Trouble and Strife

New article: Who Owns Gender?

admin — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:58:16 +0000

In this article, Delilah Campbell asks the question: Who owns gender?

Margaret Thatcher, Then and Now

admin — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:45:28 +0000

Margaret Thatcher was as divisive in death as she had been in life: when she died earlier this month there were outpourings of adulation from her admirers, while some of her detractors held protests and parties. Her status as Britain’s first woman prime minister was constantly emphasized, whether in positive terms or negative ones. [...]

New article: The Trouble with “Hate”

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:07:36 +0000

In her article The Trouble with “Hate”, Liz Kelly weighs up the arguments around the usefulness of the category of “hate crime”. To many activists fighting racism and homophobia, this recognition is welcome, but what value does it have for feminists dealing with violence against women and children? Is “hate crime” a useful concept, [...]

Women of 2011

Debbie Cameron — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:16:49 +0000

After reading that the BBC had chosen a panda as one of its women of the year in 2011, and that half the actual women on its list were notable only for marrying or shagging powerful men, I thought T&S could do better. So, to start the ball rolling, here’s my own roll-call of [...]

Dick-ipedia

Delilah Campbell — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:58:41 +0000

A recent article in the New York Times revealed that women make up less than 15% of active contributors to Wikipedia. This has sparked a debate about why women are so underrepresented. Claims that it has something to do with the technology being more congenial to men do not stand up, because the 85/15 [...]

Access to abortion in Northern Ireland

Strange Loop — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:13:58 +0000

The government is going to help women in poor countries access safe and effective family planning, including abortion. This is laudable, but it highlights the hypocrisy with respect to abortion rights within the UK. It is a disgrace that women in Northern Ireland still don’t have access to abortion.

According to abortionrights.org.uk:

Unlike in [...]

New article: Brain Wars

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:14:47 +0000

In her new article, Brain Wars, Debbie Cameron reviews two recent books that challenge the idea of a sexed brain: Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences, and Rebecca Jordan-Young’s Brainstorm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Difference.

Diana Leonard, 1941-2010

Debbie Cameron — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:12:21 +0000

Diana Leonard, one of the founders of Trouble & Strife magazine, died on 27 November; her funeral takes place in London today. Di was a member of the magazine’s original editorial collective, who also wrote for it (her work appears in the T&S Reader which was published last year) and supported it actively throughout [...]

New article: Talking about Gender

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:24:05 +0000

In New Articles, Joan Scanlon and Debbie Cameron publish a transcript of their talk to the London Feminist Network about the conflicting meanings of gender.

Danny Dyer

The_Dame — Wed, 05 May 2010 12:56:55 +0000

The Mirror reports that ‘celebrity’ misogynist Danny Dyer has used Zoo magazine to advise a reader whose girlfriend has dumped him “to cut your ex’s face, and then no one will want her”

I believe the editor of Zoo is tom.etherington@zootoday.com, so why not let him know your thoughts on the matter?