Women
Women are not just window dressing for the Olympics
This year’s Olympics have the potential to be the best ever for women’s sport, with more female competitors, more events and more medals up for grabs than ever before.
By Sue Tibballs | Olympics, Sport | Friday, 3 August 2012 at 2:37 pm
The year of the woman: Let’s keep it sporty
I’d be the first to admit that I was not a sporty girl. Sporty girls and sporty boys were loved by teachers and pupils alike. If you didn’t cut it on the pitch, you probably didn’t cut it on the playground.
By Chloe Hamilton | Notebook, Olympics, Sport | Friday, 3 August 2012 at 12:00 am
Feminism is not a party political issue
A couple of years ago, Conservative Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Theresa May and Diane Abbott, Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Public Health were both proudly photographed in t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan ‘This is What A Feminist Looks Like’ in a cross party display of support for the Fawcett Society’s 2006/07 ‘Feminist Challenge’.
By Caroline Mortimer | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 11:22 am
A toast to the women who taught me how to construct my own gender
There is an old gag (I am a big fan of old gags) which goes something like, “I’m not a doctor, I just play one on TV.” I like it, and identify with it, because it resonates with my own performance practice. I do not think of myself as a drag queen, but I know many people do.
By LaJohn Joseph | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 2 August 2012 at 2:00 am
London 2012: Here come the girls
“You can say it’s like an Arab Spring for women,” says Yobes Ondieki, a Kenyan former World Champion runner, ahead of the London Olympics. After losing out to Ethiopia in the 2004 medal tables, Kenyan officials realised the winning formula was staring them in the face: the majority of Ethiopian medals at Athens were won by women.
By Marie Staunton | Notebook, Olympics, Sport | Thursday, 26 July 2012 at 12:00 am
Katie Price’s admission that she doesn’t use contraception is dangerous to young fans
Ah, Katie Price. Every feminist’s nightmare. Is she a feminist? Isn’t she? Should we like her or loathe her? Yet she’s still influential to young women and teenage girls.
By Sophie Warnes | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 at 2:54 pm
Attachment parenting: The new fad
Trends in parenting come and go as quickly as the latest fashion trends on the catwalk.
By Lisa Watts | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 25 July 2012 at 9:15 am
How should we talk to men about sexism?
Laurie Penny and Martin Robbins are both writers, both feminists and both happened to be sitting alone at their computers on a Friday night when the question of ‘how to talk to men about sexism without scaring them off?’ came up on Twitter. Reasoning that the best way to encourage conversation is to start one, they did.
By Laurie Penny | Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 23 July 2012 at 12:23 pm
Dressed to kill: What do infectious disease agents have in their wardrobes?
The ability of certain pathogens, such as those which cause malaria, influenza and HIV, to disguise themselves and evade host immunity poses an enormous challenge to developing vaccines against these important diseases. Just what do these bugs have in their wardrobes that enables them to keep outwitting us? Can we find a way to use this knowledge against them?
By Sunetra Gupta | Notebook, Science & Technology | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 12:38 pm
Smug criticisms of Madonna and endless Gaga comparisons are a victory for ageism and misogyny
On Tuesday night Madonna brought her MDNA tour to England, performing a show in Hyde Park that was witty, narrative and relentlessly energetic, as well as the ridiculous spectacle you would expect from the Queen of Pop.
By Charlie Alderwick | Arts, Music, Opinion | Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 10:12 am
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