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A portrait of Camille Paglia, professor of humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, who came to prominence with her book ‘Sexual Personae’ (Yale University, 1990), which became 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...
Two interviews, one from 1988 and one from 1992, in which Doris Lessing, author of The Fifth Child, The Golden Notebook, and several other pieces of literature, comes to talk with Don Swaim about her start...
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...
Looks at the growth of women’s groups and the different democratic forms they are adopting. Here, individual women are asked about the social forces that motivated and radicalised them, and their answers...
Looks at the growth of women’s groups, and the different democratic forms they adopt. Examins The ways British women have been developing acephelous democracy - groups that have no leaders and little...
Examines feminist politics in Egypt, the first Islamic society to cast aside the veil in 1923, and a reaction there to the wearing of Western dress.
Conversations about politics and personal change. Women review their experiences and the profound effect of becoming involved in both local and national campaigns. Part 1: Helen John joined the peace march...
This film, which was made in 1983, addresses the issues surrounding the emergence of a new feminist cinema. It focuses on four film-makers - Joanna Davis, Tina Keane, Annabel Nicolson and Lis Rhodes - who,...
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