finance, tech and policy stories about environment issues - not least, the efforts...
