It's a weeknight and it's late. Two women with brightly coloured hair stand on the eastbound Jubilee Line platform at Waterloo - one red, and one orange. The train arrives and they sit near each other. A man in smart work clothing gets on and sits near both of them. As soon as the train... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, The Telegraph published some interesting survey results regarding current opinion on feminism. Problem is, they reported their findings in such a lazy way that it would be extremely easy for readers to get the wrong idea. The article, topped with an image of Germaine Greer, claims that just one in seven women describes themselves... Continue Reading →
Laura Bates, founder of Everyday Sexism, is getting a lot of press coverage for her site at the moment. It's great that more people are speaking out about the sexist comments and actions which are experienced by many women every day, but it's also extremely saddening that it still happens. Comments like "that's pretty good...... Continue Reading →
Women are all over magazines. Open one up - whichever gender of adult it's aimed at - and you will most probably see far more images of women than you will of men. This means that we're analysed and judged far more often than men are in magazines, yet we still spend our money on... Continue Reading →
Following on from last Friday's post about femme as an identity, I realised I had a few unwritten thoughts on the subject of femininity. Earlier this year, Lady Cheek told me about the World Femininity Day celebrations that she had planned for London. This was during a discussion on feminism and I have to admit... Continue Reading →
When I dare to venture outside of the bubble I live in with my awesome open-minded friends - both on and offline - the amount of misogyny that crops up can be pretty baffling. We're living in the twenty-first century now, yet some of these people act like it's still 1950 and they don't even... Continue Reading →
You might not think that skincare is a suitable topic for a Feminism Friday post, but I do have a perfectly good reason for this. My skincare routine began in my teenage years when I looked for a light moisturiser that would stop my skin drying out from the anti-acne products I was using. Most... Continue Reading →
This week, we learnt many lessons. We learnt that many people are still, in 2012, incredibly sexist towards sportswomen. We found out that some of those are spouting their nonsense on Twitter and some are, surprisingly, writing for national newspapers. We also discovered that the women who are attacked can be incredibly resilient and inspiring,... Continue Reading →
In case you hadn't noticed, everyone's favourite strident feminist with a fondness for capital letters has now gone global. Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman is now available in 17 countries, and there's even a movie in the pipeline. Not only does this mean that more people will get to read Moran's hilariously written... Continue Reading →
Earlier this week on Twitter, Zoe Margolis drew attention to a rather sexist article about women working in the technology sector. The piece wonders why the only celebrated women in tech are those working in "the public sector", and reckons this is perhaps because women are lazy. Because hard work can only be used for... Continue Reading →