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A compilation of articles, photographs, and illustrations on women’s rights, selected from the archives of ‘The Times’. Looks at the suffragette movement and more recent struggles such the campaign for...
Ann Clements Conger was an ambitious journalist in the 1940’s. In the 1950’s she became a mother, and torn between her domestic roles and her career, she began a frightening journey into the world of...
Feminism and deconstruction have been the two defining forces in cultural and critical thinking for a decade, but can they be reconciled? Can the feminist project be deconstructed, or is the femenist project...
Rosi Braidotti, Professor of Women’s Studies at the University of Utrecht, proposes a cyberfeminism that gives rise to a rethinking of gender, class and race within the context of virtual reality and...
Looks at the ways in which women artists are consciously trying to define a place for themselves in the world of art. Shows five approaches: 1) Lesley Sanderson, a painter, exposes and challenges the gender...
Argues that in our society it is hard to avoid believing that a woman’s appearance is the most important thing about her. Deviations from the ‘ideal’ norm are not appreciated - Britain’s Ladies...
Looks at feminist literary theory in relation to certain texts, including some poems by women. Four women poets, Elizabeth Jennings, Fleur Adcock, Carol Rumens and Grace Nichols discuss feminism, being a...
Female genetial mutilation (FGM) has been commonplace throughout history. In many parts of the world women and girls are horribly mutilated by loving female relatives or respected medical practitioners. This...
Looks at the influence of French writer Simone de Beauvoir’s work. Kate Millet, Marge Piercy, Eva Figes, Ann Oakley, Simone’s sister Helene and her adopted daughter Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir talk of de...
Discusses the politics of appearance arguing that the wearing of high-heeled shoes has come to symbolise servitude and prosperity. Establishes the high-heeled shoe as an erotic object and symbol of...
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