Resources

This page provides links to useful online resources and books that provide more information about feminist networking groups, campaigns and issues.

Feminist activist groups

London Feminist Network (LFN): http://londonfeministnetwork.org.uk/
Anti-porn London (APL): http://antipornfeminists.wordpress.com/
Object: http://www.object.org.uk/
UK Feminista: http://www.ukfeminista.org.uk/
The Poppy Project, Lilith Project and Eaves Housing: http://www.eaves4women.co.uk/
Black Feminists: http://blackfeminists.blogspot.com/

Anti-porn

Online resources:

Against Pornography: https://againstpornography.org/
Anti-Pornography Activist Blog: http://antipornographyactivist.wordpress.com/
AntiPorn Resource Center: http://oneangrygirl.net/
Genderberg: http://www.genderberg.com/phpNuke/index.php
Robert Jensen: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Erjensen/articles_gender.html
Stop Porn Culture: http://www.stoppornculture.org/
Anti Porn Activist Network: http://antipornactivist.com/
Scottish Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation: http://scase.wordpress.com/
Jackson Katz Interview with Gail Dines on the Tiger Woods Sex Scandal

Books:

The Industrial Vagina by Sheila Jeffreys
Pornography: Men Possessing Women by Andrea Dworkin
Intercourse by Andrea Dworkin
Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity by Robert Jensen
Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality by Dr. Gail Dines

Anti-prostitution and anti-trafficking

Online resources:

Demand Change: http://www.demandchange.org.uk/
Captive Daughters: http://www.captivedaughters.org/
Coalition Against Trafficking of Women: http://www.catwinternational.org/
CROP – Coalition for the Removal of Pimping: http://www.cropuk.org.uk/
ECPAT International: http://www.ecpat.net/
ECPAT UK: http://www.ecpat.org.uk/
Helen Bamber Foundation: http://www.helenbamber.org/
Not For Sale: Survivors in Revolt: http://notforsaleboston.wordpress.com/
Our Voices Matter: http://voicesmatter.org/
Prostitution Research and Education: http://www.prostitutionresearch.com/
Somaly Mam Foundation: http://www.somaly.org/
The Human Trafficking Project: http://www.traffickingproject.blogspot.com/
The SAGE Project—Standing Against Global Exploitation: http://www.sagesf.org/
Not For Sale: a film from the European Women’s Lobby: http://www.womenlobby.org/site/video_en.asp
A short film from CATW in support of campaigns against the legalization of prostitution in Taiwan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMu-PCNUI68
Emma Thompson: ‘Chances are you’ll know somebody who pays for sex’: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/dec/18/journey-emma-thompson
My Dangerous Loverboy: Stop Sex Trafficking: http://www.mydangerousloverboy.com/
A Whore’s Rage (Rebecca Mott’s blog):
http://rmott62.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/a-whores-rage/

Books:

Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography edited by C. Stark and Rebecca Whisnant
The Industrial Vagina by Sheila Jeffreys
The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade by Victor Malarek
The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It by Victor Malarek
Bunny Tales by Izabella St James

Body image and health

Online resources:

AnyBody: http://www.any-body.org/
Our Bodies Ourselves: http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/
Shapely Prose: http://kateharding.net/but-dont-you-realize-fat-is-unhealthy/
Endangered Species: http://www.endangeredspecieswomen.org.uk/

Books:

Bodies by Susie Orbach
Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West by Sheila Jeffreys

Feminist comment and opinion

Autonomous Radical Feminists: http://autonomousradicalfeminists.wordpress.com/
Cath Elliott: http://toomuchtosayformyself.wordpress.com/
Feministing: http://www.feministing.com/
Rachel Bell: http://www.bettybandit.co.uk/
Carnival of Radical Feminists: http://carnivalofradicalfeminists.wordpress.com/
I Blame the Patriarchy: http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/
Susan Brownmiller: http://www.susanbrownmiller.com/
Rain and Thunder: http://www.rainandthunder.org/

Combating male sexual violence

Child & Woman Abuse Studies Unit: http://www.cwasu.org/
Carnival Against Sexual Violence: http://carnivalagainstsexualviolence.blogspot.com/
Date Rape is Real Rape: http://www.daterapeisrealrape.com/
End Violence Against Women: http://www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/
Justice For Women: http://www.justiceforwomen.org.uk/
Million Women Rise: http://www.millionwomenrise.com/
Rape Crisis: http://www.rapecrisis.org.uk/
Refuge: http://www.refuge.org.uk/
Take Back the News: http://www.takebackthenews.org/
The Map of Gaps: http://www.mapofgaps.org/
The Truth About Rape: http://www.truthaboutrape.co.uk/
This is not an Invitation to Rape Me: http://www.thisisnotaninvitationtorapeme.co.uk/

Parenting and children

PinkStinks: http://www.pinkstinks.co.uk/
Girls Rock! The Movie: http://www.girlsrockmovie.com
One Space, Parenting Site for Single Parents: http://www.onespace.org.uk/
Forum for Feminist Parents: http://feministmums.forumotion.com/
Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon
Girls are Best by Sandi Toksvig
Mummy’s World (this is a private club for London mothers. It enables networking and has features like an online recipe-share, a family activity search engine and a family calendar. To preview it, login using username: visitor17 and password: t6h7j8. Membership is free and if you want to join, email virginie.marette@mummysworld.co.uk.)

Pro-feminist men

London Pro-Feminist Men’s Group: http://londonprofeministmensgroup.blogspot.com/
White Ribbon Campaign: http://www.whiteribboncampaign.co.uk/
Men’s Feminist Book Group: http://profemreaders.blogspot.com/

Petitons and campaigns

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