Save Temple Cowley Pools: Paper Misreporting again...

Oxford Mail, now the mouthpiece of the Council since the Editor decided we weren't a good story any more, and ignores our emails about 'balance', felt they had to report that we might be making a legal challenge: http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9308675.Temple_Cowley_Pools_fight_to_go_to_High_Court_challenge/ Well, have we got news for you. Not only might we be making a challenge, we have! More to come. But note that the article … Read more

Lashings of Ginger Beer: Dancing for the Eyes of Men (triggers for rape culture)

I wrote "Eyes of Men" to explore the conflict between being a feminist and being sexually attracted to women, in a culture where attraction to women is represented as something which is only experienced by men, and which almost always involves some degree of objectification. The song is about becoming aware that the way I look at women is shaped by the way I see men looking at women, and the by way male … Read more

The Top Soil: National cat-kicking day

We’re used to a media frenzy around certain kinds of crimes. The murderer or the (right kind of ) rapist who’s hounded by journalists and a righteously indignant selection of the general public. It’s never pretty, it never seems likely to further justice and peace, but I can understand the sentiments behind it. But here’s a new surprising crime to add to the list of horrors so great that they elicit cries for … Read more

Cyclox: On Yer Bike: More cyclists is the solution to our congested roads

While Oxford€™s arterial roads, and those in the market towns, suffer heavy traffic at commuter times, Cowley Road is rammed all day long. The crawling queues start at 8am and stop-start traffic appears, car after car, until mid-evening. Even outside school and Brookes terms, traffic is slow and relentless. more… Read more

Oxford Feminist Network: Oxford International Women's Fringe Festival

Poetry, music, stand-up, discussions, craftivism, films, and much more. From October 21st to 23rd at various locations … Read more

The Top Soil: Silence the Stigma. Talk.

My mental health problems shape me. They are part of me – like a broken nose can change a face. As much as I want to run away from it, kill it in the middle of the night and do anything to rid it from me, I can’t. I am ill, and I always will be. But I am not weak, I find everything much harder than the ‘average’ person. In the past, when I have spoken about my mental health conditions, I have either been called … Read more

Save Temple Cowley Pools: Council Lies on the Radio!

The announcement that we are taking the Council to court over its decision to abandon thousands of citizens inside the ring road in East Oxford has caused a flurry of excitement. We were invited onto the BBC local radio yesterday for an interview. We were faced with Van Coulter, who resolutely wheeled out the standard misinformation about costs; apparently all the information about costs is on the Council website. Well, please tell us where to … Read more

Positive Politics: Big Rip Off Day the movie

Well, to be honest it was a bit of a disappointment. Only 5 turned up and 2 were Norwegian reporters. It doesn’t matter. It’s about the social movement and that’s on fire at the moment! Anyway, I had a go and this short film is the product… Big thanks to MultiMelissa5 for the film, to Jack Hartcup for the solidarity, and to Stig for the artistic inspiration Peace Joel … Read more

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