Marika Hackman’s debut album has finally arrived, marking an incredibly promising start for the 23 year old solo artist. Coming after three years of hard graft, in whcih se teamed up with the likes of […]
For All My Sisters by The Cribs
For me, a lost thirteen year old transitioning from the shallow pool of pop-music into the depths of the indie music scene, The Cribs were the tidal wave that propelled me through the world of […]
In The Middle with Slow Club
Walking backstage to Slow Club’s dressing room, I hear booming laughter and suppressed giggles. Charles Watson, the bearded multi-instrumentalist, and Rebecca Taylor, energetic lead-singer, are sat on the floor attempting to toast some pitta, a […]
International Women’s Day: A column about Karen Pritchard
As you may or may not have realised by now, I love feminism. I can bang on about feminist issues and women’s issues and patriarchy for hours and hours, until I’ve noticed that no one […]
What does a feminist look like?
Whether artists such as Bjork wearing huge headdresses, or Ellie Goulding at Glastonbury being referred to as ‘the gold bra’ on Twitter by The Guardian, fashion can be used against performers in sexist vitriol. If […]
Anna Wintour: fashion guru
Through those shielded eyes is a woman far more complex than meets the eye. She is known for her detectable style consisting of a pageboy haircut and oversized black sunglasses – used to shield her […]
Jane Shepherdson – A feminist fashion hero
Dubbed the ‘fairy godmother of the high street’, Jane Shepherdson initially made a name for herself as the woman responsible for her innovative work at Topshop. She is renowned for turning the high street brand […]
Role Models, Not Runway Models
Diversity is only beginning to break its way into the fashion industry. Undoubtedly, its slow progress is a problem that needs to be addressed. One way to tackle a major issue, especially one of a […]
Is the Bechdel test failing us?
In a world increasingly concerned with equality between the sexes, it seems shocking that, of 5,788 films listed on the website www.bechdeltest.com, only 57% pass. In addition, the Geena Davies Institute on Gender in Media […]
Thought can be seen in the tiniest detail in Musical Theatre Society’s Addams Family
Have you ever welled up over a man in a bald cap serenading a parasol? If not, then you must have missed Musical Theatre’s production of the macabre Addams Family Musical. Sleek and comic, the […]
Postcard from Abroad – Université Jean Moulin III Lyon
Amelia is a third year English Literature and French student currently studying at Université Jean Moulin Lyon III. She desperately misses Leeds and being able to go to the shops on Sundays. So far her […]
Stephen K. Amos brings one liners and self-deprecating humour to Leeds
Amos brought his current tour, Welcome to My World, to Leeds on Wednesday evening. Void of a warm-up act, Amos took the role of both support and main act as he performed a seamless stand-up […]