Some feminist activists view the discussion of semantics as little more than an academic indulgence, but language as it is commonly used today is stifling the feminist cause and it’s time we made an effort to change it, writes Casey Jenkins.

Strong female characters such as Hermione Granger from the Harry Potter series and Sookie Stackhouse of True Blood fame are one way of killing off the notion that boys are the norm and girls merely a variation of the ‘norm’, writes Natalie Wilson.

How do you reconcile the principles of feminism with nude or erotic modeling? Refusing to cover up your flaws and working with ethical photographers are among two of the suggestions offered by Lori Adorable in her guide for feminist models.

Most of us enjoy action films. We would all like to make the world a better place, yet we adore violence, explosions and overcoming impossible odds in the name of justice. The action heroes of the silver screen have long displayed our ideals of strength and determination in their physique making them objects of adoration, but does the modern action hero need an overhaul? Tom Geba reports. 

At first Zenobia Frost wasn't quite sure about this controversial movement, but research and participation gave her a greater appreciation for the cause.

Feminism clearly entails a multi-perspective, multi-faceted way of thinking about equality and rights, so what happens when feminists violently disagree with each other? Erin Stewart investigates protests, disinvitations and the exclusion of feminists in debates and wonders what implications this will have on solidarity and feminism as activism.

Feminists have long questioned the all encompassing premise that motherhood is about sacrificing one’s own self to “do what’s best for the child.” We have rejected this notion in other areas, but remain curiously silent of late on the resurgence of this logic in the breast-feeding conversation. Crunktastic asks: Can you be a good feminist and admit you may not want to breastfeed?

An ardent feminist since she was a young girl, Wilson Diehl wonders why – now she has a baby of her own – she loves being called a MILF.

We need to stop judging and pathologizing people who may be making food choices we don’t understand. Body autonomy means every body is autonomous, writes blogger and fat acceptance activist Marianne Kirby.

By blurring the lines between a genuine romance and prostitution, the sugar daddy relationship is more problematic than a traditional john/hooker encounter, writes Hugo Schwyzer.