“Why do you identify as a feminist?”, I asked Yvonne when I first sat down with her at the British Council’s Women in the Creative Industries event. “Because I’m a human being” she responded. Yvonne Murphy is a Freelance Director/Producer and Artistic Director of Omidaze Productions. She directed an all-female Richard III and Henrey IV co-production with Wales…
INTERVIEW | Girl Gang Manchester Exec Producer | Megan Marie Griffith
I spoke to the executive producer of Girl Gang Manchester, Megan Marie Griffith, who has lead the team in organising the immersive screening of Mean Girls at the Wonder Women festival this weekend. As a creative and a feminist, Megan was first introduced to feminism as a child when her mother stuck Because We’re Women by Joyce…
What IS She Wearing? | Wonder Women Festival
The Wonder Women festival kicked off last night at their launch What IS She Wearing, an event by Instigate Arts which explored the link between fashion and protest. Highlighting the theme of fashion and beauty and how women are defined by their looks and what they wear. “HairStories” was an exhibit based on the feminist term “HerStories”. As part of…
News | Mean Girls – Girl Gang Manchester | Wonder Woman Festival
Wonder Woman festival is a range of events taking place to celebrate the feminism movement running from the 3rd to the 13th of March in Manchester. I will be covering many events at the festival here on the website and over on my youtube channel. One event I am particularly excited about is the Mean Girls event on…
21 years / 21 works
21 years/21 works is a celebration of Charlotte Vincent’s work, a highly talented choreographer and artistic director. Charlotte created Vincent Dance Theatre back in 1994 and what intrigued me the most about her work is that all her pieces are inspired by feminism. As a feminist practitioner she powerfully explores the demand for gender equality through movement….
International Women’s Day
Tomorrow is International Women’s day, a global day across the whole world that celebrates the economic, political and social achievements of women. In honor of this day I wanted to reflect upon the most significant feminist campaigns over the last few years. It was only in the past few years that I came to terms with the…
Why Sex and The City will always be relevant
Sex and The City first aired in 1998, a timeless show about four women living in New York. The four main characters represent four different archetypes of women. They are strong, smart and successful women. When the show first surfaced, it created a new definition for the word “women”. The show surrounded their lives and their…
Top five books and films that I discovered in 2014
This year was a big year for films, two of my favourite books were made into films, I anticipated for a while as I am always weary when books that I’ve fallen in love with are made into a film. I now tend to view them as two different things that have a similar storyline…