With a male-centric mainstream and so-called ‘alternative’ culture giving limited space to female creativity, worldwide DIY festival, Ladyfest – where all bands are totally female or female fronted – parties on underground. Rachel Bell talks to some of the hugely talented women who will create, network and rock at upcoming Ladyfest Leeds.
Category: Culture
University challenge
With the sex industry now targeting students, more and more young women are taking a stand against lads' mags and lap-dancing clubs. Rachel Bell reports.
Love in the time of phone porn
With sex education failing to teach young people about relationships, pornography - on mobiles, online and in magazines - is increasingly filling the gap. Rachel Bell reports.
Students move into pole position
While many students embrace raunch culture, a growing number are refusing to accept sexism on campus says Rachel Bell.
Objecting to lads’ mags
The so-called lads' mags that have sprung up over the past few years aren't only sexually explicit, they are contemptuous of women and therefore harmful argues Rachel Bell. But reactions to MP Claire Curtis Thomas' bill to have them classed as pornography and put on the top shelf have been frustratingly predicatable. She calls for more understanding of the movement and women's voices behind the MP.
Caution: Men at work
Women shouldn't put up with porn at work, says Rachel Bell, after watching C4's Dispatches.
Porn creep in the corner shop
MP Claire Curtis-Thomas calls for media regulation to end the normalisation of porn in our newsagents.
Action Man
One man taking violence against women out of the realm of 'women's issues' and giving young boys and men a positive role model is Damian Carnell, from Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum (NDVF). Rachel Bell meets him and gets a male perspective on male violence.
Challenging the ‘Sex Sells’ Cliché
Everywhere you turn these days there are sexualised images of women's bodies as porn becomes more and more mainstream. Rachel Bell investigates the growing protest movement against the normalisation of porn in everyday life.
Women Unite, Reclaim the Night!
Rachel Bell reports on November's hugely successful Reclaim the Night March in London, and some of the marchers explain their reasons for taking part.
Betty Bandit 