After Girl Power opened with a question: why “girl studies”? The readings, papers and discussions that followed demonstrated the importance of studying girls’ experience and culture, and the range of issues that this study addresses.Continue reading
Making sense of porn – using it for good?
Of late I have been trying to work out where I stand in relation to porn. Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
Learned to Kill? Now Teach our Children: A Critique of Troops to Teachers
The UK government, following the lead of the US, is devising multiple ways to get more ex-members of the military into our schools – as teachers, mentors, classroom assistants and basic skills tutors. Share onContinue reading
So Many Feminisms: An English Teacher’s Perspective
High school English teacher Marie Kleiderlein examines her upbringing and experience in the field of social services in order to explain her personal affiliation with various feminisms. She also explores ways that her tenure asContinue reading
Ever faced the Walk of Shame? Designing Disgust
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Ever faced the Walk of Shame? Designing Disgust
Harvey Nichols, exclusive designer company, self-positioned as the ‘world’s leading international luxury fashion destination, a one-stop-shop for the most exclusive brands in fashion, beauty and food’ asks us directly via YouTube if we have ‘ever facedContinue reading
Top Girls in 2012
Have you been watching ‘Borgen’? Some are calling it the new West Wing. I think it’s even better – because of the strong female Prime Minster at the centre of the drama and the way theContinue reading
Difficult Intersections
On 3rd Feb. 2012 the Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research (LSBU) held a BSA Families and Relationship study group day conference ‘Intersecting Family Lives, Locales and Labours’. Plenary talks by Professor Diane Reay andContinue reading
The need for Plan F: Women’s Budget Group (WBG) release their assessment of the Coalition’s economic strategy
The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) has released its latest assessment of the Coalition’s economic strategy. It considers the UK’s Autumn Financial Statement which underpins the UK ‘budget’ to be announced in the spring of 2012,Continue reading
“Girls want superheroes” : a young feminist shares her views on gender stereotyped toys
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