The Mod Goddess Guide to Fashion
Frills and frou frou can hold fierce females back, explains Glenda May Richards in this month’s guide.
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Beauty, The Photoshop Way
Air-brushing and warping tools are being used without due care and attention, says Sarah Barnes. But what can be done to stop real beauty being clone stamped out of existence?
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The Mod Goddes Guide to Sex
Glenda May Richards wonders what the original dance of the seven veils can teach the modern woman about sex in this month’s guide.
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Fighting in the boys’ playground: Women in politics
Lucy Wilkins takes a look at the male dominated world of politics and wonders what can be done to make parliament a more female friendly environment.
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Part 2 of Baby Talk with Rebecca Walker
In the second part of this two part interview Rebecca Walker talks about the effect her bisexuality has had on planning her motherhood and the controversy around the statements she makes in ‘Baby Love’ regarding biological and non-biological bonds.
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Baby Talk with Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker talks to Uplift about her new book, ‘Baby Love’. In the first part of this two part interview Walker discusses her advice for women to ‘plan to have children the way you plan your career’ and the breakdown of her relationship with her mother.
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The Mod Goddess Guide to Money
Glenda May Richards tells us why wealth is more than purse deep in this month’s heavenly guide.
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Abortion Rights Upheld for Women
After the vote against a cut in abortion time limits last night, pro-choicers are breathing a sigh of relief. However, this is not the end of the abortion debate and pro-choicers should now take stock of their position.
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Art Should Be All The Rage
Alex Brew, a photographer currently exhibiting her ‘Asking For It’ project at Ladyfest London, tells us the significance of displaying her art on the anniversary of the 1968 riots.
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Ladyfest Takes Over The Capital!
Ladyfest London started today as it meant to go on, with glorious sunshine pouring down on feminist fun in the capital. Sarah Barnes went along to see in the start of this weekend long arts festival.
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Following on from our recent article; Photoshop is under fire again over L'oreal's 'white washing' of Beyonce Knowles in their latest hair colour advertisments. This opens up discussions about real world skin lightening, something that is explored in Kiri Davis' amazing film 'A Girl Like Me'.
The Packhorse in Leeds will be venue to an evening of music, cake, zines and jumble on Thursday the 14th of August...in aid of raising money for Ladyfest Manchester 2008.
Southall Black Sisters are currently facing the threat of closure as a result of their local authority’s decision to withdraw funding. Show your support to SBS by joining the demonstration on the 17th and 18th July at the High Court on the Strand.
'Ideas for freedom: a weekend of socialist debate' will be held by Feminist Fightback on
Friday the 11th to Sunday 13th July at The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, in North London.'Beware of the Backlash' warns Kira Cochrane in this great Guardian article.
Zoe Lyons, Nurse Nutter, Jessica Fostekew & Janice Phayre take to the stage at the Laughing Cows Comedy Club in Soho on Thursday 3rd July.
Celebrate queer identities, fluidity and movement at Queer Bash at the Synergy Centre in Camberwell, London. The weekend long DIY festival starts on Friday 4th July from 4pm.
The media's treatment of Michelle Obama is being given a much-needed beady eye over at Michelle Obama Watch
Professional photoshoppers will go to all sorts of lengths to make sure that a person looks 'just right' for public consumption, often forgetting all about perspective, human anatomy or just plain physics, as the PhotoShop Disasters blog proves.
Next Ladyfest Manchester meeting will be on Sunday 8th of June at Fuel Cafe, Withington.
