Ladyfest Oxford ’10
By Ladyfest + May 5th, 2010[ May 14, 2010 to May 17, 2010. ] Ladyfest is an international festival which has taken place in over fifty cities since 2000 and, in 2010, Oxford will be holding its third ever festival!
[ May 14, 2010 to May 17, 2010. ] Ladyfest is an international festival which has taken place in over fifty cities since 2000 and, in 2010, Oxford will be holding its third ever festival!
Erotic novelist Linda Jaivin chats with Agendered about China, sexuality and opera.
[ May 23, 2009; 14:00 to 18:00. ] On Saturday 23rd May, Ladyfest Oxford will be show casing women’s creativity and encouraging you to get involved in a crafternoon.
[ May 21, 2009; 17:30 to 18:30. 17:30 to 18:30. 17:30 to 18:30. 17:30 to 18:30. 17:30 to 18:30. ] As part of this year’s Ladyfest Oxford we will be celebrating women in literature by discussing Joyce Carol Oates’ short story ‘Faithless’.
[ May 19, 2009; 17:00 to 19:00. ] Ever wonder why images of ethnic minority women in film and media are often reduced to stereotypes or simply pushed into the background to the point of invisibility?
[ May 20, 2009 20:00 to May 21, 2009 20:00. ] Ladyfest at the Jericho Tavern! A night of incredible female artists in aid of the Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre.
Borrowing heavily from Pat Kirkham and Janet Thumin (editors of You Tarzan, Masculinity, Movies and Men), I would say that the qualities asserted or assumed in the construction of masculine characters, either to establish them as role models or out of a conscious concern with an interrogation of masculinity, are mainly based on four main [...]
After five seasons of faithful viewing, I can say a couple of kind things about The L Word. I think it’s a groundbreaking series, and I appreciate that it puts queer women front-and-centre instead of consigning them to supporting roles. It makes a good-faith effort to showcase a diversity of queer experiences. [...]
“You masturbate, don’t you?” asked my schoolmate as a group of us walked to class. I felt my cheeks flush. How does she know?! I thought Oh God it must leave some kind of sign!
Growing up, masturbation was considered dirty, shameful and embarrassing. Wanking was a whispered accusation against the outsider, a source of shrieks [...]
A tragicomedy about sex that never quite addresses the issue