MAKE PUNK VENUES PERIOD ACCESSIBLE

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged #WomeninMusic, arts, bathroom, creative criticism, cycle, diary, DIY, female bodies, gender inclusive, genders, gig, Hard Times, knickers, menstrual cup, menstruation, music, period, personal, pub, punk, satire, share, Ska, toilet, tour, travel, underwear, venue, womb, women.

by Sara Harrington

CW: graphic imagery, menstruation

Wads of tissue swaddle the gushed gusset of my soon to be late underwear. DIY panty-lining for a DIY punk show. Tissue becomes currency as it is discovered that none of the loos in the entire venue have any – my stash acquired from the Wetherspoons further down the road. No cubicle provides the menstrual cup removing privacy of an old fashioned door. Instead, makeshift curtains swathe the space between yourself and a sorry stranger as the feat of dealing with your period in a space that assumes you do not have one trickles down your hand in all its bloody glory.

Do not have your period at a punk gig.

REVIEW: THE LIGHTHOUSE #15 – THE QUEER ISSUE

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Community and tagged British, Colin Graham, creative criticism, essays, event, heterocentrism, intergeneration, Jo Surzyn, journal, launch, LGBT+, Lighthouse, literature, Louis Pigeon-Owens, Megan Crosbie, nb, non-binary, norwich, poem, poetry, queer, review, Richard Scott, Sophie Meyer, Sophie Robinson, stories, Sue Borge.

by Eli Lambe

Timeliness occupies this issue. Reflections on what queer writing has been and what it is now are shown through this collection to be vital, contemporary, and necessarily complex. The readings at the launch were accomplished, and the variety of writing spoke to the talents of the editing team in recognising and celebrating each piece. The pieces were arranged and selected to be complementary, to offer common threads and common goals, while still preserving the singularity of each piece – the queer writing here is collected as moments of solidarity, of community.Continue Reading

A MEMO TO THE ELECTION

Posted on June 10, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged #GE2017, artivism, arts, Back to the Future, creative, creative critical, creative criticism, creative writing, great scott, jam, jeremy corbyn, Labour, letter, nuclear, pacifist, politics, racism, response, road, socialism, time travel, Tories, trident, vegetarianism, writing, young politics, young vote.

by Hannah Rose

This is a missive from the past (June 3rd) to the future (June 10th). Futures are shady places where the detail is rubbed out; they nearly always keep us in darkness, because we saturate them in too much hope. Perhaps that’s where it all went wrong: we should have shone a finer light between hope and cynicism. In Back To The Future, Marty McFly asks his girlfriend:“What happens to us in the future? Do we become assholes or something?”Continue Reading

BLOOD, SWEAT, AND FEARS – EFFICIENT PACKING FOR TOUR

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged #WomeninMusic, Allison Crutchfield, arts, creative criticism, cycle, diary, DIY, female bodies, gig, knickers, menstruation, music, packing, period, personal, PS Eliot, punk, share, Ska, tour, travel, underwear, Waxahatchee, women.

by Sara Harrington

CW: In-depth descriptions of experiences of the menstrual cycle.

Writer’s note: For further reading I highly recommend this article by Allison Crutchfield of ‘Waxahatchee’ and ‘PS Eliot’ fame – reading it helped dispel my fears that being a woman in a band and having different needs are totally legit.

How To Pack For Tour:

Bring knickers for at least every day, have spares just in case of period mishaps. Outfits need to be nice but functional for sweating through on stage. Nothing too girly, you don’t want to draw attention to yourself. Socks – same rule as the knickers, no spares. Have pyjama bottoms, you cannot sleep in pants, it’s too weird for girls to do. De-pot all your toiletries so as to not take up too much space in your bag. Do not take up too much space. Face wash, toner, moisturiser, deodorant bar, tiny shower gel, toothpaste, dry shampoo. Do not be high maintenance. A flannel is needed for the face wash – it cannot be taken off with anything else and face wipes break you out. Flannels will get wet so hang these on a DIY clothes line erected in the van. Bring the pill. Continue Reading

PERSPECTIVE

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged apathy, cognitive development, communication, Community, couple, creative criticism, egoism, elections, empathy, GE2017, mental health, people, perspective, Piaget, politics, pov, technology, writing.

by Alice Thomson

CW: abuse

Point of view is surprisingly important. As a child, I was always being told by my mother to ‘put my feet in another’s shoes’. It’s surprisingly difficult for children to actually do this.

According to Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, children between the age of 2 and 7 are in the preoperational stage. During this stage, children are egotistical in the purest sense. They display Centration and Egocentrism which means the child has a tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation at one time and they have an inability to see a situation from another’s point of view.Continue Reading

DON’T FUCKING TOUCH ME – THE APOLOGY

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged alcohol, apology, art, band, behaviour, consent, creative criticism, design, DIY, faintest idea, follow, gig, groping, hug, hugs, lgbtQ+, microaggression, misogyny, music, performance, personal account, personal space, physical contact, punk, queer, response, safe space, Sara Harrington, series, sexual assault, Ska, touring, women in music.

by Sara Harrington

A series exploring women and genderqueer identities within the DIY Punk and Arts scenes. In this installment Sara Harrington depicts scenes from her own experience playing in a touring ska punk band.

DON’T FUCKING TOUCH ME

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged alcohol, arts, band, consent, creative criticism, DIY, faintest idea, gig, groping, microaggression, misogyny, music, performance, personal account, punk, Sara Harrington, series, sexual assault, Ska, touring, women in music.

by Sara Harrington

CW: verbal and sexual assault

Part of a series exploring women and genderqueer identities within the DIY Punk and Arts scenes. In this installment, Sara Harrington depicts scenes from her own experience playing in a touring ska punk band.

‘Ticket please.’
Trumpet case in hand, I try to enter the venue as my bandmates breeze on by.
‘I’m playing actually.’
This is uttered with an embarrassed air, the knock to my ego glances across my face. Fair enough, I’ve not been in the band long.
‘Oh, who are you with? There’s no guest list.’
‘Sorry, I play trumpet in the band.’
Lifting my trumpet case, I point at it awkwardly. A nod as it’s decided that I pass all requirements necessary to gain free entry to a show I’m playing. I go to join my bandmates as we pile our gear into the backroom and start setting up for sound check.Continue Reading

SILENT EUROPE

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Inter|national and tagged Andalusia, ballot paper, Brexit, Buttermere, Cantabrian, Carpathian, Caspian, castles, creative, creative criticism, Dolomites, Eldfell, euRef, Europe, Garda, Hekla, Katla, Laki, landmarks, Lepontine, Lovozero, Marmara, metaphor, mountains, nature, photography, Pyrenees, referendum, uk, writing.

by Hannah Rose

Vote only once by putting a cross (X) in the box next to your choice. My ballot paper reads like a lover’s ultimatum: Leave or Remain. There is no room on my ballot paper to explain, negotiate with, mediate between. All dialogue between us has ended. Now there is only silence lingering like the smell of damp coats.Continue Reading

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REVIEW: THE LIGHTHOUSE #15 – THE QUEER ISSUE

A MEMO TO THE ELECTION

PERSPECTIVE

SILENT EUROPE

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