CW: rape, PTSD, sexual violence “I don’t know if you can help me. This might not be what […]
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The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) is ‘Be Bold for Change’. Many groups and organisations […]
CW: Domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse, racism, body shaming, homophobia Growing up in a domestic abuse situation […]
CW: Domestic abuse The charity Living Without Abuse asserts that domestic abuse will affect 1 in 4 women in […]
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There aren’t many kinds of monster that are specifically gendered male. Yes, there are plenty of individual monsters that are male; you’ve got Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, King Kong, Godzilla*, the shark from Jaws, and many others, but as for specific species there aren’t that many. Perhaps you could argue that the Werewolf is often symbolic of latent male aggression, as the thematic suggestion often applied is that all men have beast in them. But that metaphor has been widened, especially recently, to include women, with films such as Cursed, Ginger Snaps and An American Werewolf in Paris.
If we’re talking monsters that are specifically gendered female, however, then there’s quite a few. You have Gorgons, Sirens, Banshees, Harpies and many more. The big one, of course, that has endured throughout myth and exploded into popular culture is the Witch.
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Last October, I went to see Hannah Ballou’s critically-acclaimed show ‘hoo:ha’ at Camden People’s Theatre. A hilarious exploration of nudity, body image and feminism, Ballou also blurred the lines of performance and reality.
CW: Rape, abortion The trivial question that faces all of us in our modern day lives – what […]
The thought of travelling alone as a woman can be daunting, let alone choosing to do it on the other side of the world.
Women Can Be is a brand new feminist zine, “exploring the things that women can be in a world filled with sexist expectations”. It features five female artists from three different countries (who joined together to form an Instagram art collective last year) and it looks mad gorgeous when it shows up on your doorstep.
