Features

Gender in the playground

Primary schools are no utopia of skipping rope and gender blind comradery. Instead, girls are already learning to worry about their looks - and boys are learning male privilege, reports teacher Kate Townshend

Published: 25 October 2009 | Category: Culture and Media, Education, Fashion and Image | Written by Kate Townshend

Feminism in London 2009

Charlotte Cooper reports back from the capital's second Feminism in London conference

Published: 13 October 2009 | Category: Activism, Feminism | Written by Charlotte Cooper

Reviews

Picking Bones from Ash

Christina McDermott reviews Marie Mutsuki Mockett's deft debut novel, which follows two sequential mother-daughter stories

Published: 5 October 2009 | Category: Books | Written by Christina McDermott

Mysteries of the Iconographies

Artist Carolee Schneemann may be best-known for 'Interior Scroll', in which she read from a scroll she extracted from her vagina. But, at 70, her influence stretches far beyond that one famous performance piece. Kaite Welsh attended her recent lecture at the Tate Liverpool

Published: 4 October 2009 | Category: Art | Written by Kaite Welsh

The Raincoats play the National Portrait Gallery

The Raincoats are as vital as ever, argues Lydia Harris, who left their recent gig determined to join a grrrl band

Published: 4 October 2009 | Category: Music | Written by Lydia Harris

The Hour Past Midnight

Salma's debut novel is a moving and beautifully-written must-read, says Sian Norris

Published: 4 October 2009 | Category: Books | Written by Sian Norris

Edinburgh Ladyfest 2009

Wisrutta Atthakor reports back from Edinburgh's second Ladyfest, a festival centring women's art and music, replete with workshops, comedy and stand-up. Includes an interview with Zorras

Published: 3 October 2009 | Category: Events | Written by Wisrutta Atthakor

How to survive and thrive as a creative professional for hire

Red Chidgey reviews a step-by-step guide to going freelance

Published: 1 October 2009 | Category: Books | Written by Red Chidgey