In the light of the current Lobstergate row currently engulfing Suzanne Moore, Julie Burchill, and now Julie Bindel, I am reposting the piece I wrote in 2010 about the film Priscilla Queen of the Desert. If there are trans-women who have critiqued the movie, I would be delighted to hear from you and post links […]
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It’s official: the United Kingdom is the most unequal country in the West according to a UN report. The report shows that the poorest 40 per cent of Britons share a lower proportion of the national wealth – 14.6 per cent – than in any other Western country. This is only marginally better than in
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Anna Chen – 16 December 2012 Royal Shakespeare excludes British East Asians from their own culture: maids, dogs and ghosts all right, though.by Anna Chen — (written 30 November 2012) South China Morning Post magazine When the hallowed Royal Shakespeare Company cast east Asian actors in a miserly three roles out of 17 in the
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My festive season column in NEW INTERNATIONALIST magazine December 2012. Bah, humbug! 2012 was the end of reason Roll up, roll up for the End Of The Enlightenment Show! You there, in the best seats right up front, watch in wonder as the world as you know it comes crashing down, the pillars of civilization
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See? I wasn’t kidding. Madam Miaow says … visit Anna Chen’s website here: Home Anna’s food blog here: http://annacheneats.blogspot.com/
Walt Disney: the story of menstruation Read More »
It’s a scary list. Whitney Houston, Dave Brubeck, Davy Jones, Andy Williams, Etta James, Dory Previn, Donna Summer, Robin Gibb, Bert Weedon, and even the man who made the Marshall amp, to name but a few. Suddenly an entire generation of our greatest musical artists starts slipping away. As a childhood fan of Hollywood movies
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