ARCHIVE FOR JULY, 2009

LARS VON TRIER'S ANTICHRIST

Posted by Laura on July 16, 2009
Tags: Art, Films

I stumbled across this piece on The Guardian site earlier today. It concerns Lars von Trier’s Antichrist which premiered at this year’s Cannes and has generated quite some talk, particularly concerning the act of female genital mutilation involved…

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THE FAT OF THE LAND

Posted by Charlotte on July 13, 2009
Tags: Body Image, events, Fat Politics, LGBT

My delightful namesake Charlotte Cooper over at the Obesity Timebomb blog linked to the NOLOSE grant winners now on the NOLOSE site. For those not in the now, NOLOSE is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to ending the oppression…

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OFFSIDE

Posted by Charlotte on July 8, 2009
Tags: events, Films

I went to see Offside at the Amnesty building in London last night a part of the Iranian Women’s Film festival that has been running since the end of June.

Offside was a fantastic film about a group of…

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A NOUGHTIE GIRL'S GUIDE TO FEMINISM – ELLIE LEVENSON

Posted by Laura on July 7, 2009
Tags: Books, feminism

I was eagerly anticipating the release of this book, so much so that I pre-ordered my copy off Amazon (though is it just me or is it a bit strange that under ‘Customers who bought this item also bought…’…

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FAR OUT WOMEN

Posted by Charlotte on July 7, 2009
Tags: LGBT, News, TV

Look, I’m just going to block quote a whole tonne of words from the Far Out website, and leave you to get all excited about some real not for cock lesbian storylines.

Far Out is a tell-it-how-it-is window on

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CATCH UP

Posted by Charlotte on July 5, 2009
Tags: Blogs, Body Image, events, News

OK. Things have been a little fast and loose this week and we’ve had nothing up on the blog, so let me point you in the direction of some interesting reading.

Over at Obesity Timebomb Charlotte Cooper (that would…

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