queer Archives - The F-Word

2020 music from women and queer artists

Editor24 December 2020

The editor runs through some of the most exciting releases of 2020, reminiscing on how music has been a source of respite during a chaotic and grief-stricken year ...

Music0 Comments 0

The F-Word stage blog: September 2020

Lissy Lovett21 September 2020

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

Stage0 Comments 0

“I’m writing it for a younger version of myself”

Helena Snider Martin4 November 2019

Helena Snider Martin interviews Ava Wong Davies about her new play...

Stage0 Comments 0

The F-Word stage blog: October 2019

Lissy Lovett24 October 2019

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

Stage0 Comments 0

Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019: part five

Various Authors16 August 2019

The F-Word's fifth set of reviews from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe covering comedy, theatre and cabaret and variety...

Stage0 Comments 0

The F-Word stage blog: January 2019

Lissy Lovett29 January 2019

The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month...

Stage0 Comments 0

Fun Home: reading it first v watching it first

Various Authors27 August 2018

Ellie Wilson and Emily Zinkin review the graphic novel and musical of Fun Home, Alison Bechdel’s widely acclaimed autobiography...

Stage0 Comments 0

Calming down in Camden

Lissy Lovett14 January 2018

The F-Word interviews some of the artists taking part in the ‘Calm Down Dear’ festival...

Life0 Comments 0

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...

MusicStage0 Comments 0

One woman’s voice

Megan Stodel20 July 2017

Megan Stodel finds that OperaUpClose’s La Voix Humaine doesn’t go far enough in its attempt to subvert the opera’s gender roles...

MusicStage2 Comments 0

Anne with an E tells the trauma of adoption like it is

Alessia Galatini21 June 2017

Alessia Galatini watches Netflix’s recent adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and finds it takes a stand on what it means to be a good parent...

Film & TV0 Comments 0

An upbeat, upward trajectory

Joanna Whitehead14 June 2017

The recent release of Octo Octa’s latest album 'Where Are We Going?' leaves Joanna Whitehead in no confusion that the only way is up for Maya Morrison-Bouldry...

Life0 Comments 0

The F-Word stage blog: May 2017

Lissy Lovett10 May 2017

The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in May...

Stage0 Comments 0

The image of being queer: how should we tackle heteronormativity?

Megan Wallace31 January 2017

Megan Wallace discusses the limitations of queer subcultures as presented in the media and beyond...

Life0 Comments 0

Don’t be afraid of Vagina Wolf

Agata Ostrowska12 January 2015

Agata Ostrowska is impressed with Anna Margarita Albelo's debut feature about creative adventures of "Bridget Jones' older lesbian sister" ...

Film & TV0 Comments 0

DIY art band Homosexual Death Drive release ‘Sunshine’ EP

Holly Combe5 November 2014

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)... ...

Music0 Comments 0

New review: Pussy Whipped 2014

Holly Combe13 June 2014

Liz Ely revisits Ste McCabe's queer alternative festival and is not disappointed. In 2012, I was lucky enough to review Edinburgh's first queer alternative f...

Film & TVMusic0 Comments 0

Edinburgh gets Pussy Whipped again

Liz Ely13 June 2014

Liz Ely revisits Ste McCabe's queer alternative festival and is not disappointed ...

Music0 Comments 0