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Feminist Library party details

Jess McCabe4 February 2011

The Feminist Library is celebrating it's 35th(!!!) birthday this year, and having a massive party/benefit to celebrate. The line up has been announced and tick...

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New feature: Punk women write back

Jess McCabe2 January 2011

Women from the 1970s punk scene in the UK have not stood by as their contributions were erased from the music history books, but have documented that time with ...

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Punk women write back

Cazz Blase2 January 2011

Women from the 1970s punk scene in the UK have not stood by as their contributions were erased from the music history books, but have documented that time with their own books and films. Cazz Blase reports ...

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Women in punk: the playlists

Jess McCabe20 November 2010

As though Cazz Blase's series on women in punk wasn't fabulous enough, she's concocted a series of playlists on Spotify, a soundtrack to the features. I've gone...

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Interview with TNTT: Covering ‘Closer’

Jess McCabe29 October 2010

Argentinian electro-pop-rock duo TNTT are the latest in a string of acts to cover NIN's classic hit 'Closer'. Due out on 15 November, you can listen to a previe...

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New review: Adventures in Kate Bush and Theory

Jess McCabe13 October 2010

Deborah Withers’ book is not a biography of Kate Bush. Instead, says Sian Norris, it is a treasure map to the theories underpinning the cultural icon̵...

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New feature – Women in punk: the return

Jess McCabe13 October 2010

The 1990s brought with them grunge, riot grrrl - and fresh inspiration for the women at the centre of Britain’s 1970s punk scene. Cazz Blase continues her...

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Bad Reputation blog launches

Jess McCabe11 October 2010

Bad Reputation is a new UK feminist blog, or, as their subhead would have it, "a feminist pop culture adventure". Only launched at the beginning of this mont...

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New feature – Women in punk: the disappearing years

Jess McCabe23 July 2010

What happened to the women of 1970s British punk once the 1980s dawned? Cazz Blase continues her series This is part four in a series of features writing wom...

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New review: Love: Sacred and Profane

Jess McCabe21 June 2010

Kaite Welsh reviews a performance of “romantic duets and melancholy ayres” by new opera ensemble En Travesti Thanks to its somewhat stuffy reputati...

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Party for Ladyfest Ten

Jess McCabe11 June 2010

Feminist party organisers Girl Germs are hosting a fundraiser to support Ladyfest Ten: They explain: The thing is, in order to put on the greatest Lad...

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Sounds and Silents

Jess McCabe30 April 2010

See classic silent films accompanied with "contemporary and experimental" live music at the latest Birds Eye View programme in London, Sounds and Silents. Th...

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New feature: Women of the punk era

Jess McCabe26 April 2010

Cazz Blase interviews women of British 1970s punk on the music - and the politics, in part three of her series Gina Birch was on an art foundation course in ...

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Who are the Harajuku Girls?

Holly Combe4 June 2008

NB: I changed one of the words in the final paragraph of this article. The details can be found in the comments. Harajuku is an area in the Shibuya ward ...

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