Articles about 'feminism'
An open letter to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Gemma Croffie disagrees with the Nigerian writer's assumption that balancing childcare and work is the only way to self-fulfilment
Guest Blogger // 21 December 2016
Categories: Blog
A lesson in victim blaming
If even little girls doing cartwheels are being told to cover up in case they get teased, no wonder victim blaming is so ingrained in our society, argues Laura Cooke
Guest Blogger // 15 November 2016
Categories: Blog
Power play
Lauren Hossack gets tangled up in power relations reviewing Naomi Alderman’s latest novel
Lauren Hossack // 10 November 2016
Catfights and crying: let’s end harmful stereotypes of all-female teams
We've come a long way in avoiding assumptions about women as individuals, but myths about female groups are still pervasive in the workplace, argues our guest blogger
Guest Blogger // 6 November 2016
Categories: Blog
Mum sex – lie back and think of casseroles?
Let's put an end to tired, retrograde and dangerous ideas about 'mum sex', argues Ellie Hutchinson
Guest Blogger // 7 October 2016
Categories: Blog
Lifting the veil on the violent woman
To move towards equality, the feminist movement needs to make space for the character of the violent woman, no matter how unlikeable she is, argues Charlotte Barnes
Charlotte Barnes // 6 October 2016
In search of working class voices
Charlotte Davies, our guest blogger for October, asks what working class means in 2016 and considers whether mainstream feminism is inclusive enough
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Categories: Blog
Why a Muslim woman’s refusal to shake a man’s hand is a feminist issue
A Muslim woman refusing to shake a man’s hand is a feminist, cultural, religious and political issue that exposes what it really means to be treated equally, writes Monica Karpinski
Monica Karpinski // 5 October 2016
Categories: Blog
“I don’t see it as a negative thing to be a feminist”
Jo Whitehead talks folk tales and musical histories with the pioneering Eno Williams, front woman of Ibibio Sound Machine
Joanna Whitehead // 7 August 2016
Categories: Culture and Media, Features
How reading feminism helped shaped my identity
Nicola Serafino describes how her feminist reading helped her to make a positive decision not to have children
Nicola Serafino // 16 May 2016
“I’m very much running my career” – an interview with Corinne Bailey Rae
Wedaeli Chibelushi talks to Corinne Bailey Rae about her new album, The Heart Speaks in Whispers, black feminism and female solidarity
Wedaeli Chibelushi // 15 May 2016
Categories: Culture and Media, Features, Interviews
Piers Morgan: Our gatekeeper to freedom and feminism
Laura Elliott discusses Piers Morgan's recent proclamations about feminism and argues that his opinion counts for very little
Laura Elliott // 13 May 2016
Categories: Culture and Media, Features, Politics and Current Affairs
Argumentation matters
After a new study indicates that having more women in leadership positions improves profits for businesses, Megan Stodel calls for thoughtfulness around the effect of choosing arguments when engaging in this debate
Megan Stodel // 12 February 2016
Categories: Blog
Make your resolution to be an F-Word writer
If you want to write for The F-Word, now's your chance! Contact us if you're interested in being a guest blogger for a month
Megan Stodel // 26 December 2015
Categories: Blog
We want your #festivefeminism blogs!
Blog editors Liz and Lily want your festive feminist guest blogs for December! What are your feminist perspectives on the festive season and why and what are your experiences of it - good, bad or indifferent?
Liz Smith // 21 November 2015
Categories: Blog
Can love conquer all – even the genre snobs?
If there are clichés and poorly-written books in every genre, Nick Beard asks, why is romance always singled out for derision?
Nick Beard // 19 November 2015
Categories: Culture and Media, Features, Feminism, Sex and Relationships, Uncategorized
Overcoming adversity, becoming brilliant
Joanna Whitehead discusses artistic technique, male violence and slut shaming with Una, author of the new graphic novel Becoming, Unbecoming
Joanna Whitehead // 26 October 2015
Categories: Books, Features, Interviews, Reviews
A feminist Barbie?
Mattel's new ad shows little girls dreaming big, but their bodies still have to be impossibly small, writes Shoshana Devora
Shoshana Devora // 25 October 2015
Categories: Blog
The time is NOW: we are the suffragettes
On Wednesday night, Sisters Uncut made headlines as 14 activists stormed the red carpet at the premiere of the film Suffragette
Guest Blogger // 9 October 2015
Categories: Blog
Pankhearst: pixels into knives
Andie Berryman talks to Evangeline Jennings of indie writing collective Pankhearst about the publishing process, America’s ‘war on women’ and the fury that drives her to write
Andie Berryman // 7 October 2015
Categories: Culture and Media, Features, Feminism, Interviews, Politics and Current Affairs, Uncategorized
Calm down, it’s a festival of feminist theatre
Mary Paterson finds Calm Down Dear, a festival of innovative feminist performance, has a lot to say about the conventions of looking at women
Mary Paterson // 6 October 2015
Words, not guitar: Viv Albertine on the book she never thought she’d write
Cazz Blase speaks to Viv about her book Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys
Cazz Blase // 24 September 2015
Categories: Features, Feminism, Herstory, Interviews
To see me is to love me
A weak and uncertain supporting cast lets down an otherwise fascinating Salomé for Kat Wootton
Katherine Wootton // 10 September 2015
“We need to be constantly fighting. We need to be raising our voices”
Asking For It author Louise O’Neill talks to Gemma Fraser about rape culture, society’s fear of female sexuality, and how it feels to be the rising star of feminist fiction
Gemma Fraser // 9 September 2015
Categories: Culture and Media, Features, Feminism, Interviews, Religion, Violence
Is this the most important book of 2015?
Consent and victim-blaming in the age of the smartphone: we should all be talking about Louise O'Neill's Asking For It, says Gemma Fraser
Gemma Fraser // 3 September 2015
Categories: Books, Reviews, Uncategorized
