Feminism

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Do we still need an International Women’s Day? by Fiona Osler (March 2009)

Yes, says Fiona Osler, as long as women’s oppression is still alive and kicking

Feminism and war: confronting US imperialism by Nathaniel Mehr (March 2009)

Nathaniel Mehr reviews Feminism and War and writes that it is essential reading for anyone who is remotely convinced by the feminist pretensions of the US-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq

Out of the Shadows: A Life of Gerda Taro by  (March 2009)

The reader feels the injustice of Gerda Taro’s exclusion from history, says Jess Vyvyan-Robinson in her review of Francois Maspero’s biography. Taro is all but forgotten, only mentioned in conjunction with Robert Capa

Women of the revolution by Azar Sheibani (January 2009)

Thirty years after the toppling of the Shah in Iran, Azar Sheibani looks at how Iranian women have defied the reign of misogynist terror

A rebel with many causes by Sue Himmelweit, Lynne Segal, Tim Baster, Jo Kuper (January 2009)

Tribute to Irene Bruegel

The ‘f’ word: from ’68 to ’08 by Hilary Wainwright, Andrea D’Cruz, Michelene Wandor, Sue O’Sullivan, Lucy Whitman (December 2008)

’68-’78-’88: from women’s liberation to feminism, edited by Amanda Sebestyen, was published at a moment ‘when feminism became uncool’. Ten years on, it became a key text on women’s studies courses – its tales from feminists of various backgrounds documenting the many layers and differences woven into the women’s liberation movement. Fast forward to 2008, and some of the contributors met at Housmans bookshop in London. We present edited extracts from that discussion to open a debate on feminism today, introduced by Hilary Wainwright and with a summary of current feminist activity by Andrea D’Cruz

Alaskan women demonstrate against Sarah Palin by Sue Katz (October 2008)

Sue Katz looks beyond the lipstick and the sound bites to unravel the real Sarah Palin. In this extract from her new book, Thanks But No Thanks: The Voter’s Guide to Sarah Palin, she examines the critical response from Alaskan women to the next possible US vice-president

Up for a fight by Laurie Penny (May 2008)

The anti-choice lobby, with David Cameron at the helm, has proposed amendments to the abortion law that would target a vulnerable minority of women. Reforms are needed, but to extend rather than restrict women’s reproductive freedoms, argues Laurie Penny

Babes without spice by Laurie Penny (December 2007)

Laurie Penny explains what it means to have hopes dashed twice, first by the Spice Girls and second by Blair’s Babes