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FEMALE FIREFIGHTERS AND THE UNION IN NEW YORK
Posted by Charlotte on September 3, 2009
Tags: feminism, Oral History, Union, Video, Women and Work
I just wanted to share some video I made at a talk by author of Sisters in the Brotherhoods, Jane LaTour at the Women’s eNews office in New York.
JoAnn Jacobs also spoke at the event,…
IT'S HARD NOT TO HATE AMERICAN APPAREL
Posted by Charlotte on September 2, 2009
Tags: Advertising, News, Object
You know some bandwagons are all to easy to get on, and hating American Apparel and their increasingly skin crawling, porn lite, prepostorous adverts is one of those.
We all know Don Charney’s reputation for exploiting and sexually harassing…
ISSUE 7: SPRING/SUMMER 09
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
The Unhappy Marriage of Feminism and… er, Marriage
Laura Way is getting married, but not before she gets a few things straight.
Feminism is an Inside Job
Rosjke Hasseldine explores the unspoken codes of the good wife and daughter, and…
ISSUE 6
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
Talking With Teens
Josephine Middleton talks to Bee, her 12 year old daughter, about feminism
The Middle Ground of Abortion
Sally Cosgrove negotiates the grey areas
Minding the Gap: The Chore War
Eden Carter Wood gives us some tips on…
ISSUE 5
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
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Are Women Priceless?
Bride price in Tanzania
Pushing Pussy
New record label to promote women in bands -
Film is a Feminist Issue
The films of Sophia Coppolla –
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ISSUE 4
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
- Rock and roll: a revolution we can dance to
- What now? How to cope with the diagnosis of an STI
- ‘Size Zero’ problem solved
- Are we feminist chauvinist pigs?
- Pregnancy & Motherhood special:
Public property
Stalking the
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ISSUE 3
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
- Rape campaigns
- The Gossip interview
- Feminism and trade unions
- SuicideGirls special feature – what are the pros and cons?
- Women in the punk scene
- Oriana Fox interview
- Men who censor
- A look at how the Ispwich murders were handled
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ISSUE 2
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
- Ethical consumerism
- Imaging female desire
- The gender gap in education
- WAGs
- Advert analysis
- Lads mags
- The mystery of menstrual cups
- Leakage horrors
- Street harassment and violence
- All-girl rock and roll band The Priscillas
- Iraqi women’s activist and refugee Sundus
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ISSUE 1
Posted by Kerry on September 2, 2009
- Andrea Flinn demands men take responsibility for their actions
- Why cosmetic surgery is a way of erasing women’s past
- Charlotte analyses how female criminals are represented in the media in ‘Women and Crime’
- Laurelin explains why women’s magazines suck
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