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Category Archives: Review
The Spinster Book
This article originally appeared in Bad Reputation – a feminist pop-culture adventure on 28 February 2012. This was going to be a very light and fluffy post, raising an arched eyebrow at an interesting find, but over the course of … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Bad Reputation, Book, Feminism, Literature, Review
Tagged book review, charity shop, found feminism, hilarious, history, marriage, sad, spinster, the personal is political
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Sororror Show
This article originally appeared in Bad Reputation – a feminist pop-culture adventure on 11 January 2012. Ladies and gents, I have a confession: I watch the crappiest, most sensationalist reality shows and ‘documentaries’ – as long as I think no … Continue reading
The Schadenfreude Review
As a reviewer I find the hardest reviews to write are of books which just strike you as ‘meh.’ The okay books which you neither love nor hate are difficult to get a handle on. You often wind up describing … Continue reading
Posted in About writing, Literature, Rabid Dislike, Review, Ugh
Tagged albert, bad writing, book, death penalty, executioner, pierrepoint, review
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Review of Delusions of Gender: Here Comes the Science Bit
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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Pleasant, if slightly patronising how-to guide
So, it’s Nanowrimo and we’re all weeping at typewriters: time to tackle some of those juicy (and often bought-but-ignored) books on how to write. I’m starting with this one because it was recommended by a well-meaning relative. Writing Down the … Continue reading
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Book Review: One More Stop by Lois Walden
Insipid, Self-Obsessed Drivel It’s amazing that a novel that features drugs, cults, orgies, suicides, ghosts etc – nevertheless managed to maintain roughly the pacing and the depth of a lavender-scented puddle throughout. The author seems to assume that ‘gay’ and … Continue reading
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Into Temptation
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
Posted in Book, Feminism, Literature, Poetry, Poetry, Rabid enthusiasm, Review, Spoken Word
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Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader
Book Review: Innocent When You Dream: The Tom Waits Reader Musical one-off and self-styled blues hobo shoots the breeze Chances are if you’re willing to pick up and read this book, you already love Tom Waits and want to learn … Continue reading
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Review: The Dice Man
The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart: Author too in love with his own concept to see the gaping blindspots.
This is a novel which was recommended to me by friends as “if you liked Fight Club you’ll love this.” Though I can see the comparison, it really does fall short. Fight Club was taut and lean, this was bloated and outdated – like some lecherous late middle-aged guy you run in to at a party, who proceeds to trap you in a conversation you’d rather not be in. Continue reading
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Tagged being mean, book, dice man, feminism, luke Rhinehart, misogyny, review
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Theatre Review: Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood is an innovative and harrowing piece of theatre which uses live actors and puppets to tell the story of one child’s experience of the child pornography industry. On in London for a short time, this is one of those rare pieces of art which really can and will stay with you, and has the power to change lives. Continue reading
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