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The Paradox of the 'Strong Female Lead'

The Paradox of the 'Strong Female Lead'

On the Basis of Sex: 'Wife' is not a job title

On the Basis of Sex: 'Wife' is not a job title

Green is the Warmest Colour

Green is the Warmest Colour

Video killed the radio star, but the podcast is having its revenge

Video killed the radio star, but the podcast is having its revenge

Goodbye and Good Riddance: Amsterdam bans scooters from cycle lanes

Goodbye and Good Riddance: Amsterdam bans scooters from cycle lanes

'Buy, Buy, Baby': The Commercialisation of International Women's Day

'Buy, Buy, Baby': The Commercialisation of International Women's Day

Travelling With An Invisible Disability

Travelling With An Invisible Disability

First-Person

On Body Image, Recovery and Unveiling Illusions

On Body Image, Recovery and Unveiling Illusions

To The Bone, and Back

A Body Thawing

Out-Weighing Aesthetics

Out-Weighing Aesthetics

The Worship of Cleanliness

The Worship of Cleanliness

Lost Before Loss

Lost Before Loss

Enough

Not All That Glitters Is Gold

The Pursuit of Fruitfulness

The Pursuit of Fruitfulness

Where Water Comes Together With Other Water

Where Water Comes Together With Other Water

The Protracted Goodbye

The Protracted Goodbye

Film

Eighth Grade: A Portrait of the Awkward Entrance into Teendom

Eighth Grade: A Portrait of the Awkward Entrance into Teendom

The Modernity of Mary, Queen of Scots

The Modernity of Mary, Queen of Scots

From 'Ben is Back' to 'Beautiful Boy': Why are films sticking to a singular addiction narrative?

From 'Ben is Back' to 'Beautiful Boy': Why are films sticking to a singular addiction narrative?

Essays

The Revolution Will Be Podcasted

The Revolution Will Be Podcasted

Sharon Olds' 'Unspeakable' and the Confessional Mode

Sharon Olds' 'Unspeakable' and the Confessional Mode

Elizabeth Costello and Vegetarianism

Elizabeth Costello and Vegetarianism

Time, Memory and Duration in 'The Waves'

Time, Memory and Duration in 'The Waves'

Floriography to Floriolingua

Floriography to Floriolingua

'Ripeness is all': Ageing in Shakespeare

'Ripeness is all': Ageing in Shakespeare

Dance Translations of Shakespeare

Dance Translations of Shakespeare

Shakespeare, Speculation and Selfhood

Shakespeare, Speculation and Selfhood

Dance

Is Ballet Viable? The State of the Nation(al) Stage

Is Ballet Viable? The State of the Nation(al) Stage

Positioning Ballet: Behind the Velvet Curtain

Positioning Ballet: Behind the Velvet Curtain

Positioning Ballet: Accessible to Who?

Positioning Ballet: Accessible to Who?

Positioning Ballet: Ballet's Own #MeToo

Positioning Ballet: Ballet's Own #MeToo

Positioning Ballet: Within Wider Cultural Conversations

Positioning Ballet: Within Wider Cultural Conversations

Farewell Triple Bill at The Royal Opera House

Farewell Triple Bill at The Royal Opera House

Theatre

STA!'s Festen: the Bitter Taste of a Family Dinner

STA!'s Festen: the Bitter Taste of a Family Dinner

The Big Arts and Education Debate, Birmingham Rep

The Big Arts and Education Debate, Birmingham Rep

Matilda the Musical x Rebecca Solnit: on the silencing of women

Matilda the Musical x Rebecca Solnit: on the silencing of women

All the World's a Stage: Shakespeare's Globe International Tour

All the World's a Stage: Shakespeare's Globe International Tour

Art

'Parting at Morning' by William Rothenstein at Tate Britain

'Parting at Morning' by William Rothenstein at Tate Britain

2017 World Press Photo Exhibition at The Southbank Centre

2017 World Press Photo Exhibition at The Southbank Centre

North: Fashioning Identity at Somerset House

North: Fashioning Identity at Somerset House

Life Death and Memory At The National Portrait Gallery

Life Death and Memory At The National Portrait Gallery

Everything at Once / Love is the Message, The Message is Death at 180 The Strand

Everything at Once / Love is the Message, The Message is Death at 180 The Strand

Cambridge Living - Herman bas at Victoria Miro, Mayfair

Cambridge Living - Herman bas at Victoria Miro, Mayfair

One Two Three Swing! - Superflex at Tate Modern

One Two Three Swing! - Superflex at Tate Modern

Here We Are - Burberry at Old Sessions House

Here We Are - Burberry at Old Sessions House

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Daniel Crews-Chubb, Voynich + Belfie (2016)
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#art #gallery #modernart #abstract #saachi #painting

wandering through aldwych 🌿🍂.
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#london #walking #wandering #aldwych #buildings #architecture #autumn

All the lives and loves you have not yet seen | All that you are you are not yet. .
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#photography #life #love #helendunmore #poetry #designmuseum

'coliseum : diagram of time' (2017) - damian ortega .
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#art #modernart #time #coliseum #stadium #gallery #installation

"it is better to consider that the fragment has a meaning by itself, a singular instinct, thus significance cannot be understood from a unitary logic. the logic of fragmentation is one of chance, accident, eventuality, contingency, ephemerality and incompleteness" - damian ortega's 'play time' at the white cube, bermondsey .
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#art #whitecube #bermondsey #gallery #modernart #logic #installation

shaded with the confused far-closeness of coffee with an ex. the conflict between remembrance and longing. between heartbreak and nostos - the desire to return.
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#oxford #oxforduniversity #nostalgia #library #movingon

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