Articles from May 2010

Comments from April 2010

A round-up of reader comments from April

Jess McCabe // 27 May 2010

Categories: Comments

Macbeth

Yasmin Eshref reviews a version of Macbeth set in the 1970s with an all-female cast

Yasmin Eshref // 26 May 2010

Categories: Theatre

Narcissus

This story by Madhvi Ramani considers the struggle of one person to measure up to the beauty standard

Madhvi Ramani // 23 May 2010

Categories: Fashion and Image

Hit Girl, the 11-year-old assassin from the film Kick-Ass, represents a subversion of passive ideas of girlhood, argues Tracey Plowman. But at the same time the character poses some uncomfortable questions and contradictions

Tracey Plowman // 23 May 2010

Categories: Culture and Media

Honour and the Sword

A L Berridge's swashbuckler is a challenge to this male-dominated branch of historical fiction, says Sian Norris

Sian Norris // 22 May 2010

Categories: Books

Back to burlesque

Has the shine come off burlesque as it mainstreamed? Chloë Emmott revisits her views

Chloe Emmott // 22 May 2010

Categories: Body and Health, Culture and Media, Fashion and Image, Work and Play

Quilts at the V&A

An exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum puts the spotlight on quilting, and by extension on the unsung domestic history of women, says Tamasine Pottle

Tamasine Pottle // 19 May 2010

Categories: Art

Women artists and Surrealism

Women have largely been painted out of popular understandings of the Surrealist movement. Susan Gilbert reviews a Manchester Art Gallery exhibition which showcased some of these ignored works

Sue Gilbert // 11 May 2010

Categories: Art

Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression

Who are the Muslim reformers striving for women's liberation? Jillian Krane reviews a book which seeks to amplify the voices of some of these women and men

Jillian Krane // 4 May 2010

Categories: Books

What happens when you don't like what the doctor orders?

Bryony Long talks through how she resisted the dubious directions of a doctor in A&E

Bryony Long // 1 May 2010

Categories: Body and Health