Patricia Lalor and the YouTube algorithm
Sojourner McKenzie explores Patricia Lalor’s Covers EP and how it shows YouTube at its best
DIY
DIY Cultures 2017 shows us that counterculture is alive and thriving
Erin Aniker chats with festival founders Hamja Ahsan, Helena Wee and Sofia Niazi
Review: Loud Women – The Nyx, The Baby Seals, IV, Guttfull
Ngaire Ruth reviews bands The Nyx, The Baby Seals, IV and Guttfull, as part of a Loud Women music event
Girls of summer
Women talking about, making and playing music. In a town near you. Hopefully
Grrrl, Interrupted
Cazz Blase speaks to DIY icon Karren Ablaze! about her illustrious career as riot grrrl extraordinaire and fanzine pioneer
Black, proud and punk
Amy Squirrell chats about race, punk and DIY culture with Big Joanie, the all-female, black punk band
New interview: Ste McCabe
Holly Combe has a listen to Brains of Britain and talks to Ste McCabe about DIY touring, fab feminist girls in the 1990s and coping with the divisive tactics of biscuit-hogging bullies in 2015 Britain
“I couldn’t care less if miserable people who work in offices laugh at me”
Holly Combe has a listen to Brains of Britain and talks to Ste McCabe about DIY touring, fab feminist girls in the 1990s and coping with the divisive tactics of biscuit-hogging bullies in 2015 Britain
DIY art band Homosexual Death Drive release ‘Sunshine’ EP
Queer punks Charlotte Cooper and Kay Isgay are inviting one lucky person to accompany them on an adventure to coincide with their official EP release date (22 November)...
Preview: Women Make Noise discussion
The music women make when left to their own devices is often sidelined. Julia Downes, editor of 2012’s...
Women talk about making noise
The music women make when left to their own devices is often sidelined. Julia Downes, editor of 2012's Women Make Noise, previews an upcoming discussion in Sheffield on 16 October about DIY feminist efforts to counter this
New review: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Pussy Riot, a feminist performance art collective with strong punk influence, was established in September 2011 in direct...
A pussy is a riot
Ania Ostrowska is inspired by the women of Pussy Riot as shown in a new documentary, but wonders whether the focus should have been broader
DIY feminism and Hidden Perspectives
Hannah Boast of LaDIYfest Sheffield describes what happened when a DIY feminist group took the risk of going 'official' to work with the University of Sheffield's Biblical Studies department on a new project, Hidden Perspectives
Girl Gang Film Season at the Star and Shadow cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne
This is a guest post by Julia Downes who goes by the moniker even clean hands cause damage...