Eleanor Myerson discusses the life and work of pioneering 19th Century Jewish writer Amy Levy Continue reading
Category Archives: Arts
Help Yourself: How to Read Lorrie Moore
Emily almost poetically describes the emotions evoked by Lorrie Moore’s book ‘Self-Help’. She describes the techniques that Moore uses to create the atmosphere that is felt by readers. Continue reading
20th century / Arts / Contemporary / Humanities / Science
100 Years On
A collection of important feminist dates to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the 1918 Act which gave British women (over 30 with property qualifications) the ability to vote. Continue reading
Ding Ling’s ‘Miss Sophia’s Diary’: Gender and the Act of Writing in 1920s China.
Ellie writes about how relevant Ding Ling’s analysis of gendered language is to our modern day disparity in degree results. Continue reading
A Conversation With Playwright Flo Read
By Emily Oldham. Since Flo Read’s Twin Primes won Best Script and Best Production in the 2015 Oxford New Writing Festival, she has gone on to develop several more acclaimed plays. Her work has been performed both nationally and internationally, including at the Edinburgh Fringe 2015 and 2016. She recently graduated from Oxford University with … Continue reading
Georgia O’Keeffe at the Tate Modern
By Ellen Pasternack and Emily Oldham. Many people think of Georgia O’Keeffe as ‘that artist who paints flowers to look like vulvas’. Judy Chicago and others pick out her 1923 ‘Grey Lines With Black, Blue and Yellow’ as particularly yonic, for example. So we were surprised to learn that not only was this resemblance … Continue reading
Bluestocking Recommends…Best Films Directed by Women
Sophie Dowle has compiled a (very loosely ranked) list of great films directed by great women. What are your favourites? Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi (and Vincent Paronnaud) [France/Iran/USA, 2007] A classic, and a must-watch for teenagers searching for their identity. This stunning animation makes you laugh and cry as you follow Marjane’s journey to adulthood via … Continue reading
