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• Space Claiming in Fitness Centres

  

  - Lyndsay Kirkham I work out almost every day. I have had gym memberships in Canada, the UK, Belgium and China; no matter where on the globe I find myself... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Women’s Room Needs A New Website!

  

  The Women’s Room needs a new website – and we need your help! Please share this link far and wide – and donate of course! http://www.gofundme. Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Delhi a Month on – a Step Forward?

  

  Emma FinamoreA month ago today, on the 16th December 2012, five men and one teenage boy were involved in the brutal rape and murder of a female student in the... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• O Gaping Hellmouth

  

  Image by @LUBOttom – http://www.etsy.com/shop/LittleShopOfVulvas?ref=top_trailO Gaping Hellmouth Why are you so elusive? You’re meant to be obtrusive, Yet I... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Where Are All The Women?

  

  Post by @dani_beckettA few weeks before Christmas, I found myself on a train sitting across from a lovely family of mum, two kids (a boy and a girl) and grandma. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Feminist Check-List – What Do You Believe?

  

  1. Do you believe men and women are equal? 2. Do you believe women have the right to self-determination?3. Do you believe women have the right to the same acces... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Want To Lower The Abortion Rate: How About Adequate Contraception?

  

  Credit:http://www.everydayhealth.com/sexual-health/free-birth-control-can-reduce-abortion-rates.aspx Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• In Her Own Words…Interview With a London Call Girl: Review

  

  “I love it. It’s fun now. But sometimes I can’t stand it. Sometimes I really hate it. But a lot of the time, I like it. I like it better than a boyfriend. It’s... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• A “Predatory Teenage Girl” Speaks Out

  

  The author of this post has asked to remain anonymous; she wrote it in response to Nikki McWatters’s piece, “Predatory Teenage Girls“, in the Huffington Post... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Narcissism of Privilege: The Left Needs to Be More Not Less Aware of It

  

  “…let’s put aside our differences and start fighting back” says Tom Midlane in a recent New Statesman piece on privilege checking. Or as he so eruditely puts it... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 CURRENT, DEBATE, PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Women’s Room – Week Woman Interview

  

  Watch from 15:35 to find out about The Women’s Room - an online database set up to address the lack of female representation in the media! Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• “More Or Less”: The Stats on BBC Sexism

  

  - Caroline Criado-PerezI’m starting to think the BBC is trying to play hard to get. Is it something we said, BBC? Did we come on too strong? Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Binders Full of Women? Here’s a Binder, Full of Women’s Poems

  

  - Sarah Crewe and Sophie MayerWhen Mitt Romney claimed he had been given “binders full of women” by women’s organisations in Massachusetts, it was the moment... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Misogynist Elephant: Why Women Are Reluctant to Label Themselves ‘Experts’

  

  Jane ThomasThe under-representation of women in news reporting has come into the spotlight once again this week, courtesy of a series of high profile debates an... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Making A Binder for the BBC: Women and Expertise

  

  Expert, n. “One whose special knowledge or skill causes him to be regarded as an authority; a specialist.”The OED’s use of the male pronoun in this definition i... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Little Pink & Blue Knitted Suits: A Man Speaks Out About Damaging Gender Roles

  

  John WoudbergI read, recently, of women being abused and threatened online for expressing feminist views. ‘Have you even got one fucking brain-cell?’ someone... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Is Trenton Oldfield Our Pussy Riot?

  

  On 17th August 2012, Pussy Riot, a feminist punk collective based in Moscow were jailed for two years for “hooliganism”. And around the world governments were... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Abortion: One Woman’s Story

  

  The author of this post has asked to remain anonymous I have asked Week Woman to publish this blog for me anonymously because it’s about my abortion and, while ... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Abortion, Reason and The Left: Why Mehdi Hasan is Wrong

  

  - Caroline Criado-Perez The bad angel on my shoulder keeps whispering to me: “Told you there was no point writing a more restrained, more considered column. So... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2012 DEBATE, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Who Benefits From Disability Cuts?

  

  - Caroline Criado-Perez, with thanks to @LUBOttom for providing me with the original idea and helping with the researchWe all like badgers don’t we? Well, most... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES