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Review: Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
Today in 2022, a question looms large over our society: will women ever be afforded the right to control what happens to their bodies? It is a question which is ingrained in Claudia Piñeiro’s 2007 novel Elena Knows, which was translated into English by Frances Riddle and published by Charco Press last year. While on…
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Hex and The Bass Rock: the legacy of Scotland’s witch trials and the timeless nature of violence against women
I can see the castle from my front window. It perches on top of the volcanic rock, its ancient pedestal, stoic and noble. Sometimes, at night, it’s lit up in different colours: dark violet, vivid blue, crimson. It’s something my flatmate and I show off to anyone who’s round. My nana couldn’t believe it the…
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Main Character Energy: Musings on Fleabag, Bookstagram, and ‘Dissociative Feminism’
So, there’s this character who keeps cropping up in conversations online about books and TV. She’s a messy, 20-something year old woman wandering aimlessly through the city in which she lives. She has no idea what she’s doing with her life, or who she really is, and she is barely holding her mental health together. …
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