The Beauty Myth

Remember we said we were going to have some exciting guest posters? Well, meet the first one! Medbh of the excellent Dante and the Lobster is not impressed by Elizabeth ‘Whiny’ Wurztel’s lament for her supposedly lost looks…
Amy Benfer’s post over at Broadsheet brought my attention to Elizabeth Wurtzel’s article in the latest [...]

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Spoonful of Zucker

Whether you can understand German or not, you’ll appreciate Frl. Zucker’s cute blog, and in particular her lovely zine/art project My Girlgang, a celebration of female friendship in both Deutsch and English. Frl. Zucker, aka Maren, and her chums love Chuck Bass, small animals, Bjork, and lots of other things. Most of the blog is [...]

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Is anybody there…..?

Guilt really is a great motivator. Last night three of us Anti-Roomers headed out to the launch of Lash Back, a fantastic new feminist zine from the Lash Back Collective. It was great to see so many people in a cool space celebrating a feminist project, but we couldn’t believe our eyes when we looked [...]

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The Good Old Days

There’s a lot I could say about this idiotic and depressing piece in the Daily Misogynist Mail by a woman who blames feminism for the fact that she’s miserable.But Megan in Jezebel takes it down so well that I will just urge you to read what she says. Here’s a taste:
I wanted to be [...]

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It’s A Mad World

This is a spoiler-free post: Mad Men, the drama series about ad men on Madison Avenue in the early sixties, is probably the most written-about show on the planet right now. So here’s just what you need – another post on the subject. The second season has just kicked off on BBC4 but I finished [...]

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North Country Girls

Last night I went to see Rachel Unthank and the Winterset at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in Trinity, and it was one of the best gigs I’ve experienced in a long time. The music was astonishing, the band themselves were both charming and hilarious, there was synchronised clog-dancing (aw yeah) and the airy gallery [...]

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Feminist Shout Out II (now with less guinea pigs).

The second Feminist Open Forum took place in the Central Hotel last night. Not only was it a really interesting night, with loads of great ideas, but the Anti-Room got a shout-out from one of the attendees! (I think it was Fiona – thanks, Fiona!) The date of the next meeting hasn’t been set yet, [...]

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Feminist Shout Out! And killer bees (with a difference).

I have loads of unfinished posts on everything from the Twilight phenomenon to stupid objections to gay marriage that I will finally get round to finishing as soon as possible, but in the meantime here’s a reminder that the second Feminist Open Forum meeting takes place on Thursday evening, December 4th, at 7.30 in the [...]

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Get Up, Stand Up

Angry about the government’s decision to abandon (for the time being, at least) the cervical cancer vaccination programme? Me too. Luckily, the ladies of the Feminist Open Forum are organising a demonstration against it tomorrow. If you want to take part, meet at the Spire in O’Connell Street at two tomorrow, Saturday the 15th of [...]

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Feminists I’m Calling You, Please Report to the Front Desk

The first Feminist Open Forum takes place in Wynn’s Hotel on Abbey Street tomorrow (Thursday the 30th) at 7.30, with speakers including Ivana Bacik. And if you need a reminder why such things are still necessary, read Fiona’s excellent piece in Saturday’s Times. A few years ago some of my friends and I wanted to [...]

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