Articles from October 2009
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
Kate Townshend // 25 October 2009
Categories: Culture and Media, Education, Fashion and Image
Feminism in London 2009
Charlotte Cooper reports back from the capital's second Feminism in London conference
Charlotte Cooper // 13 October 2009
Picking Bones from Ash
Christina McDermott reviews Marie Mutsuki Mockett's deft debut novel, which follows two sequential mother-daughter stories
Christina McDermott // 5 October 2009
Categories: Books
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
Kaite Welsh // 4 October 2009
Categories: Art
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
Lydia Harris // 4 October 2009
Categories: Music
The Hour Past Midnight
Salma's debut novel is a moving and beautifully-written must-read, says Sian Norris
Sian Norris // 4 October 2009
Categories: Books
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
Wisrutta Atthakor // 3 October 2009
Categories: Events
How to survive and thrive as a creative professional for hire
Red Chidgey reviews a step-by-step guide to going freelance
Red Chidgey // 1 October 2009
Categories: Books
Comments from September 2009
All the comments sent in by our lovely readers on features and reviews in September can be found below
Jess McCabe // 1 October 2009
Categories: Comments
