Tag: politics
Feminist Fight Club
One of the regular events held at VFD one of the best queer performance spaces in London’s East End is Femme Feral. It’s a queer fight club that takes no prisoners and holds nothing back. Founded by artists Phoebe Patey-Ferguson and Anna Smith in the dark days after Britain voted to leave the European Union,…
Club Jewel Box for one raunchy night of queer poetry, performance and film
CLUB JEWEL BOX is a one-night installation presented by Flaming Classics and celebrating queer poetry, performance and avant-garde cinema on Friday 13th April. Named after one of Miami’s first queer clubs, this ephemeral space celebrates Miami’s queer past, present, and future. Guests are invited to cruise the space, taking in six films that are paired…
Stereo: a film about reversed gender stereotypes made by 13 year old Ella Fields
This remarkable film about gender stereotypes was written, directed, and edited by Ella Fields who is 13 years old. This is what she wrote about her video “Ever since the beginning of time, things have been exactly the same. Boys wear pink, girls wear blue. Boys wear dresses, and girls can’t…”
I Should Be Holding A Hand But Instead I’m Holding Shame
The BBC Social is a new digital content stream featuring content for and created by young people in Scotland. This particular one offers a powerful commentary on the choices gay people are still forced to make in public – whether to hold hands, show affection, or give a partner a good-bye kiss. Take a moment to stop…
To A More Perfect Union: United States v. Windsor
To anyone who followed the case of Edie Windsor, an unlikely looking LGBT activist, who took on the might of the US legal system and won, this extremely moving documentary from Donna Zaccaro doesn’t actually reveal anything new about this groundbreaking case. What it does, however, is succinctly put the major facts all together…
