Quite Irregular is running a series on adaptations, of which mine is the inaugural post. Please have a wander over and look at It Was Acceptable in the 80s: ITV Adaptations and Images of British Heritage. Excerpt below! I believe there are three series, all produced for ITV in the late 80s and early 90s, … Continue reading
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Spinning their wheels or driving change?
This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote for the Independent. Click the link to read the rest: o The women of Saudi Arabia are again challenging the ban that prevents them from obtaining driver’s license. Over the weekend approximately 50 women around the Gulf nation took to the wheel, some making videos of … Continue reading
Dedicated followers of fashion in Dubai
This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote for the Independent. Click the link to read the rest: o For women in the Arab world, cross-dressing can be a way of accessing masculine power and privilege. In September 2010 a widely circulated New York Times article covered the practice, believed to be fairly common … Continue reading
“Yeah, we did it.”
This is an excerpt from a blog I wrote for the Independent. Click the link to read the rest: o Sexual assault and rape are well-documented weapons in situations of armed conflict. They also feature as a control technique deployed by many totalitarian regimes. This includes the newly overthrown Egyptian government, in which the sexual … Continue reading
Vermilion
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: I always have to remind myself that the color vermilion is actually red, because the ‘ver’ part makes me think of green. I was going to write a whole blog about that, then realized that basically … Continue reading
Greenlessness
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Last summer I lost my uncle. Shortly after he died I had to be in Oxford for a conference. It was so beautiful there in summer, the colors so lush and vibrant. The word verdant could … Continue reading
Kelly Green
This post is one of my guest blogs on To Be Shouted. Click the link to visit the archives: Kelly, my cousin who has never been overseas before, came to visit me last week. Everything was new to her and it made me see not only London but so many experiences again as if for … Continue reading
