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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…
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…
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…
A MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Posted by Laura on May 8, 2010
Tags: Music, review, Women
Patti Smith, Sheffield, April 2010
Last month I was lucky enough to see Patti Smith at her evening at the Millenium gallery in Sheffield. I had seen Mapplethorpe’s exhibition there a while back and so this evening flowed quite…
MUSIC REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL STAR -THE SONGS OF ODETTA
Posted by Laura on January 2, 2010
Tags: Activism, Music
Don’t let the punk cds fool you, I like my easy listening too and the chilled-out, stripped back nature of this compilation was right up my street. Beautiful Star: The Songs of Odetta, curated and released by Wears The…
EVENT – GIRL GERMS
Posted by Guest on October 16, 2009
Tags: events, london, Music, Zines
Guest post by Lydia Harris and Laura Wilson.
Girls Germs is a grrrl-tastic night of music, zines, cakes and dancing. Everybody who comes gets a free cupcake and a chance to buy zines from the fantastic We Are Words And…
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…
LADY GAGA..POSTMODERN FEMINIST?
Posted by Laura on June 11, 2009
Tags: Blogs, feminism, Lady Gaga, Music, Postmodernism
So yes, firstly I do find it strange that a new ‘out-there’ female singer enters the fold and we’re clambering over their stance, if any, on feminism – but hey, I’m guilty as the rest of us. Lady GaGa…the epitome…
LADYFEST GOLDSMITHS: WOMEN, WORDS, MUSIC AND FUN
Posted by Charlotte on January 16, 2009
Tags: events, Music
Ladies of London, or those with the taste for taking the train there, Goldsmiths Student’s Union are hosting the first event of the Ladyfest Calandar 2009.
The events announced so far are as follows:
MUSIC FROM:
Das Wanderlust
Kasms
An Experiment…
ANI DIFRANCO – CANON
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Music
Righteous Babe 2007
Folk punk super chanteuse and outspoken feminist Ani Difranco released her first, long awaited, retrospective album this autumn. What is there to say? For those of you who already know and love Difranco; this is a hand…