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FEATURE feminism : Swedish women, the ideal woman?

Swedish women, the ideal woman?

Tall, dashing, blond hair and a blue-eyed stare. The list of clichés regarding Swedish women is long. Courted by men, envied by other women; how do the women in question live with these stereotypes? Part II in a special edition marking the six-month Swedish presidency of the EU

by Camille Thomas @ // 04/08/09

feminism, seduction, feminism, erasmus, sweden, society, sexism

INTERVIEW feminism : Virginie Despentes and Lucía Etxebarría: ‘highbrow bitches’

Virginie Despentes and Lucía Etxebarría: ‘highbrow bitches’

With their French and Spanish novels, Despentes, 39, and Etxebarría, 42, override the superficiality of cultural critics and the need to write about the female body

by Pedro Picón @ , Katharina Kloss @ // 02/07/08

feminism, virginie despentes, literature, lucía etxebarría, body, media, lucia etxebarria

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Women's rally in London

By Naomi Christie London, 9th March 2009 (Women marching the streets of London on 7 March 2009. Photo: Naomi Christie) Women rallied in London last Saturday for an end to male violence. The event, One Million Women Rise, did not achieve the high numbers it had forecast with stewards estimating ...

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