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Civilising the feminist icon: Wonder Woman (2017)

25 July 2021 / 378

Charlotte Dick criticises the 2017 film Wonder Woman, a troubling example of how ‘feminists’ are civilisng women, black and brown bodies to suit white, male fantasies Ravenously... Continue reading

Charlotte Dick

Poetry

Labouring the point – a colonial question

22 July 2021 / 359

Labouring the point – a colonial question by Alexis Lykiard The endless, questionable anti-Semitism fussIs media-stoked to fool the credulous and hoodwink us –All those presuming to... Continue reading

mojohand

Poetry

I keep forgetting that I live in London

20 July 2021 / 282

I keep forgetting that I live in London by Robert Yates the clientele abusing the computers in the library consist of:hyperactive schoolkids for whom this is a... Continue reading

Robert Yates

Cultural Commentary

Look! It’s a Woman Writer! Irish Literary Feminisms, 1970-2020

9 July 2021 / 364

Jenny Farrell reviews a new book on the fight to write by women writers in Ireland And perhaps, before literature dies, there will come a day when... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Statues, Context and Historical Narrative: Statues Glorifying Colonialism are a Bad Idea!

6 July 2021 / 314

Stuart Cartland discusses the recent attacks on statues in Canada The toppling of the statues of British monarchs in Canada recently is a hugely symbolic moment of... Continue reading

Stuart Cartland

Poetry

To George, from Sunny Wigan

25 June 2021 / 346

To George, from Sunny Wigan by Christopher Norris At the back of one of the houses a young woman was kneeling on the stones, poking a stick... Continue reading

mojohand

Poetry

The Highroad Shrine

19 June 2021 / 371

The Highroad Shrine by Ruth Valentine Permit me, this morning, the luxury of despair.The ice has vanished:no skidding cars screeching to take the corner,child in the back... Continue reading

Ruth Valentine

TV, internet and other media

Cancel Enid Blyton! The familiar, tired tropes of GB News and anti-Woke media

18 June 2021 / 329

Stuart Cartland on Conservative populism and anti-Woke TV: how the launch of GB News represents updated versions of familiar, tired tropes. GB News represents an updated version... Continue reading

Stuart Cartland

Poetry

Whit?

18 June 2021 / 360

Whit? by Jim Mainland Na, na, na, na, na, hing on a meenit! Du’s sayin if du gies dem lots a money dey gie dee a lucrative... Continue reading

Jim Mainland

Fiction

Apeirogon

18 June 2021 / 364

Jenny Farrell reviews Apeirogon by Colum McCann Unlike a pentagon, an apeirogon has an infinite number of sides, or aspects. The title of Colum McCann’s 2020 novel... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

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