Category Archives: Rabid enthusiasm

Pageantry & pre-crime: Royal Wedding arrests Judicial Review begins Monday at the High Court

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

This Monday 28 May, sees a landmark Judicial Review begin at the High Court examining policing tactics – including the use of ‘pre-crime’ arrests – employed around last year’s Royal Wedding, which will likely impact future policing of upcoming events … Continue reading →

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Crowd-funding legal actions

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Wow. A lot of people want to see the Met in court. I had an unpleasant surprise on Wednesday night that my legal excess bill was not small change. (The rest is covered by legal aid, but this bit is … Continue reading →

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New website for royal wedding, jubilee and olympics policing

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

Those involved in the Judicial Review into the Metropolitan Police’s apparent policy of pre-emptive arrest have put together this website: PagentryandPrecrime.wordpress to gather all the information (Youtube videos, press releases, personal statements) etc into one place. At the end of … Continue reading →

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Judicial Review of Pre-emptive Royal Wedding Arrests

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

For anyone wanting to know what happened next about the Royal Wedding/Starbucks Zombie arrests, here it is: we got organised; we found more people who’d suffered the same treatment; we found some brilliant lawyers and we’re going to have a … Continue reading →

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Shit Comedy: a Lower Low

Posted on April 21, 2011 by

This article originally appeared in Bad Reputation – a feminist pop-culture adventure on 21 April 2011. Q: How many feminists does it take to change a light bulb? A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY! I love live comedy, honest I do. I … Continue reading →

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In Tents

Posted on December 2, 2010 by

A poem of mine has just been published in Dot Dot Dash Magazine Issue 5: Feast. I thoroughly recommend you buy a copy and see the other (astoundingly good – seriously, I love most of it and that’s a rare … Continue reading →

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Review of Delusions of Gender: Here Comes the Science Bit

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

This article originally appeared in Fat Quarter on 16 November 2010.I’d only read the introduction to Dr Cordelia Fine’s book Delusions of Gender (Icon) when I found myself listing people I wanted to make read it at gunpoint: the list … Continue reading →

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Into Temptation

Posted on September 26, 2010 by

This review originally appeared on Fat Quarter on 25 November 2009. Into Temptation: Poetry by Sophia Blackwell Every one of these words rings true and glows like burning coal “Gay Rage was my teenage agenda, my mates talking race, class … Continue reading →

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