April 2013

Controversy in feminism & Spare Rib: nothing new

Posted on 30 April 2013 in Uncategorized

A few years ago, I found this in an old issue of Spare Rib, from September 1980 and took photos of it, to share with the F Word collective when some controversy or other was raging about something on the site and we were all feeling pretty down about it (I can’t even remember what […]

Red Pepper article: “Feminism: now for the good news”

Posted on 29 April 2013 in Writing

[This post was originally published in October 2010 on the website for the book Reclaiming The F Word, by myself and Kristin Aune. Since the website no longer exists, I thought I would publish it again here.] My article on contemporary feminism in June/July’s [2010] issue of Red Pepper has now been published online. It’s […]

Connie Hozvicka is a magician

Posted on 21 April 2013 in Fun stuff

She can say a few words… And then this happens in my kitchen: FUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! Note to self: have more things in the house with these colours. I obviously like them.

Reclaiming The F Word Survey: Feminist issues

Posted on 18 April 2013 in Writing

[This post was originally published in August 2010 on the website for the book Reclaiming The F Word, by myself and Kristin Aune. Since the website no longer exists, I thought I would publish it again here.] As part of the survey of UK feminists undertaken for our book, we asked the 1265 respondents ‘please […]

Launch of Reclaiming The F Word

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[This post was originally published in June 2010 on the website for the book Reclaiming The F Word, by myself and Kristin Aune. Since the website no longer exists, I thought I would publish it again here.] On Thursday 3rd June we celebrated the launch of my book with Kristin Aune, Reclaiming The F Word! […]

Grassroots Feminism interview

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[This post was originally published in April 2010 on the website for the book Reclaiming The F Word, by myself and Kristin Aune. Since the website no longer exists, I thought I would publish it again here.] There’s an interview with me (Catherine) up at Grassroots Feminism. I was interviewed by Red Chidgey, who asked […]

Survey: What do you understand the term feminism to mean?

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[This post was originally published in March 2010 on the website for the book Reclaiming The F Word, by myself and Kristin Aune. Since the website no longer exists, I thought I would publish it again here, with some minor edits.] How do feminists explain what feminism is? achieve beings belief believe change choice culture […]

Reclaiming The F Word: New Edition

Posted on 2 April 2013 in Writing

Dear friends, A new edition of Reclaiming The F Word is coming out in June 2013! It has an updated preface by myself and Kristin Aune which discusses developments in feminism since the first edition, in 2010. Anyway, for fun I bunged the preface into a wordle and this is what came out! The first […]

Gifts for New Mums! New Video Series

Posted on 1 April 2013 in Fun stuff

I’ve done a few videos recommendations of gifts for new mums or for mums-to-be. If you have a friend who’s just had a baby or is just about to have one, and you’re stuck for ideas, I’m confident this will help you. Check it out on YouTube and please share and “like”! (Also you will […]