“This book is a swift kick to the groin of deep-rooted patriarchal history and provides pure enjoyment of staunch women and the ardor of revolution.”
‘Reviews’ Archive
Going Coco
16th December, 2010 by Jo-ann Fortune
Coco Chanel designed clothes which gave women the freedom to work, ride and live as men did, often borrowing directly from the style of her male muses.
Blow by blow
8th December, 2010 by Anushka Tay
“I would rather turn to magazine archives to discover Isabella’s character than this biography”: Anushka reviews Blow by Blow.
The science bit
16th November, 2010 by Hannah Eiseman-Renyard
I’d only read the introduction to Dr Cordelia Fine’s book Delusions of Gender when I found myself listing people I wanted to make read it at gunpoint.
Trick or treat
30th October, 2010 by Steph
I’ve never been a fan of Halloween, but I am a fan of ridiculous cupcakes. The concept of A Zombie Ate My Cupcake by Lily Vanilli is to take the trend for cupcakes and goth them up to the eyeballs. Insects, bones, roadkill- no idea is too icky. A variety of horror film tropes lie [...]
Graphic romance
4th October, 2010 by Anna Coatman
Judith Vanistendael’s graphic novel Dance by the Light of the Moon tells the story of a romance between a Belgian student and a Togolese political refugee. First published in Amsterdam in 2007, this “semi-autobiographical” work was first conceived as a response to the short story, Message from the Fortress, written by the author’s own father. [...]