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ONCE MORE WITH FEELING
Posted by Charlotte on June 27, 2009
Tags: Art, events, feminism
I made the best of my Saturday by popping over to the Tate Modern in London to see some of the performances for Once More With Feeling. Unfortunately we couldn’t get tickets to the evening events (if anyone did,…
COLOURING OUTSIDE THE LINES: THE EXHIBITION
Posted by Gill on June 26, 2009
Tags: Art, events, feminism, News, Zines
Gallery II at the University of Bradford hosts a new collaborative exhibition of female artists working beyond the bounds of the cultural mainstream, which opens tonight.
Is sewing art? Do you see the ‘best’ art in galleries? Whose interpretation is…
CONTRIBUTIONS REMINDER ISSUE 8
Posted by Gill on June 26, 2009
Tags: Action Alert, feminism, Magazines, News, Zines
Bright ideas, burning issues, big love for a band/artist/entrepreneur?
Have you heard about a ‘wonder of the world’ that we should be promoting?
There’s still 3 days to get your contribution together for issue 8 of Subtext.
We’d love to…
CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING
Posted by Laura on June 25, 2009
Tags: Health, News, Politics
The government yesterday announced its decision not to lower the screening age for cervical cancer to 20 in England (which it is elsewhere) as it would do “more harm than good”. Yes, you did read that right. More harm to…
SHAKE YOUR ART MAKER
Posted by Charlotte on June 23, 2009
Some days you realise that there are things, groups, organisations that you didn’t know about and that you really should.
One of those little discoveries today is The Women’s Art Library (Make) a specialist library housed in…
Posted by Laura on June 21, 2009
Tags: Books, feminism, Magazines
The You Magazine today (supplement in the Sunday Mail) has snippets from the forthcoming The Noughtie Girl’s Guide to Feminism by Ellie Levenson. The book itself is released 1st July but you can pre-order it from Amazon. Personally I…
SONG LYRICS I'M CURRENTLY HATING…
Posted by Laura on June 19, 2009
Tags: Music, Song Lyrics
…and keep on having to hear on the radio
and the best is no one knows who you are
just another girl alone at the bar
don’t trust a hoe never trust a hoe wont trust a hoe…
BRADFORD ZINE FEST THIS WEEKEND
Posted by Gill on June 19, 2009
Tags: events, Magazines, News, Zines
On Sunday 21st June The Treehouse Café, Bradford [map link] , will become host to a glorious celebration of all things DIY and papery.
Three rooms will be full to the brim with lots of incredible zines from…
PERSEPHONE, 10 THIS YEAR!
Posted by Charlotte on June 18, 2009
Tags: Books, events
Persephone is a rather good publishing house which reprints much neglected books by 20th century authors, a huge amount of which are written by women.
Not only are the books marvelously well chosen super reads, they are the most…
POLITICAL PARITY
Posted by Charlotte on June 18, 2009
Tags: Action Alert, Politics
I’ve been hanging around the periphery of The Downing Street project of late, and I must say it’s all interesting stuff – new political structures, new ideas, tonnes of enthusiasm.
So what a little treat that Meryl Roberts,…