Quote

" I'm a hungry woman...
...But don't you dare forget
You gotta feed my head too
"

Hungry Woman Blues II, Gaye Adegbalola

Sound and Vision

Books

Persephone Books: an entire bookshop dedicated to forgotten writers (most of whom happen to be women)

'Her Brilliant Career' by Rachael Cooke: was given this recently as a present and from the introduction alone I've learnt so much! Having now finished it and compiled 5 A4 pages of new exciting people/books/films/events to investigate, I can definitely recommended this read!

'A Vindication of the Rights of Women: with Strictures on Political and Moral subjects' by Mary Wollstonecraft: One of the earliest examples of feminist text from 1792, on my to-read list!

'Strong Female Protagonist' by Brennan Lee Mulligan and Molly Ostertag: Highly addictive online comic

Deborah Harkness's Favourite Books with Brainy Heroines (Good Reads)

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua: A webcomic also available in a snazzy hardback based on the premise...what if Ada Lovelace survived into her 40s and convinced Charles Babbage to build the Difference Engine...and used it to fight crime?! Beautifully drawn, full of engineering puns and an excellent (and heavily referenced) insight into the mind of 'the world's first computer programmer'- read it all now!

Talks, TV and Videos

'A TED talk that might turn every man who watches it into a feminist...' (Upworthy)

'The 'Sexy Lie' We Should Be Talking About' (TEDx Talk on Films For Action)

'Study Confirms What We Already Knew - Men And Women Aren't All That Different' (University of Rochester, USA on Films For Action)

Why can't 'run like a girl' also mean 'win the race'? (Always advert) 

'The Story of Women and Art' (BBC) 

Emma Watson - He for She Campaign Speech (Buzzfeed) 

Nicola Rolfe at Bright Club, Guildford

AmputeeOT: My Legoleg - amputee prosthetic leg made with Lego bricks

Professor Lene Hau: Stopping Light Cold

Louis Theroux: Transgender Kids (BBC)
 

Radio, Podcasts and Soundbites

Charles Hazlewood's Musical Exploriums: So many great women of sound and experimental music - refreshingly discussed equally among their contemporaries!

The Wonderful World of Cerys Matthews - Episode 3 - Nina Simone

Crossing Continents - Ivory Coast's School for Husbands

Newsjack: With a hilarious response to Fox's embarrassing  treatment of Major Mariam al-Mansouri.

Comedy Controller with Rebecca Front: Great comedy selection including the News Quiz tribute to the incredible Linda Smith.

Rebecca Front's 'Incredible Women'

The News Quiz: Calman and Toksvig responding hilariously and brilliantly to the This Is What A Feminist Looks Like in (or not in) parliament story.

A Virtual Artist - Pearl John 

A History of Ideas: Vicky Neale on the Mathematics of Beauty

'When the Levee Breaks': Mark Lamarr looks at the history of Memphis Minnie, blues guitar pioneer (see also the first Guitar Heroes post for more Minnie magic!)

Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service - International Women's Day 2015 Special

Cerys on 6 - Sandy Denny Special

Cerys on 6 - International Women's Day 2015 Special 

Helen Keen's 'It Is Rocket Science' 

Inside Science: Women Scientists on Sexism in Science

Music

Links featuring great female musicians additional to those in blog posts...

Red Priest 

Minnie Marks 

Kate Davis

Melbourne's 'Women of Soul' project

PSB & The Smoke Fairies : Valentina (Tereshkova)

Things you can buy!

'A woman's place is in the House of Commons' t-shirts

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