Paris Hilton vs. Jessica Ennis

Emma Ward works for an addiction charity and is co-director of Progressive Women.

This week I attended ‘Lifting the Lid’, an event hosted by the Women’s Fabian Network to discuss the sexualisation of women and girls in British society and culture. The keynote speaker was Diane Abbott MP, Labour’s Shadow Public Health Minister.

My ears [...]

Hysteria – A Feminist Film?

Rhona Foulis, actress, tutor and writer of the anecdotal blog Coco Tucker, writes for Progressive Women.

“It’s really a film about female empowerment”, claims co-writer Jonah Lisa Dyer. How could it not be, with female sexual pleasure on the agenda?

In Victorian London, 75% of women were diagnosed as suffering from hysteria, a catch-all condition [...]