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Competition Time: Feminism Friday
I will soon be moving house and so, being a bit of a hoarder, need to have a bit of a clear out of all the stuff I have acquired over the last five and a half years. As I waded through the piles of...
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Women of the World 2012
Last year, the Southbank Centre held its first Women of the World Festival, and I’m pleased to report that WOW is back in 2012! A “celebration of the formidable strength and inventiveness of women”,...
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Feminism Friday: Vintage vs Feminism
For a while I have been considering writing a piece that combines two of my favourite subjects: vintage fashion and feminism. Then, a couple of weeks ago, Retro Chick wrote a fantastic article about...
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Cybher: Geek is the new chic
In October last year, the lovely Siân To asked me to speak at a conference she was organising. The first inclusive event for female bloggers in the UK, Cybher was going to be full of interesting...
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Feminism Friday: How To Be A Woman
In case you hadn’t noticed, everyone’s favourite strident feminist with a fondness for capital letters has now gone global. Caitlin Moran’s How To Be A Woman is now available in 17 countries, and...
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Feminism Friday: Reinforcing stereotypes
Yesterday, The Telegraph published some interesting survey results regarding current opinion on feminism. Problem is, they reported their findings in such a lazy way that it would be extremely easy for...
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Feminism Friday: Stepping Out Of Stepford
Guest Blogger #21 - This week’s Feminism Friday post was written by keen fashion addict Amy Lavelle. Amy writes for UK fashion comparison site Style in View and is a firm believer in the power of red...
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Feminism Friday: What makes a feminist icon?
Guest Blogger #23 – Jo Breeze likes to write about music (especially traditional music) and the arts, drinks a lot of tea, but unlike the rest of the internet prefers dogs to cats and vodka to gin....
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Feminism Friday: Nineties Woman
This week’s Feminism Friday post is about an award winning comedian’s new show – the intriguingly titled “Nineties Woman: from activism to relative apathy”. Rosie Wilby has been busily tracking down...
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Intersectionali… what?
Today, The Guardian reposted an article from Louise Mensch’s blog, entitled how about some reality-based feminism? In it, Mensch makes some very good points about the current propensity for feminists...
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Feminism Friday: Fashionably Feminist?
Guest Blogger #25 – Clarabelle sells vintage clothing, makes kitsch/geeky jewellery, and is the brains behind Retrogreat – a new vintage-inspired thrifty style blog. There is an official launch party...
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In defence of Bridezilla
Guest Blogger #29 – Jo Breeze is getting married this weekend, is looking forward to a great party with amazing company, and still doesn’t know or care what her colour scheme is. I was talking to a...
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Feminism Friday: because patriarchy
A couple of things happened this week that made me think about patriarchy and feminism. Wikipedia describes patriarchy as “a social system in which the male is the primary authority figure central to...
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What I See Project
A few months ago, I was asked to become part of the What I See Project. Described in their welcome email as a non-profit organisation which aims to unite women from all over the world, how could I...
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Ask a Feminist
In my search for new writers – to ensure that Rarely Wears Lipstick doesn’t turn into a lingerie blog – I came across a fantastic suggestion for a new feature: Ask a Feminist. Of course it’s been done...
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Ask A Feminist: Getting young women involved
Last month, I asked for your questions for a new series, called Ask A Feminist. I have now gathered together a few suggestions – from Facebook, Twitter and the comments thread on that post – and will...
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Big Swinging Ovaries
At the weekend, I found out about Jess De Wahls and her upcoming art exhibition entitled ‘Big Swinging Ovaries’. I’m not entirely sure what I thought it would be from that title, but I was amazed once...
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Ask A Feminist: Intersectionality
This month’s question is: How do you think intersectionality can become the norm, as opposed to it often being seen as an oppositional ideology? The first couple of replies were sent directly to me,...
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Feminism Friday: Wowzers!
Saturday 8th March is International Women’s Day, so what better time to celebrate the achievements, creativity and talents of women and girls around the globe? Well, that’s exactly what Wowzers...
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Feminism Friday: Books that made me a feminist
The books that made me a feminist were the books that got me into trouble. I lost a lover, alienated friends, angered students, got into arguments with teachers — all because of books that followed...
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