International Women’s Day is celebrated as a national holiday across the world, from Cuba, China, Uganda and Afghanistan to Vietnam, Mongolia and Russia. The theme this year is Make It Happen, but the aim of IWD- to shine light on the injustices and inequalities that women face worldwide- is unchanged, sadly, since 1907. Margaret Atwood’s The… Continue reading Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
It is International Women’s Day on Sunday 8th of March and we are very excited about it, so we’re featuring a film about a woman who was far ahead of her time: Dangerous Beauty (1998, directed by Marshall Herskovitz). It is the true story of Veronica Franco, a courtesan who lived in Venice from 1546-1591. While… Continue reading DVD Review: Dangerous Beauty (1998)
October is Black History Month, and we are celebrating the late, great Maya Angelou, an African-American poet, writer, journalist and civil rights campaigner, who died earlier this year. While Angelou had a greatly varied life and is famous for many accomplishments, her first autobiographical novel, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, is her most… Continue reading Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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