‘feminism’ Posts

be brave don’t shave

30th June, 2011 by Lisa Campbell

“Be brave don’t shave”- a ladygarden protest launches in London.

SlutWalk London 2011

13th June, 2011 by Katie

We came, we saw, we shouted: SlutWalk London 2011

Carnival Time

11th March, 2011 by Fox Irving

Designer vaginas, knicker bunting and dancing. Fox Irving visits the York University Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism

Telling tales

31st December, 2010 by Hannah B

There aren’t many books which mention masturbation in the first paragraph. But the brave opening of I Killed Scheherezade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman (Saqi Books) sets the scene for the whole book: Joumana Haddad writes about who she is, and what she is, in a compelling and bold manner. Haddad lived through the [...]

The science bit

16th November, 2010 by Hannah Eiseman-Renyard

I’d only read the introduction to Dr Cordelia Fine’s book Delusions of Gender when I found myself listing people I wanted to make read it at gunpoint.

Girls on film

8th September, 2010 by Miss Scarlet

Gabriella Apicella and Gemma Mitchell are looking for raw female talent. Well aren’t we all. G&G are, less smuttily, actually looking for film-making talent: lady producers, writers, cinematographers, editors and directors- to take part in their short film competition and festival, the rather brilliantly titled UnderWire. “We accept the bra reference,” Gemma says. “But it [...]