20 September 2008

Red Cross forms partnership with Girlguiding UK

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 20 September 2008

23 August 2008

Coming up at The Women’s Library in London… Exhibitions/Events for Autumn/Winter 2008/2009

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 23 August 2008

22 August 2008

Call out for submissions for zine about Fashion and Gender

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 22 August 2008 | Comments (2)

20 August 2008

Ladyfest Manchester 2008 website

Just a quick post to tell you about the new Ladyfest Manchester site, which has some tantalising details of the bill already listed…… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 20 August 2008

30 July 2008

Cervical Cancer Vaccine: New Twist

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 30 July 2008 | Comments (15)

29 July 2008

Dangerous Jobs For Girls, Dubious Fetishism For Women, and Sheer Blinding Hatred…

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 29 July 2008 | Comments (23)

25 July 2008

Never Fear, Ladyfest Is Here (Again, well, in November…)

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 25 July 2008 | Comments (1)

3 May 2008

Elections: There is blog life outside London….

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 3 May 2008 | Comments (3)

Report on women’s rights in Saudi Arabia

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 3 May 2008 | Comments (2)

26 April 2008

Lancashire Police To Widen Scope Of Incidents It Will Record As Hate Crimes

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 26 April 2008 | Comments (0)

Women Warriors, not in Woolworths…

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 26 April 2008 | Comments (2)

Oxfam mothers campaign

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 26 April 2008 | Comments (2)

29 March 2008

Boys, boys, boys…

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… Read more...

Posted by Barbara Felix at 29 March 2008 | Comments (18)