Articles about 'power'
Real Men are dodging the reality of manhood
Kevin Queer on the Real Men movement, and why hugs and prayer bowls are not going to address problems of patriarchy and power
Kevin Queer // 23 June 2015
New Black Mirror review
What role does gender inequality play in how we approach issues of privacy and autonomy? D H Kelly follows Gemma Varnom’s Black Mirror review with an examination of the blocking...
Holly Combe // 26 February 2015
Categories: Blog
Leave me alone
What role does gender inequality play in how we approach issues of privacy and autonomy? D H Kelly follows Gemma Varnom's Black Mirror review with an examination of the blocking theme in the show's most recent episode
D H Kelly //
Categories: Reviews, Television
Exceptions won’t change the rules
Amelia Handy muses on the aspirational formula behind The Apprentice and argues that quotas recommending the 'add-woman-and-stir' recipe to companies are not good enough when we have an economic system that values profit over people
Guest Blogger // 12 December 2014
Categories: Blog
Personal desire or collective politics?
This is a guest post by Nichi Hodgson exploring the tensions between personal desire and collective politics.
Guest Blogger // 10 March 2014
Categories: Blog
New review: Game of Thrones
Some female characters can survive in the patriarchal world of Game of Thrones but that doesn’t make it feminist, contends Rebekah Owens. Is Game of Thrones – the television series...
Holly Combe // 27 December 2013
Categories: Blog
A fantasy of female subjugation
Some female characters can survive in the patriarchal world of Game of Thrones but that doesn't make it feminist, contends Rebekah Owens
Rebekah Owens //
Categories: Reviews, Television
New review: Parks and Recreation
While certainly not perfect in its treatment of minority groups, US sitcom Parks and Recreation also gets a lot right, argues Iona Sharma. Some spoilers contained. In a second season...
Holly Combe // 24 December 2013
Categories: Blog
In praise of Leslie Knope: feminism and small-town politics
While certainly not perfect in its treatment of minority groups, US sitcom Parks and Recreation also gets a lot right, argues Iona Sharma
Iona Sharma //
Categories: Reviews, Television
Women on panels: where are we?
"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"
Guest Blogger // 5 October 2013
Categories: Blog
Guest post: The power of protest
With a memorial planned for the 200th anniversary in August 2019, The Peterloo Massacre is an atrocity that should never be forgotten. This guest post from J. T. Rattray reflects on an edition of The Culture Show about Maxine Peake's performance of Shelley's landmark poem on Peterloo at Manchester's International Festival last month
Holly Combe // 29 August 2013
Categories: Blog
New review: Millionaire Matchmaker
What retrogressive messages does the formula of this sexist dating show put out to the modern woman? Laura Clancy watches and finds it’s as if feminism never happened. I have...
Holly Combe // 7 August 2013
Categories: Blog
The Millionaire Matchmaker: the unravelling of feminism?
What retrogressive messages does the formula of this sexist dating show put out to the modern woman? Laura Clancy watches and finds it's as if feminism never happened
Laura Clancy //
Categories: Reviews, Television
Far from a fairytale
A one man show leaves Megan Stodel uncertain with its focus on violence against women
Megan Stodel // 1 July 2013
Not because she was a woman or despite it: more views on Thatcher
Holly considers some of the attitudes towards Thatcher that have been expressed after her death and shares a few thoughts from some other F-Word writers
Holly Combe // 13 April 2013
Categories: Blog
The individual and society in feminism
Natasha Gorbert-Hopkins considers the power of society to change individuals and individuals' power to change society, in the context of feminist theory and activism
Guest Blogger // 11 March 2013
Categories: Blog
Women of the Revolution: A vox pop project
Holly shares the details from a press release by the Thomson Reuters Foundation about their launch of a Vox Pop project featuring interviews with 25 women in post-Arab Spring countries
Holly Combe // 30 January 2013
Categories: Blog
Unchecked privilege, or the problem with Glen
Elisa explores the importance of allies recognising their privilege
Guest Blogger // 14 December 2012
Categories: Blog
Song of the day: The The (feat. Neneh Cherry) – Slow Train to Dawn
Whether this duet between Neneh Cherry and Matt Johnson is about a slow train to the dawning of equality or just a realisation in a relationship is open to interpretation
Holly Combe // 1 August 2012
Categories: Blog
New review: The Selecter’s Made in Britain
“I think we were probably the first [band] to start talking about racism and actually take -if you like- the race question out there and start informing people about it.”...
Holly Combe // 20 March 2012
Categories: Blog
Made in solidarity: The Selecter in the 21st century
The Selecter brought us their 2 Tone sound when right wing politics was dividing a nation. Helen G reviews their most recent release Made in Britain and finds their music -new and old- to be as relevant today as their most famous tracks were in the 1980s
Helen G //
Can’t you take a joke?
The thing about the phrase "Can't you take a joke?" is that it isn't usually anything to do with trying to make anyone laugh
katyha // 7 January 2012
Categories: Blog
Nobel Peace Prize winners announced today
It was announced today that this year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been jointly awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman in recognition of “their non-violent struggle for...
Holly Combe // 7 October 2011
Categories: Blog
Sex work and international events: whose side are the politicians on?
I had to smile at the news that the arrival of the Queen, plus assorted Heads of State, was cause for celebration by sex workers in Western Australia. Briefly, I...
Jane Fae // 3 September 2011
Categories: Blog
Govt policy set to undermine women’s political power? New report
The Centre for Women & Democracy has published a new report examining the impact of the government’s reform agenda on women’s political power in the UK. The report examines ten...
zohra moosa // 28 July 2011
Categories: Blog
