Blog posts by Barbara Felix: 2008
Book Club Choice #2: Noughts And Crosses
By Barbara Felix | 30 November 2008, 07:00
Following the success of our previous book club discussion, I am pleased to announce the second F-Word book club choice. This months choice was nominated by Lindsey: “I’d like to nominate Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses, a YA [novel] re-imagining…
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Models
By Barbara Felix | 27 October 2008, 23:04
On the 3rd November, Manchester Cornerhouse is showing the film ‘Models’ as part of ‘Between Heaven and Hell: The films of Ulrich Seidl’ it’s Cert 18, and starts at 18:05 and is described thus: “Far from glamourous and more melodramatic…
Good News
By Barbara Felix | 11 October 2008, 17:08
Some good news at last… it’s an old story, but still worth mentioning, Moving People, a consortium of mental health charities that includes Mind, Mental Health Media, and Rethink, amongst other, has won £18m to continue its campaign to combat…
General round up
By Barbara Felix | 11 October 2008, 16:22
Over in Amsterdam, a study has taken place to gain insight into the fit and feel of condoms, …Meanwhile, over in Manchester, the student paper Student Direct is disturbed by the sentiments expressed by a number of university students in…
Satire round up: Private Eye and Schnews, mainly…
By Barbara Felix | 11 October 2008, 16:00
Private Eye’s current issue is an absolute blinder, I believe Catherine has already blogged on their Roger Alton/Independent story, but I specifically wanted to mention M.D’s column this issue (Eye 1220). It’s very short, but is a follow up to…
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Book Club Choice #1: We Need To Talk About Kevin
By Barbara Felix | 5 October 2008, 07:00
The first choice of the F-Word book club/reading group is Lionel Shriver’s ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’. This book was nominated by Aideen Johnston, who described it as being “Not only [is it] a very interesting critique on motherhood,…
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The F-Word blog seeks book nominations for the F-Word book club
By Barbara Felix | 28 September 2008, 07:00
As a sort of sub section of the F-Word blog, we’re seeking to start an F-Word bookclub. The idea is for this to be as reader-led as possible, with readers of the F-Word nominating books for the club, and comments…
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Human Rights Watch and International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commision call for an end to the police harassment of Ugandan sexual rights activists
By Barbara Felix | 24 September 2008, 18:16
In violation of Ugandan law, two human rights activists working with LGBT groups and communities in Uganda were arrested on the 10th September and held for 8 days without charges being brought. Human Rights Watch and the International Gay and…
Axewomen a go go… for a change: Venus Zine takes on Rolling Stone at its own game
By Barbara Felix | 24 September 2008, 16:40
This is a bit of an old story now, from March… Fed up with those glossy music mag cover stories hailing ‘The best guitarists of all time’, and specifically fed up with the lack of women in said lists, Venus…
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Red Cross forms partnership with Girlguiding UK
By Barbara Felix | 20 September 2008, 18:35
The Red Cross have formed a partnership with Girlguiding UK the idea of the partnership, which launches on Tuesday 23rd September, is to teach guides first aid and citizanship skills. According to the Red Cross website: The Changing the World…
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Coming up at The Women’s Library in London… Exhibitions/Events for Autumn/Winter 2008/2009
By Barbara Felix | 23 August 2008, 22:08
There’s some really interesting exhibitions and events coming up at The Women’s Library in London in the next few months. Between The Covers: Women’s Magazines and their Readers is an exhibition that begins on the 1st November, and has a…
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Call out for submissions for zine about Fashion and Gender
By Barbara Felix | 22 August 2008, 18:08
A friend of mine is looking for contributions for a zine she’s doing on connections of Fashion and Gender identity - I’ll let her explain…. I’ve mentioned to some of you my wish to put on a zine about the…
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Ladyfest Manchester 2008 website
By Barbara Felix | 20 August 2008, 22:55
Just a quick post to tell you about the new Ladyfest Manchester site, which has some tantalising details of the bill already listed……
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Cervical Cancer Vaccine: New Twist
By Barbara Felix | 30 July 2008, 18:36
I have just finished reading M.D’s column in the current issue of ‘Private Eye’ (25/7-7/8/08), in which the anonymous doctor poses the following question: “Why has “new” Labour chosen not to protect girls from genital warts as well as cervical…
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Dangerous Jobs For Girls, Dubious Fetishism For Women, and Sheer Blinding Hatred…
By Barbara Felix | 29 July 2008, 11:50
I see there’s a programme on T.V next week called ‘Dangerous Jobs For Girls’ and, to be fair, I have no intention of watching it, but, having seen the adverts for it and read some blurb on it in listings…
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Never Fear, Ladyfest Is Here (Again, well, in November…)
By Barbara Felix | 25 July 2008, 21:37
Still feeling wistful after Ladyfest London? well, never fear, because Ladyfest Manchester is due to happen in November, and events are underway to raise money, including a compilation CD. So, if you didn’t make it to London, or fancy a…
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Elections: There is blog life outside London….
By Barbara Felix | 3 May 2008, 21:22
As a kind of follow up to the ‘The End Of The World Has Arrived, And Its Name Is Boris’ type blogs above, would just like to point out to any non British residents reading that Thursday was also polling…
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Report on women’s rights in Saudi Arabia
By Barbara Felix | 3 May 2008, 18:18
Over on the Economist there’s a piece concerning a recent report on women’s rights in Saudi Arabia. I shan’t attempt to summarise it here, but it’s summed up well by the following comment: “As the report points out, half the…
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Lancashire Police To Widen Scope Of Incidents It Will Record As Hate Crimes
By Barbara Felix | 26 April 2008, 17:34
According to The Big Issue In The North, Lancashire constabulary is to broaden the scope of incidents it will record as hate crimes to include offences against disabled and elderly people. They will also record incidents against what the magazine…
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Women Warriors, not in Woolworths…
By Barbara Felix | 26 April 2008, 17:04
There is an interesting short piece in The Economist concerning atlatlists, that is, spear throwing. Atlatl is an Aztec word, which refers not to the spear itself, but to the device used to throw it. Said device is apparently “a…
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Oxfam mothers campaign
By Barbara Felix | 26 April 2008, 16:48
From The Big Issue In The North, 14-20/4/08: “Oxfam wants people to knit nine inch squares for a giant baby blanket, with each square representing a mother who did not survive pregnancy or childbirth. The aim is to get 250,000…
Boys, boys, boys…
By Barbara Felix | 29 March 2008, 14:05
Nice to see WKD going down the Yorkie bar route with their recent ads. I wonder if they will cause a wave of young ladies to down their last cheeky vimto before switching to that more girly of drinks, the…
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