CHRIS SEARLE welcomes a startling vision of contemporary Newport from a veteran photographer of the British working class
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SYLVIA HIKINS is persuaded by the characterisation of social media as patriarchal and misogynist, and strategies to resist it
Five men, including members of the Civil Guard and the Spanish army were only found guilty of gang raping an 18 year old after massive public protest in the so-called La Manada (the wolf-pack) case, Pamplona, Spain, December 2018
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ANGUS REID recommends a very unusual documentary: a love story between two disillusioned journalists
In verse and polemic, the bard points out that he is a poet and musician, not a political party
MARIA DUARTE, JAMES WALSH and ANDY HEDGECOCK review The Invite, My Father’s Island, Nirvanna: the Band, the Show, the Movie, and Oh My Goodness!
PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Collapse Feminism
Alice Cappelle
Repeater Books, £10.99
ALICE CAPPELLE is a French feminist known for her critical essays on YouTube such as, “Alternative Self Help is Brainwashing You” and “Capitalism and Ego Formation,” with views topping one million.
In this, her debut book, she exposes the growing prevalence of support for right-wing and anti-feminist ideas in our present society, and in particular the part that the internet plays in the current battle taking place regarding feminism’s future.
She covers everything from the shocking, reactionary politics of the “manosphere” to sexual liberation, traditional femininity, toxic masculinity, the girl boss, self help… thus demonstrating why it is utterly essential that we stand up and make alternative views heard, to construct a future that will liberate us all.
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