Designer vaginas, knicker bunting and dancing. Fox Irving visits the York University Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism
‘politics’ Posts
Telling tales
31st December, 2010 by Hannah B
There aren’t many books which mention masturbation in the first paragraph. But the brave opening of I Killed Scheherezade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman (Saqi Books) sets the scene for the whole book: Joumana Haddad writes about who she is, and what she is, in a compelling and bold manner. Haddad lived through the [...]
Rebel girls
22nd December, 2010 by Katie
“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.”
League of gentlemen
23rd November, 2010 by Tom
“We’re anti-porn because we are pro-sex.” FQ talks to the Anti-Porn Project.
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.
Iranian love story
2nd November, 2010 by Katie
Pomegranate Sky is a love story set in contemporary Iran. Author Louise Soraya Black chats to FQ.