Articles by Katherine Wootton
Towards perfection
Impressed with director Christine Beck's dedication to her first feature, Katherine Wootton praises the story of two women caught up in a quest for bodily perfection
Katherine Wootton // 23 February 2013
Delhi delights in new Much Ado
The RSC sets Much Ado About Nothing in Delhi, with results that leave Katherine Wootton impressed
Katherine Wootton // 10 October 2012
The Personal is Political
What You Really Really Want and Outdated: Why Dating Is Ruining Your Love Life are anti-self-help self-help guides. They challenge the clichéd, patronising and, often, offensive advice which is usually trotted out in this genre. Katherine Wootton reviews their alternative advice, discovering it is still possible to be a feminist while navigating the minefields of dating and sex
Katherine Wootton // 4 October 2012
In Other Worlds
Katherine Wootton reviews Margaret Atwood's new work of non-fiction which explores the importance and vast potential of science fiction - a much ridiculed and underestimated genre - in the literary canon, and delves into the significance it holds for Atwood as both a reader and writer
Katherine Wootton // 27 October 2011
Ruth
Katherine Wootton examines how Elizabeth Gaskell's daring novel Ruth, a new edition of which is published this month, challenges our prejudices and suggests how it is still relevent today
Katherine Wootton // 19 May 2011
His & Hers
Interviews with 70 women tell the life story of white, Irish, heterosexual women, through their relationships with men. Katherine Wootton has more
Katherine Wootton // 3 March 2011
Categories: Films
Rose: Love in Violent Times
Inga Muscio's latest book blends anecdotes, history and theory to examine where violence originates from and how to find space for love in a vicious world. The result is in turns naïve, stirring and provocative, says Katherine Wootton
Katherine Wootton // 13 February 2011
Categories: Books
How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior
Laura Kipnis' "theory of scandal" starts an interesting conversation, says Katherine Wootton, but ignores the impact on victims to concentrate on gossip and society's response
Katherine Wootton // 11 January 2011
Categories: Books
Our Tragic Universe
Scarlett Thomas' latest novel delves into the nature of narrative, says Katherine Wootton
Katherine Wootton // 24 July 2010
Categories: Books
