The latest news and comment on feminist protest group Femen
April 2019
Shortcuts
Activism laid bare: a quick history of naked protests
When scantily clad Extinction Rebellion protestors took to parliament on Monday, they joined a long line of semi-naked activists
July 2018
Femen co-founder Oksana Shachko found dead in Paris flat
Suicide note found next to body of 31-year-old feminist activist, say Femen members
February 2018
Sorry, Jane Seymour, getting your kit off at any age is hardly ‘liberation’
Barbara Ellen
The actress feels empowered by her photoshoot, but she is perpetuating a long discredited message
April 2017
Twenty photographs of the week
The 20 photographs of the week
Protests in Caracas, mass dancing in Pyongyang, the Paris shooting and anti-government protests in Istanbul – the news of the week captured by the world’s best photojournalists
January 2017
Topless Femen protester at unveiling of Donald Trump waxwork in Madrid – video
Topless feminist protester attacks Donald Trump waxwork
March 2016
Femen activists acquitted over topless Strauss-Kahn protest
Top 10s
Top 10 books about breasts
September 2015
Femen's topless condescension towards Muslim women only helps sexism
Susan Carland
Islam doesn’t require women to love misogyny as a religious duty – not that Femen would know. Muslim women are capable of standing up for ourselves
April 2015
ECB protester Josephine Witt surprised by relaxed security measures
German activist who chanted ‘End ECB Dick-tatorship’ and threw confetti at Mario Draghi had falsely registered as a journalist
February 2015
'How long will this nightmare last?': first-hand account of Copenhagen gun attack
Niels Ivar Larsen
A participant in the freedom of speech debate targeted by the gunman tells of the moment the shooting started
December 2014
Vatican releases Femen activist who took St Peter’s Square Jesus statue
Femen activist who stole St Peter’s Square Jesus could face Vatican trial
October 2014
Femen protesters target Vladimir Putin before his meeting with Ukraine leader
Topless demonstrators accuse summit in Milan of ‘welcoming a killer’ before Russian president’s meeting with Petro Poroshenko
September 2014
Twenty photographs of the week
The 20 photographs of the week
The Oscar Pistorius verdict, the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the referendum in Scotland – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
July 2014
Fashion blog
The real reason French women have stopped sunbathing topless
According to French Elle, women have stopped sunbathing topless in France. Morwenna Ferrier asks two French women why they do, and don't, and finds out it has very little to do with health scares
May 2014
Scout Willis's topless Instagram protest draws more eyeballs than action
Jamie Peck
Jamie Peck: As someone who tested out New York's topless law herself, catering to the male gaze doesn't really change social problems
February 2014
Twenty photographs of the week
The Observer's 20 photographs of the week
The best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
December 2013
Twenty photographs of the week
The Observer's 20 photographs of the year
From the image of an evicted Roma family sheltering from a storm to the death of Nelson Mandela, leading photojournalists tell how they captured 20 defining images in 2013
November 2013
Film blog
Hybrid documentaries, Ai Weiwei and Femen rule the CPH:DOX festival
Damon Wise: A mood of optimism prevailed at the Copenhagen documentary showcase despite the explicitly political lineup, as Algerian film Bloody Beans walked away with the top prize
