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Edinburgh Festival Fringe: part four

Various Authors22 August 2017

Here are The F-Word’s fourth set of reviews of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering theatre, spoken word, comedy, cabaret and variety...

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Unsexy women: Love, sex and marginalised bodies

D H Kelly8 July 2016

In a culture which categorises some groups of women as unattractive, D H Kelly explores how this has an effect far beyond whether or not we find love or get laid...

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This week

Megan Stodel17 June 2016

Megan Stodel writes about the terrible events of recent days...

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An interview with actor Amy Conachan: “I couldn’t be more excited to tour with Wendy Hoose again”

Lissy Lovett15 March 2016

Lissy Lovett interviews the actor Amy Conachan about about disability, accessible theatre and Tinder...

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Backstage of life: Japan’s love hotels

CN Lester15 September 2014

CN Lester praises Love Hotel, a documentary by Phil Cox and Hikaru Toda that beautifully explores the Japanese phenomenon without exploiting its protagonists ...

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New review: Dawson’s Creek

Holly Combe22 March 2014

Sara Yasin revists an old childhood favourite, Dawson's Creek. For the 12-year-old version of myself, Dawson's Creek was part of a forbidden world after 8pm....

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Teen angst and “mounting sexual theoretics”

Sara Yasin22 March 2014

Sara Yasin revists an old childhood favourite, Dawson's Creek ...

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Song of the day: Gwen Avery – Sugar Mama

Holly Combe21 August 2012

A joyous bluesey lovesong from the 1977 Lesbian Concentrate album on Olivia Records, a music collective founded in 1973 to record and market women's music. Unfortunately, it didn't lead to more exposure on the label for singer Gwen Avery... ...

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New review – Rose: Love in Violent Times

Jess McCabe14 February 2011

Inga Muscio’s latest book blends anecdotes, history and theory to examine where violence originates from and how to find space for love in a vicious world...

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Rose: Love in Violent Times

Katherine Wootton13 February 2011

Inga Muscio's latest book blends anecdotes, history and theory to examine where violence originates from and how to find space for love in a vicious world. The result is in turns naïve, stirring and provocative, says Katherine Wootton ...

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