Why are our cities built for 6ft-tall men? The female architects who fought back | Architecture
[ad_1] When Le Corbusier developed his proportional system Le Modulor in the 1940s, the great architect had in mind a handsome British policeman. His system would go on to shape the entire postwar world, dictating everything from the height of a door handle to the scale of a staircase, all governed by the need to […]
‘It reeked of hope and ambition’: 30 years of riot grrrl label Kill Rock Stars | Music
[ad_1] In 1991, something was brewing under the constant clouds of Olympia, Washington. Young people flocked there, DIY bands formed, fanzines were scrawled with fervour, and feminist politics galvanised young women. And a record label was founded to house it all. “Everyone was in a band, usually three,” remembers Tinuviel Sampson, who helped launch Kill […]
Seattle Comedy Group Launches The Stoner Chicks Podcast
[ad_1] CANNABIS CULTURE – A cannabis comedy podcast with a feminist twist. Stoner Chicks, a local comedy foursome, has launched a brand new podcast. Stoner Chicks Podcast (http://www.Anchor.fm/StonerChicks) is a love letter to the stoner comedy genre with a focus on the modern cannabis industry, women’s roles in the shaping of cannabis history, and is […]
The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing review – a powerful concept, frustratingly executed | Books
[ad_1] When I was a student, there was briefly a craze – if that’s the word – for rape alarms. Walking home nervously late at night, you held one tightly in your hand; should the worst happen, you were then primed to blast it in the ear of any attacker. If this sounds quite mad […]
Tori Amos: the pop star who taught me how to be a woman on my terms | Music
[ad_1] My childhood best friend introduced me to plenty of cool musicians: Nine Inch Nails, Shakespears Sister, Suzanne Vega. But I remain eternally grateful for the moment in the mid-90s when she slipped me a dubbed cassette of a Tori Amos album, its song titles spelled out in purple and green pen on the J-card […]
Britney Spears: another pop princess trapped in a man-made fairytale | Music
[ad_1] In the closing song of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, we are invited to ponder the question: “Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?” It is a powerful message about legacy and ownership, as relevant to any modern public figure as it is about one of America’s founding fathers. I think about this lyric whenever […]
‘It was a misuse of power’: how screen sex scenes have been forced to change | Film
[ad_1] Once ubiquitous, the screen sex scene is in deep trouble. Keira Knightley, star of Misbehaviour, Official Secrets and Colette, appears to have driven the final nail in the coffin of the traditional sex scene with recent comments that she will no longer participate in “those horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and […]
‘Alarmingly sexist’: Variety review boosts calls for more diverse film critics | Film
[ad_1] Film criticism is facing renewed condemnation over a lack of diversity after a review deemed by many – including its subject – to be alarmingly sexist. “I just couldn’t believe it,” said Carey Mulligan, who was judged by the veteran Variety reviewer Dennis Harvey to be insufficiently attractive to convince in her latest role. […]
Black on both sides: the African diaspora around the world – in pictures
[ad_1] Sasha Phyars-Burgess’s Untitled features essays, poems and stunning photographs that delve into the black experience and the true meaning of ‘home’ Continue reading… [ad_2] This content first appear on the guardian
Keira Knightley: I won’t shoot any more sex scenes directed by men | Keira Knightley
[ad_1] Keira Knightley has expressed her discomfort with shooting intimate scenes, saying that she will no longer do so if the film is directed by a man. In conversation with director Lulu Wang and writer-producer Diane Solway on the Chanel Connects podcast, Knightley credited the “male gaze” and her own personal vanity with the decision. […]
