Following a stint at Biddy’s for St Patrick’s Day, my friends and I remained committed to attending the much-anticipated Madeline Miller lecture. The Classics, History and Feminist Societies collaborated to host Miller in conversation, a cult-favourite author, celebrated for ‘Song of Achilles’, ‘Circe’ and ‘Galatea.’ I remember my sister insistently recommending ‘Song of Achilles’ to […]
I have always hated the idea of becoming a parent. The identity of motherhood is sometimes bound up with stereotypes of chatty boringness, a loss of self-identity, and continuous complaints. Those perceptions were challenged after reading Jen Brister’s The Other Mother. The Other Mother deconstructs the romanticisation of motherhood, especially within a household that does […]
On a rather damp Sunday evening I went down to the Cameo to watch the 30th anniversary screening of Orlando. I had wanted to watch Orlando for some time, having heard it been hailed as “a subversive history film”, “a feminist masterpiece”, “one of the most important queer films”, and more. However, whilst I expected […]
Last week, national LGBTQ+ organisations called on the SNP First Minister candidates, Humza Yousaf, Ash Regan and Kate Forbes to uphold the SNP’s commitments to LGBTQ+ equality. The organisations involved include Equality Network, Scottish Trans and Stonewall Scotland. Amongst their demands is commitment to upholding the bill that has banned conversion therapy and the Gender […]
Note: Spoilers for the first half of the episode The Last of Us has recently taken fans by surprise once again — and this time, it’s not through a fungus-filled jumpscare. ‘Long, Long Time,’ episode three of the ongoing television series, had fans enthralled in an unforgettable love story between two of the hit video game’s […]
When reflecting in LGBT+ history month and American black history month, we should remember the life and work of Billy Strayhorn, Jazz’s first openly gay musician and perhaps one of America’s greatest ever composers, influencing countless artists to this day. Strayhorn was born in 1915 and raised partly by his grandparents to avoid a drunk […]
Rap aside, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore don’t have much in common. The only time they’ve come together have the Grammys to thank, where a record with ‘Thrift Shop’ as its lead single won Best Rap album over To Pimp a Butterfly. But Macklemore and Kendrick Lamar have also produced two of hip hop’s most famous […]
Chavela Vargas, with her deeply emotional, harrowingly heartfelt voice, is famous for her canciones rancheras, challenging conventions and her famed love affairs with powerful women, including a rumoured night with Ava Gardner. Born in 1919 in Costa Rica, Vargas left for Mexico aged 17. In Mexico, she re-moulded Ranchera music. Typically associated with heterosexual men […]