Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
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Review: 2050 Flashback – The System Changes
13 Dec 2012
In November 2011, the Embros Theatre in the Psiri district of Athens was reopened by a collective of artists frustrated that such a valuable resources was being left to decay. Ran as a radical arts space for over a year, on the 27th November 2012, the Greek Ministry of Public …
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Review: Madonna – MDNA
23 Jul 2012
Madonna was the backdrop to my salad days. From her first appearance on Top of the Pops as a slightly chubby, yet vibrant young woman, I followed her closely through my youth. Like many others, I puzzled over "Like a Virgin", wondering if people (read men) could really tell; …
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Fifty Shades of Misogyny
18 Jul 2012
Fifty Shades of Grey is the summer bestseller. Endlessly and earnestly debated in the broadsheet press as to its appeal and what the phenomenon means to modern sexual relations and attitudes, almost no-one can not have heard of it by now. Fifty Shades of Glasgow is a facebook spinoff. Started, …
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Booty Call: A feminist review
14 Apr 2012
I ended up at The Garage's "Booty Call" last night, following an outpouring of fem-rage across twitter and facebook at the advertising campaign shown on the left. A woman out in Glasgow one night had spotted the flyer and become upset at the objectification of the women in the advertising …