LOVE, HONOUR AND FOREPLAY – LAUREN KAYE’S I’M ALL IN, FIVE YEARS ON

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged book review, comedy, empowerment, fantasy, featured, female pleasure, gender, Hey Arnold, I'm All In, Lauren Kaye, live poetry, love, lyrics, marriage, non-monogamy, patriarchy, performance poetry, poetry, R&B, relationships, romance, sex.

By Carmina Masoliver

August saw the five-year anniversary of Lauren Kaye’s ‘I’m All In’, a poetry collection described as a ‘seductive collection of romantic and sensual poems that speak on the inevitable episodes of love, sex and relationships’. The occasion was marked on social media – at a time where artists are forced to be more resourceful than ever when the stage is taken away. As Kaye outlines in the introduction, her poetry ‘is written much how I speak’, and it is best to have seen her live or see live videos so you can then hear her voice as you read coming through the pages.

FEMINIST ANTHEMS TO SEE YOU THROUGH 2018

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Music That Matters and tagged anthems, Aye Nako, Black Palms, Breakfast Muff, Bully, Deap Vally, empowerment, featured, feminism, feminist anthems, First Aid Kit, Internatioanl Women's Day, International Women's Day 2018, music, Queens of the Stone Age, Stella Donnelly, Tanya Tagaq, Weaves, Women's History Month.

by Carmina Masoliver

It is so easy to feel overwhelmed by the state of the world, in which we are mostly powerless to create a dramatic change. Yet music offers us respite, and re-energises us to continue fighting for what we believe in, bringing us together and making us stronger.

So the annual return of International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month, seemed like an prime opportunity to round up some incredible feminist anthems from the past year, and celebrate some of the best artists around at the moment. All these tracks deserve to be heard on repeat, as they serve to get us pumped up for a month of marches, activism, and empowerment.

Share your favourites in the comments below.

ALTERNATIVE ARTS EDUCATION – A BRIEF HISTORY

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Student and tagged access, Alexandre Gurita, alternative, Alternative Art College, alternative art school fair, art, artists, arts education, Black Mountain College, Catherine Despont, communal, creativity, culture, curricula, Dylan Gauthier, education, empowerment, Free Education, freedom of expression, government, history, informal teaching, John Rice, knowledge, neoliberalism, New York, passion, Pioneer Works, policy, schools, social change, teaching, tuition fees.

by Laura Potts

Education is amazing. It encourages the growth of passion for any number of subjects, and opens doors for many to enter into the field that that passion leads them towards, where their research work is often vital to the discovery of all sorts of new and exciting things.

However, the modern system that has emerged as society has ‘advanced’ does not always prioritise the curiosity and growth that education cultivates over more material concerns such as financial gain. The increases in the various fees and costs associated with higher educational institutions and the shrinking of the creative curriculum at earlier levels often means that a passion for a subject is no longer enough. But as with any monolithic trend, alternatives have sprung up down the years.

IGNITING STUDENT ACTIVISM #3 – WORKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged activism, burnout, call to action, campaign planning, campaigning, campaigns, change, commitment, conferences, deadlines, democracy, determination, direct action, divestment, Education Act 1994, email campaigns, empowerment, energy, fossil free, Fossil Free QUB, fossil fuels, future, future focus, goals, handover, health, Igniting Student Activism, justice, leafleting, local media, machinery of state, Margaret Mead, mental health, MPs, networking, petitions, politics, progress, protests, Queens' University Belfast, raising awareness, recruitment, research, sabbatical officers, sacrifice, self care, social justice, social media, state, strategy, student activism, student media, student union elections, students, students' unions, tactics, targeting, the good fight, training, universities, workshops, young people.

by Bradley Allsop & Calum Watt

Rarely in our lifetimes has there been a more exciting time for young people to engage in politics. Change is in the air and nowhere else offers more opportunities to engage in this conversation, to learn valuable skills and to help shape society than university campuses. This series of articles seeks to offer some guidance for those aiming to ignite student activism at their institutions. Drawing on our experiences as campaigners we hope to highlight some common challenges and give you some advice on how to combat them.

IGNITING STUDENT ACTIVISM #1 – FIRST STEPS

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged activism, call to action, campaign planning, campaigning, campaigns, change, commitment, deadlines, direct action, divestment, Education Act 1994, email campaigns, empowerment, energy, fossil free, fossil fuels, goals, Igniting Student Activism, leafleting, local media, machinery of state, MPs, petitions, politics, protests, raising awareness, recruitment, research, sabbatical officers, social media, state, strategy, student activism, student media, students, students' unions, tactics, targeting, time, universities, young people.

by Bradley Allsop and Calum Watt

THE LEFT HAS DEFIED THE ODDS. NOW WE NEED TO SHAPE HISTORY.

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged academia, access, accountability, activism, activists, agitate, anti-establishment, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Bright Green, campaigning, citizens, climate change, conservatives, democracy, democratic education, direct action, diversity, economics, election, empowerment, establishment, Free Education, GE17, general election, grassroots, grassroots media, higher education, independent media, inequality, internal democracy, jeremy corbyn, Labour, Labour manifesto, left, Lincoln, mainstream media, media, media bias, Norwich Radical, Novara Media, openDemocracy, Parliament, parliamentary majority, political apathy, politics, polls, power, progressive alliance, progressive parties, Rethinking Economics, Social Science Centre, strategy, students, technology, theresa may, training, Trump, truth to power, upskilling, voter engagement, voters.

by Bradley Allsop

For the third time in a year an earthquake has rocked the political establishment, upsetting polls, pundits and precedent alike. Yet this time, unlike the division and isolation of Brexit, or the utter horror of Trump, we instead have hope. Snatching insurgence from the jaws of implosion, Labour and the broader left have risen to the edge of power. Yet whilst the election result was an excellent start, surviving the challenges our society faces will require much more. We need to build a movement which aims for nothing less than a complete transformation of our society. It is crucial now that we do not succumb to hubris or allow ourselves to be absorbed by the internal Conservative party debates – we need to use the time granted by their division to plan, organise and mobilise the movement that will transform Britain.

THOUGHTS FROM THE FENCES – YARL’S WOOD & THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Student and tagged #GE2017, abuse, asylum seekers, austerity, borders, Brexit, Britain, British values, crime, cuts, deportation, depression, detention, detention centres, dignity, education, empowerment, government, harassment, hate crime, healthcare, Home Office, homophobia, Hostile Environment Policy, human rights, hunger strike, immigration, immigration law, immigration raids, international students, intimidation, kidnapping, law, legal aid, LGBT+, migrants, migration, money, Movement for Justice, norwich, POC, prison, privatisation, protest, queer, racism, rape, scapegoating, self harm, Serco, solicitors, solidarity, Stansted airport, student activism, students, suicide, survivors, theresa may, tolerance, trauma, tuition fees, UEA, violence, welfare, women, women's rights, work, Yarl's Wood.

by Lotty Clare

Content warning: mentions violence against women, abuse, rape, self-harm, suicide, racism, harassment, homophobia.

Last Saturday, a group of UEA students and Norwich residents travelled to a protest at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre in Bedfordshire. This protest was the fifth Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary (MFJ) has organised to shut down detention centres. As I approached the building, hidden inside an industrial estate, surrounded by fields, in the middle of nowhere, it was just as intimidating and depressing as 6 months ago when I went to Yarl’s Wood for the first time. It looks like a prison, except that it is ‘worse than prison, because you have no rights’, as former detainee Aisha Shua put it. Some women are in Yarl’s Wood because their visa expired, others because their asylum claim was unsuccessful. They have committed no crime. And yet they can be detained there indefinitely.

REVIEW: BURNT ROTIS, WITH LOVE, BY PRERNA BAKSHI

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged #readwomen, artivism, body, burnt rotis with love, cancer, death, dream, empowerment, expectations, feminism, Foxconn, gender roles, gender violence, girlhood, grief, Hindu, India, intersectionality, language, neoliberal, poem, poet, poetry, politics, Prerna Bakshi, review, rhyme, rhythm, Sheryl Sandberg, slurs, South Asia, Urdu, white feminism, womanhood, women, women writers, writing, Xu Lizhi.

by Carmina Masoliver

Prerna Bakshi’s debut collection Burnt rotis, with love was published in 2016 by Le Zaporogue via Lulu.com. Poems featured in the collection have appeared in many literary journals, magazines and anthologies across the world. Hailing from India, Bakshi offers a refreshing perspective on feminism and the wider would, enlightening readers with its undeniable South Asian roots.Continue Reading

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged a seat at the table, album, artivism, arts, BHM, black history month, black pride, black women, Chance the Rapper, creative, empowerment, FUBU, hip hop, Jill Scott, Kelela, Kelly Rowland, LEMONADE, message, music, Nina Simone, Noname, prince, Puma, QTip, racism, Raphael Saadiq, review, Sampha, Solange, solange knowles, South Africa, style, Tink, women artists.

by Candice Nembhard

‘A Seat at the Table’ is the newly debuted project by the enigmatic Solange Knowles. The 21 track album marries intricate layers of R&B with densely packed lyrics, carving open a bigger space to discuss the beauty of black creatives. With features from the likes of Kelly Rowland, Q-Tip, Sampha and Kelela – not forgetting incredible production credits from Raphael Saadiq – there is no denying that Knowles is opening and changing the space for admiring and respecting black creativity.

BEYONCÉ, HILLSBOROUGH AND UNITY THROUGH SONG

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged anthem, artist, arts, Beyonce, black women, BME, catharsis, charts, culture, Drake, empowerment, feminism, feminist, Game of Thrones, HBO, hillsborough, icon, LEMONADE, Liverpool FC, Malcolm X, media, Merseyside, MSM, music, music industry, Pitchfork, politics, pop, pop music, prince, radical, Taylor Swift, unity, VIEWS, Warsan Shire, women artists, You'll Never Walk Alone.

by Mike Vinti

It’s been a pretty big couple of weeks in the pop world. Prince died, Beyoncé pulled a well, a Beyoncé, and today (Friday April 29th) Drake has released his new album VIEWS. If ever there was a week to remind us of popular music’s impact on society and culture, this is the one.

While each of these moments are significant in their own right and worthy of articles of their own, of which there have been many, together they’ve demonstrated the power of music to unite people. Be it through, grief, shock or pure unadulterated hype, the three most significant cultural moments of the past eight days have used music to bring people together and for a few days at least, forget about those intent on tearing us apart.Continue Reading

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LOVE, HONOUR AND FOREPLAY – LAUREN KAYE’S I’M ALL IN, FIVE YEARS ON

By Carmina Masoliver

FEMINIST ANTHEMS TO SEE YOU THROUGH 2018

THOUGHTS FROM THE FENCES – YARL’S WOOD & THE IMPORTANCE OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

REVIEW: BURNT ROTIS, WITH LOVE, BY PRERNA BAKSHI

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

BEYONCÉ, HILLSBOROUGH AND UNITY THROUGH SONG

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