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Punk, grunge and riot grrrl women: Coming to a venue near you

Cazz Blase14 October 2012

Next month sees the official cinema release of the music documentary Hit so hard: The life and near death story of Patty Schemel The UK film distributor Pecc...

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New review: Edinburgh gets Pussy Whipped!

Holly Combe30 September 2012

Music editor Holly Combe introduces Liz Ely's review of the Pussy Whipped queer feminist festival...

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Edinburgh gets Pussy Whipped!

Liz Ely30 September 2012

Edinburgh may not immediately come to mind as a music city or pioneer for queer activism but there is clearly a demand there for space for diverse performers. Pop punk singer and organiser Ste McCabe has helped create that in the form of the Pussy Whipped queer feminist festival. Liz Ely reports ...

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Song of the day: Vital Disorders – (Let’s talk about) Prams (live TV broadcast)

Cazz Blase3 September 2012

I first heard Vital Disorders about twelve years ago when a friend of mine, who was a first generation punk, put them on a compilation tape for me. I was intr...

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Song of the day: The Slits – I Heard it Through the Grapevine

Holly Combe2 September 2012

One of the best cover versions of all time! ...

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Girl Gang Film Season at the Star and Shadow cinema in Newcastle upon Tyne

Guest Blogger29 August 2012

This is a guest post by Julia Downes who goes by the moniker even clean hands cause damage as a queer feminist DIY culture organiser based in Newcastle upon Tyn...

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Song of the day: Ian Dury – Spasticus Autisticus

Holly Combe2 August 2012

Ian Dury's challenge to patronising attitudes towards disabled people ...

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Weekly round-up and open thread: 30 July 2012

Laura30 July 2012

A round up of items we didn't have time to blog this week ...

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“She doesn’t look like a woman”

Laura24 July 2012

According to a Guardian interview, Laura Jane Grace of punk band Against Me! doesn't look "like a woman". Laura asks what this even means... ...

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New review: Her Noise at Tate Modern

Holly Combe20 May 2012

Holly Combe introduces Joanne Matthews' review of the Her Noise symposium at Tate Modern...

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Her Noise: women creative workers and musicians exhibit and talk at Tate Modern

J Matthews19 May 2012

The Her Noise theme began as a 2001 curatorial project focused on gender imbalance in sonic art. In 2012, Tate Modern hosts the Her Noise Symposium: a day of discussion and art focused on topics such as women's voices and varied uses of technology. Joanne Matthews reports ...

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New review: Viv Albertine, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook live in Hyde

Holly Combe12 April 2012

Holly Combe introduces co-music editor Cazz Blase's interview with Viv Albertine, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook...

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Celebrating Sisterhood! Viv Albertine, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook perform in Hyde

Cazz Blase12 April 2012

Three punk pioneers reunite for an evening of rage, honesty, playfulness and sound experiments. Cazz Blase attends the show and talks to the acts backstage ...

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New review: The Selecter’s Made in Britain

Holly Combe20 March 2012

Music editor Holly Combe introduces Helen G's review of Made in Britain, The Selecter's first album in eight years...

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Made in solidarity: The Selecter in the 21st century

Helen G20 March 2012

The Selecter brought us their 2 Tone sound when right wing politics was dividing a nation. Helen G reviews their most recent release Made in Britain and finds their music -new and old- to be as relevant today as their most famous tracks were in the 1980s ...

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Farewell

Natalie Dzerins31 January 2012

It's time for my final post here. It's been a good month, in which I got to talk about things I'm passionate about but don't usually discuss on my blog. Havin...

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Current female punk bands

Natalie Dzerins17 January 2012

My first post for this guestblog was on women in punk bands who'd influenced me when I was growing up. At the end, I lamented that when I was a teenager there...

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Influential women of punk

Natalie Dzerins4 January 2012

It's a great pleasure to be given the chance to be a guest blogger here at the F-Word. In order to give you some idea of what I'm like, I thought that I'd mak...

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