I’ll always remember the condescending smile on the face of my interlocutor as I finally walked away. The argument was, unbelievably, about the continuing need for feminism, which my adversary contended was out of date. “Can you name a single instance in your life where you’ve been discriminated against?” My failure to come up with … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Politics
Think Drink Do: Innovation from Paper, November 2014
I always enjoy innovation agency Paper’s Think Drink Do events, in which they have a series of speakers focusing on behaviour change and related concepts followed by a practical crowdsourcing innovation exercise. This time we had Cath Richardson from the Government Digital Service providing insights about how to encourage government departments to focus on citizen … Continue reading
Kitchen at Rich Mix Theatre: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Kitchen at Rich Mix theatre for Everything Theatre: Kitchen revolves around Jacinta, a young Brazilian émigré arriving in East London in 1978 to work at a biscuit factory. Jacinta’s British aunt Tracey has taken Jacinta under her wing to help her escape the dangers of life in Brazil. Playwright Gaël Le Cornec uses … Continue reading
Kitchen at Rich Mix Theatre: Review for Everything Theatre
I reviewed Kitchen at Rich Mix theatre for Everything Theatre: Kitchen revolves around Jacinta, a young Brazilian émigré arriving in East London in 1978 to work at a biscuit factory. Jacinta’s British aunt Tracey has taken Jacinta under her wing to help her escape the dangers of life in Brazil. Playwright Gaël Le Cornec uses … Continue reading
A Rave for Beats at the Soho Theatre
Repost: with One Stop Arts closing, I migrated this review here. A thoughtful, imaginative and minimalist Glaswegian production, Beats asks us to consider the meaning of music in all its resonant layers. At the Soho Theatre. The impetus for this story is the 1994 Criminal Justice Act banning public gatherings around amplified music characterised by ‘the … Continue reading
Shake It Up
In the past few days I’ve been noticing more and more stories about the sudden emergence of the ‘Harlem Shake’ as a protest movement (in the most literal sense) across the Middle East. The Verge has a particularly good analytical piece on its development. Much commentary focuses on the bizarre or trivial nature of choosing … Continue reading
Where are the Women? Raising their Voices
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Egypt is the word in everyone’s minds the past few days. One question I keep hearing surprised me, though–some have asked me why no women have been out protesting. I could only raise an extremely skeptical eyebrow at them, because on the BBC, CNN … Continue reading
Images of Cairo
Excerpt from Skirt.com, click the link to read the rest 0 Seven days of protesting in Egypt. Cynical as this may seem, instead of thinking, “Wow, I’m grateful to be away while all the trouble is happening,” all I can think is how much I wish I were there to write about it. I think … Continue reading
In a Merry Hour: Caitlin E McDonald 