The F-Word stage blog: June 2017
The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in June
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New review: BornRisky
Channel 4 describes Viktoria Modesta as "inspiring, unique and very hot" with "a difference that sets her apart from the idealised form of a pop artist". Gemma Varnom asks, can a disabled performer only be noticed or valued if her performance centres on her apparent otherness?
The I-word strikes again
Channel 4 describes Viktoria Modesta as "inspiring, unique and very hot" with "a difference that sets her apart from the idealised form of a pop artist". Gemma Varnom asks, can a disabled performer only be noticed or valued if her performance centres on her apparent otherness?
Asking the right questions
Psychologist Dr Nina Burrowes talks to Lizzie Atkinson about her online video project that opens up the conversation on sexual abuse
The good type of insult
Philippa shares a video of an officer of the Division of Political Correctness, who explains that choosing non-offensive language is not a matter of free speech
Call out culture: what we can learn from ‘To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang’
A guest post by Reni Eddo-Lodge about a young woman's spoken word piece on the representation of Asian women in Harry Potter books
Eating disorders: it’s time to talk
Guest blogger Amy Masson talks about eating disorders, body image and feminism for Eating Disorder Awareness Week
Full of Fire: new video from Swedish duo The Knife
"Who takes care of our stories?" Holly shares the first music video from The Knife in six years: a film by visual artist Marit Östberg, focused on images of queer bodies and sexualities and consisting of "a network of fates, fears, cravings, longings, losses, and promises"
Women of the Revolution: A vox pop project
Holly shares the details from a press release by the Thomson Reuters Foundation about their launch of a Vox Pop project featuring interviews with 25 women in post-Arab Spring countries
Menstruation, 1946, Disney-style
Philippa unearths a video made by Disney in 1946 all about menstruation
As lesbian space alien as it gets
Selina Robertson reviews New Yorker Madeleine Olnek's debut feature and chats to the director about sci-fi B-movies from the 1950s and the advantages of video over film
Bipolar disorder and suicide: a film
Yasmin Melany's very personal short film maps her own suicide attempt onto a wider landscape of the everyday struggles women living with bipolar disorder often face. Indebted to phototherapy for most of her life, she explains her project frame by frame
Neet menstru-skating
Philippa shares three videos from the TEDxSheffield2012 event discussing periods, roller derby and success against all odds.
“Why does it hurt you if I don’t hate myself?”
Philippa shares a video of a woman responding to fat-hating trolls.
Make-up tips for the morning after (trigger warning)
Philippa writes about Refuge's shocking new campaign to raise awareness of how many women cover up the fact that they are experiencing domestic abuse.
Mate Crime: Learning Disability Week
Philippa writes about the appalling phenomenon of 'mate crime', a form of disability hate crime in which abusers target learning disabled and mentally ill people.
Drag him away
Philippa talks about an interactive billboard campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence, and asks what readers think of the approach.
Video: Telling our survival stories
Philippa made a video about the unbelievable Twitter response to the Mumsnet rape awareness campaign.
