Annelouisekershaw365
I’m Anne Louise Kershaw a freelance writer; Music Editor of Blankpages and Manchester's Finest & I write for Guardian Northerner and Clash Magazine amongst others . I'm Senior Editorial & Designer for Carel Press.
This is my blog where I write about music, theatre, fashion, arts & culture, gender & equality. Every time I blog I post a picture because i'm obsessed with my camera.
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- We like explending but know we cannot use it. 13 hours ago
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Recent Posts
- Exclusive interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie
- Twitter: Procrastination, productivity and pain
- The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
- The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!
- Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
- I interview Shell Zenner – The godmother of new music
- Bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the art world!
- I discuss ‘Madchester’ with Dave Haslam
- Blank Media Collective Projector Series
Category Archives: Gender & Equality
The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
At a recent social gathering there was a consensus of horror when I revealed my phone. It is a complete brick, a rubber one at that, for no matter how many times I have gone at its life, it has … Continue reading
The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
Find a review of The Country Wife that doesn’t include the word romp and i’ll eat my hat (disclaimer: I totally wont). Don’t get me wrong, this restoration comedy is certainly full of frolics, fun and feistiness (and the implication … Continue reading
Miss Julie at The Royal Exchange – Electrically charged and beautifully bleak
On the whole, a play by Strindberg (1849-1912) is never going to be a day at the races, though if you count the two tragic deaths at this year’s Grand National, then maybe it is. A prolific writer who often … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Theatre, Gender & Equality, Reviews, Theatre
Tagged Carla Henry, Gender, Joe Armstrong, Maxine Peake, Miss Julie, Strindberg, The Royal Exchange
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Saturday Night And Sunday Morning at The Royal Exchange – exhilarating, sharp and real!
Now I’m fond of a bit of retro styling (80’s trash, early 60’s Rock & Roll fash, 40’s tailoring etc), but while I like to stylistically look back, I am under no ‘good old days’ delusion, style or otherwise. For … Continue reading
Posted in Film & Theatre, Gender & Equality, Reviews
Tagged Abortion, Alan Sillitoe, Albert Finney, Angry Young Man, Arctic Monkeys, Arthur Seaton, ASBO, Chanel Cresswell, Clare Calbraith, Cold War, Daddy Warbucks, Downton Abbey, Factory Floor, Freudian, Gin, Graeme Hawley, Jo Hartley, Karel Weise, Kitchen Sing Drama, Matthew Dunster, Nottingham, Perry Fitzpatrick, Riots, Saturday Night Sunday Morning, Sex, Shag, Talk, Tamla Kari, that’s what i’m not, The Royal Exchange, This Is England, Walk, Whatever people say I am, Working Class
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Women affected by the cuts still have ‘Bags of Attitude’
Getting ready to go out to the Bags of Attitude exhibition this morning, I spotted a facebook ‘friend’ casually criticising the orientation and body size of feminists. Following a swift report, block, delete (if only real life were that simple) … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Gender & Equality, Reviews
Tagged Bags of Attitude, Charlotte Newson, Claire Mooney, Gender, Oxfam, poverty, Spending cuts, The Pankhurst Centre, Women
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113 – Jessie J, the Mail Online and the issue of warpaint
113/252 Seeing as though this month’s fash mags are full of outfits and styles I actually find rather cool, I am left with no alternative but to head elsewhere for my read and rant desires. This sick need, like that … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Gender & Equality
Tagged Daily Mail, Fash mags, Jessie J, Mail Online, Make-up, Sexism, Slap, unouomedudem Flask, Warpaint
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95 – John Lennon never imagined a day when we didn’t write about women’s bodies!
95/270 When John Lennon wrote Imagine, he offered us plenty of food for thought, and lots to think about, and loads of other utopian style clichés that generally seem simultaneously both a really good idea and pretty much unattainable. You … Continue reading
76 – I Hollaback! Or rather I feel awkward and venomous
76/289 Making the most of the sunshine, yesterday after working, me and my partner decided we’d get kitted up and go off for a decent mountain bike up in the peaks. It’s great living so close (well 45 mins away) … Continue reading
65 – I’m more on a man’s level; women are threatened by me! Eek!
65/300 I’ve just watched Come Dine With Me. A prime time show that simultaneously feeds my totally crap TV need whilst serving up lashings of social insight into the lives, opinions and generally odd qualities of people in this country. … Continue reading
Posted in Gender & Equality, TV
Tagged Come dine with me, Family Jewels, Feminism, Gender, Grumbi Doll, Lady Behave, Marina and the Diamonds, Men, Stereotypes, Stuart Thornley, Vintage Village, Women
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60 – Comment is Free – A scary fact for most feminists
60/305 Jessica Reed from the Guardian’s Comment Is Free, kindly tweeted about a piece today written by feminist writer Jill Filipovic, for Comment is Free America. In her article Traditional marriage is dead. Let’s celebrate which basically explored how “A … Continue reading
Posted in Gender & Equality, News
Tagged Feminism, Jessica Reed, Jill Fillipovic, Lykke Li, Marriage, Obama, R.E.M, The Guardian, What's The Frequency Kenneth, Women, Wounded Rhymes
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