“A few years ago I was sent something: ‘Here’s the premise, a woman’s body found naked wrapped in clingfilm, where do you go next?’” That one example from an anonymous screenwriter perfectly captures crime drama’s obsession with violence against women. Sometimes we talk about that a lot, other times […]
From Line of Duty to The Fall: why can’t TV shows stop killing women?
‘Sexism stands at the door’: 11 female film-makers written out of mainstream Hollywood history
Everything we’re told about cinema is that it’s shaped by men. If women feature at all in many Hollywood histories, it’s to look gorgeous on screen and lead interesting personal lives off it. But this narrative has been warped, consciously and not, by the men who have dominated film-making […]
Yvonne Brewster: ‘I wasn’t going to faff around the edges of the fringe’
antastic! Because all of us lickkle, and all of us tallawah, and all of us are women,” said Jamaican actor Mona Hammond when Yvonne Brewster suggested a name for her theatre company. Hammond, who had helped found the company, wanted a Jamaican name. Brewster consulted a dictionary on the […]
So Here’s the Thing…….
So here’s the thing…..we all stand on the shoulders of giants and its good form and great practice and helps us to build a REAL version of history when we remember to give a nod to those who went before us. As a clubber of the 80’s I remember a time when there were very powerful women on the club scene – mostly LGBTQi clubs – as these were definitely the most interesting and culturally stimulating places to be and which is probably why they have largely been erased from history. Women who ran clubs – The Fridge – Susan Carrington, Sophie Budden and Terri Murray – who ran the amazing Venus Rising, and all the brilliant female DJs Vicki Edwards, Maxine, Princess Julia, Smokin’ Jo to name a few.
DJ Rebekah remembers the day she walked into a record shop in her native Birmingham to ask for a job. Her parents had bought her a set of turntables just before her 17th birthday and she was keen to start building her vinyl collection. “I said to the guys […]
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Scotland becomes first nation to provide free period products for all
Scotland has become the first country in the world to provide free and universal access to period products after a four-year campaign that has fundamentally shifted the public discourse around menstruation.
?? New equalities chief ??
Caroline Nokes voted against same sex marriage in 2013 Tory MP Caroline Nokes, who voted against same sex marriage, has been elected to oversee the scrutiny in parliament of LGBTQ+ and equalities issues. The MP for Romsey and Southampton North replaces LGBTQ+ ally Maria Miller who stepped aside […]
That damned woman: why my Faustus is female
A man (it is almost always a man) strikes a deal for greatness and pays a terrible price for it. The Faust myth teaches us to be careful of what we wish for, that pride comes before a fall, that nothing comes for free. Faustus is bored by the […]
Rights activist Almaas Elman shot dead
Almaas Elman, a prominent rights activist, was shot dead in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Wednesday. Almaas, who came from a leading family of peace campaigners, was travelling by car inside the heavily fortified airport compound when she was hit. Security officials believe she may have been struck by a […]
DAME has just become the world’s first climate-positive period brand
courtesy of Instagram/@dameforgood The sustainable period brand has invested in a carbon offsetting project in an effort to be kinder to the environment Sustainable period brand DAME , who created the world’s first reusable tampon applicator in an effort to help cut down on single-use plastic, has just gone […]
Artist Judy Chicago on capturing the highs and lows of being human
On Fire at 80, 2019 © Donald Woodman The feminist artist speaks on how she uses her art to understand birth and death, and all the emotions, anxieties, accidents in-between When the celebrated feminist artist Judy Chicago , now 80 years old, missed her connecting flight from Dallas to […]
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