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Feminism- out of the net and in your area (N1)

16 Apr 2008

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Critics and academics throw all kinds of terms around - writer, lady-writer, feminist, post-feminist, journo, hack - I've heard them all, but I prefer to call myself 'woman' or 'Posie Rider', because that's my name.

You will no doubt recognise me as the famous author of The Suffragettes - Why? and the groundbreaking novel Me, Tim and my Quim. That's probably why you've stumbled upon this blog and want to hear my thoughts on Feminism, Literature and Herstory.

But being this intelligent hasn't been easy: I've lived through Merlot fuelled nights and had my share of ink stained hands, sex and prescription drugs, but all that's kept me going is the power of words to change the world - forever!

Personal Appearances!

Coming UP!

I'm delighted to be attending the SoundEye poetry festival in Cork, Ireland 13-17th July, not least because I will be running my mouth (professionally, as a poet) but because some of my favourite writers will be attending! Hurrah!

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On 2nd February 2011 I read at The Other Room, in Manchester with Jow Lindsay-Walton, and Stephen Emmerson. See kindly reviews at Counting Backwards and Santiago's Dead Wasp !

Tom Raworth got stuck in the snow, but Justin Katko stepped up to read with nick-e melville, Sophie Stamina and myself on December 3rd in the City Art Centre, Edinburgh. The event was organised by the gorgeous Colin Herd (deets on Anything.Anymore.Anywhere. HERE. ) and we should expect more from this joyous reading series/journal.

Didn't everyone love Openned? On the 27th October 2010, at the Corsica Studios, we all won poetry!

I was overjoyed to be invited to read at the Scree 2 launch in Edinburgh on 15th September 2010. Read a review here! -

A big thank you to those of you who attended a reading of my poetry with other Freak Lung contributers, in honour of Barry McSweeney at the Morton Tower in Newcastle on Sunday 27th June.

Keep updated as to my Posie movements at posierider @ gmail.com !

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Translate:
Pankhurst as Classic
De Beauvoir as Hot, Hot, Hot!
Boycott as A Whole Load of Wank.

See how I restructure your desires? Not so hard, is it?

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Gender Politics (12)
Tim and my Quim (12)
New Wave Suffrage (10)
Recipes cooking booze (7)
bloodsoaked tampon (6)
Sally: A Fiction (5)
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I've Lost My Arm - a new magazine (2)
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My cat, Ms Emmeline Pankhurst

Here she's dressed up as the first female aviator Amy Johnson (1903-1941). Isn't the resemblance startling?

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Posie's Pocket - Places of Note

A Guide to Female Health
British Film Institute
Fashion Era
Foundation for Womens Art
I've Lost My Arm Magazine
ICA
Persephone Books
The Valerie Solanas (one of my favourite bands!)
World Pulse for International views on being a woman

Blog List

Sociopathetic Semaphores

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all over the grid

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A Dress A Day

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KLAUDE KLAW

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5 years ago
Mike Weller nice man

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Sean Bonney's abandonedbuildings

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Help academics save national archives from monetisation by bloodthirsty bureaucrats

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7 years ago
damn the caesars

- Josh Stanley, from *Romantic Leninist Epic Fragments *(2016):
8 years ago
yawn

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8 years ago
Lara Buckerton's Quiche

BBC remember me? Letter to BBC complaining about Robinson / Salmond editing - Heyyy. Please note, I have of course seen the *existing *BBC response to different complaints relating to this report, which has recently appeared online [...
10 years ago
sophie robinson

hurtface (after Ceravolo) - i come home late like a man like a stranger // zebra-headed & foreign & sit down at the table to write poems cos i want to put my key in the door & keen ...
11 years ago
The Arthur Shilling Press

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12 years ago
the hypologist

hypo logist -
12 years ago
Everyone's cup of tea

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13 years ago
bread of many

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14 years ago
The Observations of a Confused Young Woman

A Fishy Recipe For My Dear Miranda - Due to popular demand (yeah, it’s that good), I am posting a recipe for a Moroccan-inspired fish stew that is WELL tasty. And so easy! You will love me for...
14 years ago
Diary of a Bluestocking

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Why Women Hate Men - The Blog

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15 years ago
ninerrors

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Pink Laptops

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Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre

But no...they're models! Get the intellectual look quick and easy: plait your hair and wear it on your head. I sometimes do this when I'm going book shopping.

Annie Hall (1977)

Feminist Fashion (A Cult Film)

Hannah Cullwick (1833-1909)

Feminist Fashionista

It should have been you Hillary!

I love you Hillary Clinton

Girls just want to grab a gun for feminism!

LadiesAlone
Posie Rider

The Godmothers of Feminism

The biggest Feminists ever!

Germaine Greer (1939-)

Author of the 'Female Eunuch'. Brought the second-wave feminist movement to the UK.

Helene Cixous (1937-)

Feminist philosopher of 'female economy', 'female writing'

Angela Davis (b.1944)

Originally a civil rights activitst and Black Panther associate, now a professor, gay rights activist, anti-racist campaigner and feminist.

Andrea Dworkin (1946-2005)

Radical Feminist. Campaigned against pornography.

Valerie Solanas (1936-1988)

The woman who shot Andy Warhol, but more importantly the author of the Scum Manifesto

Betty Friedan (1921-1960)

Started the second-wave feminist movement in the USA. The author of 'The Feminine Mystique'

Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)

Author of 'The Second Sex'. Novelist, philosopher, lover.

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928)

Militant Suffragette.

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797)

Author of 'A Vindication on the Rights of Woman'. Mother to Mary Shelly. Died in childbirth.

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

Catholic Saint burnt at the stake for being a woman. Refused to take off her 'male' clothing. Wielded a sword for France. Cut her hair. That sort of thing.

Queen Boudica (d.60/61 AD)

Queen of the Iceni tribe (UK). Led an army against the Roman Empire which killed 10,000 Romans in London!