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Solipsistic stories or a manifesto in the making: How Emily Ratajkowski’s My Body helps us understand the fashion and modelling industry

Emily Ratajkowski makes her literary debut with 'My Body', a collection of personal essays exploring feminism, sexuality, body politics, and power. Lucy Lawson takes a look at this compendium of personal/political writing, asking how it helps us to understand the fashion and modelling industries in our 'cishetero, capitalist, patriarchal world'.
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By , Feb. 13, 2022

Six Nations: the weekend round-up

The first weekend of the Six Nations got off to an intriguing start, as pre-tournament favorites Ireland and France got off to winning starts, while England fell to a second successive Calcutta Cup defeat to Scotland. The weekend got off to a resounding start as Ireland dominated Wales, in a...
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By , Feb. 10, 2022

‘Drive My Car’ drove me to boredom

I love long, slow movies. I enjoyed Béla Tarr’s 7-hour long slow cinema classic Sátántangó, I adore Yasujirō Ozu’s quiet family epics and I count Antonioni’s extended existential arthouse pieces among my very favourite movies. I’m telling you this so that you can understand that Drive My Car should have...
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By , Feb. 8, 2022