Is the F word a dirty word? When I asked my now boyfriend on our first date if he was a feminist, he said no, he was an 'equalist'. But shouldn't that be the same thing? Isn't feminism, at its heart, about equality? I am still surprised when people, especially...

It's no secret that funny women have fairly poor representation in the mass media - but not so on Twitter. On Twitter funny women are queens. Twitter is a new world, a microcosm of society in which there are fewer rules, greater freedom and no oppressive history. The voices that...

First of all, let me express my distaste at having to refer to masturbation as 'female masturbation'. It suggests from the offset that masturbation is a predominantly male activity, which, ahem, it's not. But when was the last time you heard someone use the phrase 'male masturbation'? Exactly. The banter...

My friend Sam pointed out recently that women can laugh at anything in the world except weight. It made me laugh at the time - partly because Sam's girlfriend Kate has a truly enviable figure, and partly because it is completely and utterly true. Most women have some...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, you will already be familiar with Caitlin Moran (pronounced Cat-lin, in case you're wondering). Star columnist of The Times, strident feminist, and undisputed queen of the Twitterverse, Moran has cemented herself in the nation's psyche as the alternative...

Ok, I admit it - I'm a huge Buffy The Vampire Slayer nerd. As a teenager, I watched the show religiously. The series, which ran from 1997 to 2003, was undoubtedly a huge influence on my life. Not least because it featured (a frequently shirtless) peroxide blonde James Marsters. But...

I can't be the only woman in the country with a ginormous crush on The Doctor? Maybe it's his amazing floppy hair, maybe it's because he knows his way around a sonic screwdriver - hell, it's probably even the bow tie (they're cool, you know). I could spend ages waxing...

A couple of months ago I came across a blog in the Guardian, titled 'The gay one in Glee - positive role model or dangerous cliché?'

Let me begin by accepting that the post was published in March, and there have been significant developments in Glee's story arcs...