We’ve been talking to some older women recently, to get their input into An Odd Occasion. As a woman of a certain age, myself, I’ve been reflecting on what they told me and I’ve come up with a list of 10 top tips for women on getting older. Please don’t be silly about this – […]
5 brave women put themselves in my hands on a Friday night in April. I had promised them a fun night of dressing up and discussion around ideas about gender, femininity and space – and I’d also told them I wanted to dress them up as drag queens. Having played and performed in drag as […]
We created a performance installation at West Yorkshire Playhouse’s Transform event a few weeks ago, as part of our work towards An Odd Occasion. These pictures give you some sense of what we did…
Come along and meet ‘Jenn De Fuch’ and friends in the foyer of West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds at the late night live art bistro, after the cabaret show by Scottee and friends, 10.30pm onwards on Sat 29th March. We’ve got badges. We’ll also be popping up at Chol Theatre’s Coffee House Nights at Queenies, next […]
http://irregulararts.tumblr.com/ I’ve started this tumblr blog to record some images for An Odd Occasion. Some are photos I’ve snapped when I’ve noticed gendered behaviours or things eg the different ways things are sold to male/female consumers. Some are screenshots from my Facebook stream – this is the marketing & messages I’m bombarded with daily.
Thanks, everyone, for your input so far on this. Nobody, so far, has disagreed with my premise that the variety and diversity of words loaded with gender and aimed at women are far more varied and specific than the vocabulary we have for describing men. With your input the list now reads as follows: spinster […]
There are so many words and phrases used to describe women (and girls). Some of them are intended to be positive, flattering and complementary. Some of them are not. Some have the intention of insult. And some of those are really quite ugly. Some of them are funny – and some of them might have […]
An Odd Occasion is about the ordinary and the everyday. We want to find out a bit more about you – about what you wear, how you look, and what you think and feel about that. We’ve written a survey to find out about that and we’d love you to take part in it here. […]
Who Am I Now? I manipulate my own image at will and inhabit multiple identities. Sometimes I change my identity several times a day. Sometimes this is uncomfortable. Often this is fun. I am Stella’s Mummy. I am Ann and David’s daughter. I am an artist. I am six foot one. I am a worrier. […]