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BLOODY BOOKS
Posted by Charlotte on February 23, 2009
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
Maturely side stepping numerous puns and word play from the lexicon of menstruation I shall delve delicately into a little buzz about My Little Red Book, a delightful anthology of first periods collected from women of all ages and from…
ARMCHAIR ACTION: PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN BEFORE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Posted by Charlotte on February 23, 2009
Tags: Action Alert, Activism
While we all love a rally, a march, a conference, mixing with the other feminists in real life for chatting and debating and joining together into a huge giant feminist who can save the world, there is still much to…
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, A WEBSITE, THE WORLD
Posted by Charlotte on February 20, 2009
Tags: events, News
International Women’s Day is the highlight in many a feminists calender with a splurge of educational, interesting and exciting events – we’ve already blogged about some plans organised by the Million Women Rise March in London – now you…
INVASION OF THE CHUBSTERS – QUEER FAT PUNKS INVADE THE BFI
Posted by Charlotte on February 20, 2009
Tags: events, Films
Bless all the Chubsters, saying no to fatphobes the only way a true gang knows how with fists. They’re invading the BFI, this is a straight up repost from their facebook page.
The Chubsters have been working on a secret
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PLAYBOY OPEN TO STRATEGIC CHANGE OF DIRECTION
Posted by Charlotte on February 19, 2009
Tags: Activism, News
I’m no fan of the exploitation and commodification of women, even less when purveyors of such tosh have a sideline in the targeting of the tweens so when Playboy suffered a net loss of $156.1 million at the end…
VOICE YOUR OPINIONS, FAWCETT WANT YOUR WORDS.
Posted by Charlotte on February 16, 2009
Tags: Action Alert
Fawcett are going survey crazy so here are three lovely ways to lend your voice to their work.
Views on Business Use of the Sex Industry
Pin Up calenders, business meetings moving to lap dancing clubs, nudey screen savers…
ZINE REVIEW: PAMFLET IX
Posted by Gill on February 9, 2009
Tags: Zines
Edited by Anna-Marie Fitzgerald and Phoebe Frangoul
The Pamflet crew @ the Women’s Library Zinefest 09 (lifted from Pamflet’s blog)
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BOOK REVIEW: WETLANDS, CHARLOTTE ROCHE
Posted by Gill on February 4, 2009
Tags: Books
After reading about Charlotte Roche’s first book, Wetlands, all over the press, I was excited to receive a review copy and see if it lived…