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Not the Red Bus Tour

February 22, 2014by alfrun Leave a comment

Tower Bridge-Wopping-Limehouse-Poplar-Canary Wharf, Thames Walk. North of the river.

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Not the Red Bus Tour, Pictures & Photos

Phenomenal Woman

October 22, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. […]

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Feminist Fever, Links to Stuff, Poetry, Woman

More Pussy Talk

October 20, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

Readings from “The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir” Staceyann Chin is a phenomenal woman and poet. I think one of the most radical things a girl can do is […]

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Feminist Fever, Links to Stuff, Poetry, Spoken Word Poetry, Woman

A look

July 26, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

Window garden on Southbank. Constructing Space for thought in the city.

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The Naked Body of Medusa.

April 12, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

A letter I wrote to the guardian, based on my previous blog in response to an article written by Chitra Nagarajan “Femen’s obsession with nudity feeds a racist colonial feminism.” ”Woman […]

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Blog, Comment, Feminist Fever

The Danger of a Single Story: You can’t stop the beat

April 7, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

I wonder if the current debate that supports the demonization of politically active young feminists dispossesses these women of their agency and is infact an infiltration of the feminist discourse to meet the aims of a patriarchal structure that seeks to uphold itself, to meet its own ends.

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Comment, Feminist Fever

Maggot Box – Warm Bodies & Moonrise Kingdom

February 17, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

I say this is the worst film I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen Terminator 5. At least that. No, I have nothing good to say about that. I saw it in a cinema complex surrounded next to an ASDA, in front of a McDonalds and a casino on the first week of a weight watchers diet. And yet, this zombie romance managed to suck harder.

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Blog, Comment, Maggot Box

Earlice – Fugees, The Score

January 17, 2013by alfrun Leave a comment

When I found this album in my parents’ record collection I had a similar fit of obsession that I think was only ever surpassed by The Sound of Music, where […]

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Blog, Comment, Ear Lice

Flirting Like an Idiot in 101 – The Village Idiot (2)

December 8, 2012by alfrun Leave a comment

The other night I met up with a friend at a bar. As I went upstairs for a smoke, a good looking guy with a hair band, the sort that […]

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Blog, Journalism, Village Idiot

Pussy for Everyone!

August 31, 2012by alfrun Leave a comment

Pussy Riot’s international success Photo by Eyþór Árnason / DV Words by Alfrun Gisladottir Jerking their limbs, wearing offensive clothing and conspiring to play a guitar. These are just a […]

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Feminist Fever, Journalism

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