Over the centuries, women’s true selves have been trivialised and suppressed. Only when female bodies fulfil the male gaze of film and literature, can it be discussed or presented to us, which is evident in the danger of the New Woman within the late 19th century, where Stoker’s overtly sexual...
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Picture this: you’ve been on campus since 9am. It is now 6pm, and you are on the 20-minute delayed U1 bus. It’s a Tuesday, so any weekend euphoria or Friday excitement has dissipated. That last seminar, filled with awkward silences, has deflated you so powerfully that you now feel as...
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My choice of author to spotlight this week; one with a unique and resonant writing style, is Clarice Lispector. Ukrainian-born in 1920, Lispector emigrated to Brazil with her family to escape anti-semitism and the pogroms of Ukraine, and remained there until her death in 1977. I’ve chosen Lispector for her...
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