The Must-read Magic-themed Book List
When I first thought of creating these lists, I wasn’t sure what I desired or if their creation possessed any objective. They were ideas adrift – borne only from my hope that they could function […]
Tracy Ryan – Insight into the Artist’s Studio
Tracy Ryan is an experimental artist hailing from Glasgow. After gaining her BA Visual Arts degrees with Honours in 2011, she has continued to focus on her practice and create new bodies of work. Ryan […]
Is Comedy a Man’s Game? The British Comedy Awards and Female Representation
September 4th 2014: the day the reigning Queen of Comedy, Joan Rivers, sadly died. I was pretty upset when I heard the news. For the people I spoke to about it, Rivers seemed to be […]
The Reality of 2015
Humans are social creatures. We congregate in groups; it’s natural, therefore it follows that we must have some sort of social order that allows us to function. It’s 2015. We live in a free society, […]
The Money Revolution
Money rules the world. While there is no completely ethical consumption under capitalism, there is certainly a more ethical way to consume. Capitalism depends on women, especially women of colour, and the global economy relies […]
The five most ridiculous/infuriating assumptions people make when they find out I’m a lesbian
One of my favourite pastimes (when I’m not smashing the patriarchy with my long-suffering girlfriend) is watching the look of pure confusion and/or terror spread across strangers’ faces as they slowly comprehend my sexuality. For […]
Girls just wanna have sun
One of Hanna’s newest contributors, Radia Mustafa, has put together a summer-themed photo set. Switch your gaze from the window to your computer screen (and back again, if it’s sunny!)
Recipe: No-cheese pizza
This pizza has a surprising topping, and no one would ever guess that there is no cheese involved! Ingredients 1 packet of tofu, broken with a fork and sprinkled with some savoury yeast powder or […]
Musings on a month living in a Scottish eco-village
Findhorn is an eco-village nestled in the north of Scotland, and has been in existence for around 50 years. It is also a spiritual community, but is not aligned with any particular religion or set of […]
Entering the brave new world (of Pinterest)
It’s been on the cards for a while, and something we should have done way back when, but Hanna has finally entered a brave new world…we’re on Pinterest! I finally see what all the cajoling […]
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