ARCHIVE FOR SEPTEMBER, 2010

WILL LABOUR SEE 50% WOMEN IN SHADOW CABINET?

Posted by Charlotte on September 28, 2010

As you must know by now Ed Milliband sneaked into the leadership roll for the Labour party this week turning the news coverage into more brotherly love/hate debates (his older brother David had looked like the shoe-in for the role).…

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LONDON FASHION WEEK’S FATSHION: BETH DITTO AT EVANS

Posted by Charlotte on September 21, 2010

Every now and again there’s a bit of a fuss kicked up over size acceptance on the catwalk. This mainly happens after some young woman on the slim side of tiny size has died. People pretend that catwalks will be…

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LONDON FASHION WEEK’S FLIGHT OF FEMINISM: TATTY DEVINE

Posted by Charlotte on September 20, 2010
Tags: fashion, feminism, History, LFW, Tatty Devine, Women

As fashion week and new seasonal wardrobes get all up in your face and over magazines it’s worth pulling out the little bits of interest to feminists — today, the Tatty Devine designed ‘Age of Blazing Trails’ amazing women-based…

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LOOKING AT WOMEN IN THE NEWS

Posted by Charlotte on September 6, 2010

Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. While this was first brought to my attention when a friend searched for feminism and found… NOTHING

I found a similar dearth…

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BATTLE OF IDEAS 2010

Posted by Laura on September 2, 2010
Tags: academia, Education, events, feminism, london, Politics

Earlier today I stumbled across the Battle of Ideas coming up next month (October 30-31). Organised by the Institute of Ideas and hosted by the Royal College of Art, the Battle of Ideas is a two-day (conveniently at the…

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