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	<title type="text">The F-Word</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Contemporary UK Feminism</subtitle>

	<updated>2024-04-22T14:54:15Z</updated>

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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Memories of Helen G]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44555</id>
		<updated>2024-04-22T14:54:15Z</updated>
		<published>2024-04-19T19:51:18Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="announcements" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="feminist history" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Helen G" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="memorial" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="The F-Word" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[An update on Helen]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Our dear friend and comrade Helen Gregory]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44438</id>
		<updated>2024-03-02T21:22:36Z</updated>
		<published>2024-03-01T16:33:16Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="activism" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="announcements" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="feminist history" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="feminists" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="fundraising" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Helen G" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="memorial" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="The F-Word" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="women of words" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The F-Word briefly steps out of its hiatus with some sad news]]></summary>

		
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Goodbye for now]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44270</id>
		<updated>2022-08-22T06:51:53Z</updated>
		<published>2022-08-13T10:32:31Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="The F-Word" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[After 21 years, The F-Word is taking a break]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Holly Combe</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44220</id>
		<updated>2022-08-02T11:51:43Z</updated>
		<published>2022-08-01T21:22:45Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Weekly Round-Up And Open Thread" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[With articles covering the last fortnight, this round-up includes commentary on the lionesses’ Euro 2022 win and the latest on Bristol sex workers’ victory against Bristol City Council’s ‘nil-cap’ proposal]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Cleo Hopkin-King</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[The orgasm gap as a topic of feminist intrigue]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44215</id>
		<updated>2022-08-04T13:16:10Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-31T22:38:49Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="female genital mutilation" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="female sexuality" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="orgasm" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="pleasure" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="porn" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="pornography" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex education" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sexuality" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="women&#039;s pleasure" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="women&#039;s sexuality" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Cleo Hopkin-King takes a look at the historical subjugation of women’s sexuality and examines how patriarchal stigmatisation and control still contributes to disparities in sexual pleasure to this day]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Sadie Scheuer</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Debunking the myth that sex education incites premature sexual exploration]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44207</id>
		<updated>2022-08-01T16:59:02Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-31T19:53:07Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="&quot;Sex and Relationships Education&quot;" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="pleasure" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="porn" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="pornography" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex education" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex positive" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Sex Educator Sadie Scheuer considers where the idea that sex education leads to promiscuity comes from and thinks about how we can go about debunking this narrative]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Jade Gilbourne</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[From pleasure to pain: the real harms of &#8216;revenge porn&#8217;]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44190</id>
		<updated>2022-08-01T17:03:11Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-31T11:40:16Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="misogyny" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="revenge porn" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Jade Gilbourne explores the current prevalence non-consensual sexual image sharing and critiques the way so-called 'revenge porn' is treated by our society and legal system]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Connie Lawfull</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Why are so many of us having bad sex?]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44181</id>
		<updated>2022-08-01T17:06:36Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-30T21:16:59Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="podcasts" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Connie Lawfull reviews BAD SEX, the fourth series of Franki Cookney's 'The Second Circle' - the podcast that takes sex seriously]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Charlotte Burd</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sexual and reproductive healthcare must do better for transgender men]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44158</id>
		<updated>2022-08-01T17:09:26Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-30T13:21:38Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="healthcare" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="trans activism" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="trans health" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="trans man" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Charlotte Burd explores the structural issues within the UK healthcare system that are making sexual and reproductive healthcare services dangerously inaccessible for transgender men]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Connie Lawfull</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Seven feminist books on sex]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44168</id>
		<updated>2022-08-01T17:12:18Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-30T09:33:14Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Books" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="books" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="non-fiction" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Featuring a range of books on pleasure, intimacy and identity, Connie and Cleo recommend some thought provoking, feminist reading material to add to your bookshelf]]></summary>

		
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			<name>Holly Combe</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44118</id>
		<updated>2022-08-02T10:18:14Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-18T12:00:53Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Weekly Round-Up And Open Thread" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This week’s selection includes coverage of London Trans+ Pride and material about International Non-Binary People’s Day, along with an article and a song from COLORSXSTUDIOS]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Lusana Taylor</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44075</id>
		<updated>2022-08-16T20:19:25Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-12T12:02:37Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Weekly Round-Up And Open Thread" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the last week]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Holly Combe</name>
					</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=44017</id>
		<updated>2022-07-14T09:08:47Z</updated>
		<published>2022-07-04T19:59:21Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Weekly Round-Up And Open Thread" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This week’s post includes a bumper section on Pride, with an emphasis on its roots in protest and featuring reflections from GLF activists, some of whom campaigned for gay rights 50 years ago]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Connie Lawfull</name>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Abortion is a universal right, and no one is less deserving]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://thefword.org.uk/2022/06/abortion-is-a-universal-right-and-no-one-is-less-deserving/" />

		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=43992</id>
		<updated>2022-08-02T10:55:13Z</updated>
		<published>2022-06-30T14:10:36Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="abortion" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="abortion access" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="abortion rights" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="blog" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="bodily autonomy" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="human rights" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="rape" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="sex and relationships" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="women&#039;s rights" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Connie Lawfull reflects on the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US, arguing that we need to be careful about centring traumatic cases when criticising it]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Connie Lawfull</name>
					</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://thefword.org.uk/2022/06/weekly-round-up-and-open-thread-301/" />

		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=43977</id>
		<updated>2022-07-04T21:00:19Z</updated>
		<published>2022-06-28T12:19:45Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This week's round up takes a look at the overturning of Roe v Wade, as well as reflections on the failed Rwanda deportation flight and racial erasure in The Handmaid’s Tale]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Lissy Lovett</name>
					</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://thefword.org.uk/2022/06/weekly-round-up-and-open-thread-300/" />

		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=43970</id>
		<updated>2022-06-19T11:35:47Z</updated>
		<published>2022-06-20T07:35:09Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Weekly Round-Up And Open Thread" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the last week]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>Hannah Brydon</name>
					</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weighing up safety and risk]]></title>
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		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=43954</id>
		<updated>2022-06-21T22:09:02Z</updated>
		<published>2022-06-14T07:30:30Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="harassment" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Hannah Brydon writes about her academic study of street harassment ]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Lusana Taylor</name>
					</author>

		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Weekly round-up and open thread]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://thefword.org.uk/2022/06/weekly-round-up-and-open-thread-299/" />

		<id>https://thefword.org.uk/?p=43965</id>
		<updated>2022-06-13T16:59:15Z</updated>
		<published>2022-06-13T16:59:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Life" /><category scheme="https://thefword.org.uk" term="Weekly Round-Up And Open Thread" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It’s time for another weekly round-up with The F-Word’s picks of the most interesting and important articles from the last week]]></summary>

		
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