Archive for November, 2009

Gobby girls

29th November, 2009 by Katie

“Speak right into the fucking microphone!” How to be a good performance poet.

Boys = stupid, apparently

26th November, 2009 by Katie

The Times has today published a reaction to the hoo-ha generated by its Babewatch campaign, which generated a rising number of reports of sexism against men.
This “masculism” as Mark Jones writes, “has not got much traction in popular culture”, but it seems only a matter of time as he points out the big issues that [...]

Red letters

25th November, 2009 by Hannah

Hannah reviews the poetry of a “cabaret vamp, burlesque wannabe, feminist lesbian warrior princess and Italian pasta-momma”

Twi, again

19th November, 2009 by Miss Scarlet

We’ve seen it! New Moon review.

Stars in their eyes

18th November, 2009 by Katie

“I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” started on Sunday for the now annual whirligig of famous people eating bugs and falling in ponds. But as with “Strictly” this year, somewhat ironically the rollcall of  “celebrities” themselves calls for a (if you’re as old as me you’ll get this reference) Mark & Lard [...]

Thoughts

8th November, 2009 by Katie

I splashed out on a pair of shoes over the weekend. Nothing surprising in that, except that I hate buying shoes (hence the shredded Converse I continue to wear despite the puddles leaking into my socks). But as I hobbled down the street in my lovely, shiny yet painful brogues I thought about the sheer [...]