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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…
THE FEMINIST POSTER PROJECT
Posted by Laura on August 22, 2010
Tags: Activism, Art, feminism, posters, stickers
The Feminist Poster Project was founded in July 2010 and as their site says itself This website archives and shares feminist posters, postcards and stickers for you to print and paste. It offers a space for inspiration and a network…
PORNIFICATION AND POP – THE DEBATE CONTINUES
Posted by Laura on August 22, 2010
Tags: Lady Gaga, Media, Music, pornification, sexualisation
There is always talk of the increasing sexualised nature of pop music and celebrities, but since Mike Stock announced in The Daily Mail that “Ninety-nine per cent of the charts is R ‘n’ B and 99 per cent of…
SOME TID-BITS
Posted by Laura on July 5, 2010
Tags: academia, Activism, Books, feminism, News, Politics
Women Will Bear Brunt of Budget Cuts piece at The Guardian
CWS at University of York Announces A Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism
Carol Ann Duffy Reading, Questions and Book Signing in Lincoln
UNEMPLOYABLE MALES…
Posted by Laura on July 5, 2010
Tags: Education, Sexism, Women and Work
In The Observer yesterday, an article looked at the recent report published by the Higher Education Policy institute thinktank which claimed male graduates were less employable than their female counterparts. Now whilst it was rightly pointed out that…
KNICKER BUNTING, HAND PUPPETS, ZINE MAKING AND ROLLER DERBY!
Posted by Laura on July 4, 2010
Tags: academia, fashion, feminism, Music, Research, roller derby, Sport, Women, Women and Sport, Zines
On Friday 2nd July I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the ‘Not PowerPoint Again! Presenting Research on Women in Popular Culture’ Day School at the University of York. The day itself was organised by…
MAGGIE THATCHER, LIKE MARMITE APPARENTLY…
Posted by Laura on July 4, 2010
Tags: Politics, Woman's Hour, Women
BBC Radio4’s Woman’s Hour recently run a balloon debate to consider the woman who’d done the most to give women in Britain a voice in politics. One of the four women in the balloon was Margaret Thatcher,…
ASKING FOR IT
Posted by Laura on July 3, 2010
Tags: News, Rape, TV, Women
On a similar topic to the last post – I turned on BBC 1 Breakfast News this morning in the middle of a discussion about respecting other countries’ members by not wearing swimwear into bars, restaurants, shops and so…
STOP SEXIST ATTITUDES TOWARDS WOMEN AT DOWNLOAD…
Posted by Laura on June 17, 2010
Tags: Music, pornification, Sexism
I’ve been going to Download Festival for about 5 years now on and off. For those new to the event, it’s a yearly three day festival held at Castle Donnington which features metal, punk and rock bands. What has…
GENDER, EDUCATION, ACADEMIA
Posted by Laura on June 4, 2010
Tags: Education, events, london
Firstly some attention for the Gender Agenda Conference on 14th July in London. I was booked to go to this but now I’m double-booked for the day and unfortunately unable to go which is such a shame because it…