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Rhiannon and Holly

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett and Holly Baxter are co-founders and editors of online magazine, The Vagenda.

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Society
15 May 2013

Pot Noodle joined the list of brands which seem determined to drive away women. They should realise that ironic hipster sexism is still sexism.

Culture
08 May 2013

Female celebrity meltdowns are depicted very differently from male ones – but is it such a bad thing to be a diva?

The V Spot
29 April 2013

From "giving away" to gifts to nuptial fashions, Rhiannon and Holly have ten tips for getting through a wedding with your feminist ideals intact.

Society
24 April 2013

Eating disorders are still not really regarded as diseases in the same way as cancer or malaria or measles - and in part, that's because of the work of the fashion industry to fetishise the ultra-skinny.

The V Spot
15 April 2013

Equality means judging women by the same standards as men. Margaret Thatcher wasn't a bad women or mother - she was a bad human.

The V Spot
08 April 2013

Sex and relationship education for young people has to be more than writing the names of a few STDs on a blackboard and hoping for the best. Honest sex education should help young people navigate the sex-saturated culture they live in.

Film
25 March 2013

From Maya in Zero Dark Thirty to Thelma and Louise to Amelie, there's reason to be hopeful about the way women are portrayed on screen.

Digital
11 March 2013

Porn often shows a submissive woman, stripped of all of her body hair, undergoing ritual humiliation in the name of sexuality, and twentysomethings must ask whether that has wider implications about how our peers view us socially, politically and professionally.

The V Spot
04 March 2013

Like it or not, feminism has got a PR problem.

The V Spot
25 February 2013

Motherhood can be life-changing, but women shouldn’t have to consider it some kind of “destiny”.

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