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HERSTORIA, HISTORY WITH VISIBLE WOMEN
Posted by Charlotte on June 11, 2009
Tags: History, Magazines, Non-Fiction
Despite David Starkey’s pompous accusation that history is becoming “feminised” it is actually becoming equalised – in that it is no longer the mirror with which white men can see themselves as main players, but one which shows all of…
SECRET DAUGHTER
Posted by Charlotte on June 9, 2009
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
As much as I enjoyed making issue 7 I’m already working on my stuff for issue 8 including a spread on women in film, behind the camera, calling shots, changing lives and all that jazz.
As part of this…
BLOODY BOOKS
Posted by Charlotte on February 23, 2009
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
Maturely side stepping numerous puns and word play from the lexicon of menstruation I shall delve delicately into a little buzz about My Little Red Book, a delightful anthology of first periods collected from women of all ages and from…
MAKING STUFF & DOING THINGS: A COLLECTION OF DIY GUIDES TO DOING JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
edited by Kyle Bravo
(Microcosm Publishing, 2006, 240 pp, RRP £5.86)
http://www.microcosmpublishing.com/
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MAMAPHONIC: BALANCING MOTHERHOOD AND OTHER CREATIVE ACTS
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
edited by Bee Lavender and Maia Rossini
(Softskull Press, 2005, 284 pp, RRP £9.99)
http://www.mamaphonic.com/
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GRASSROOTS: A FIELD GUIDE FOR FEMINIST ACTIVISM
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
Jennifer Baumgardener and Amy Richards
(FSG, 2005, 306 pp, RRP £6.84)
http://www.manifesta.net/
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HOW TO BECOME A FAMOUS WRITER BEFORE YOU’RE DEAD
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
Ariel Gore
(Three Rivers Press, 2007, 265 pp, RRP £6.81)
http://www.arielgore.com/
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THE ETHICAL SLUT: A GUIDE TO INFINITE SEXUAL POSSIBILITIES
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
Dossie Easton and Catherine Liszt
(Greenery Press, 1997, 279 pp, RRP £11.99)
According to therapist and sex author Easton and Liszt, a slut is someone ‘having all the sex and love and friendship they want’. The ethical part is where…
FULL FRONTAL FEMINISM: A YOUNG WOMAN’S GUIDE TO WHY FEMINISM MATTERS.
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
Jessica Valenti
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SISTERHOOD INTERRUPTED: FROM RADICAL WOMEN TO GRRLS GONE WILD
Posted by Charlotte on April 23, 2008
Tags: Books, Non-Fiction
A historical tour of the US women’s movement told through the forty- year drama surrounding the feminist slogan and ideology ‘The Personal is Political’. This tale of cat-fights and…