Articles by Guest
The Jubilee is a national sedative; this is a national wake up call
Posted on May 14, 2012 | 6 Comments
UK Uncut’s alternative street parties celebrate the NHS and the welfare state, but they are more about claiming the future than reclaiming the past.
UK Uncut’s ‘Great British Street Party’: kitsch nationalism?
Posted on May 8, 2012 | 7 Comments
As if last year had not been enough, 2012 is to be awash with examples of pomp and pageantry; from the Queen’s jubilee celebrations to the Olympics and Paralympics – as well as the run up to these events. Britain is to celebrate itself and its achievements all year round and will certainly not be [...]
Why I’m going to the Big Six Bash
Posted on April 27, 2012 | No Comments
Guest post by Ellie Smith On the 3rd May at the UK Energy Summit, just for a change, a load of extremely powerful energy companies that own the vast majority of the UK’s energy will speak with politicians and policy formers about the future of our country’s energy – how much we need, and where [...]
Can we check our cunting privilege?
Posted on April 6, 2012 | 16 Comments
This is a guest post by Anna Fleur. I’m a militant feminist. I believe that women should come together to destroy patriarchy and create a society were our gender shouldn’t determine our safety – perceived or actual. I’m also a feminist who uses the word ‘cunt’. A lot. This is partly because it’s a satisfying [...]
Breastfeeding: stop staring at me
Posted on April 3, 2012 | 14 Comments
by Fiona Peacock I recently took my daughter for her eight week check. The waiting room at my Doctor’s is adorned with signs explaining it is a breastfeeding friendly space, and there are cartoon images of breastfeeding women on the walls. This is all simply to make women feel comfortable breastfeeding, because the waiting room [...]
How I Got My Tenancy Fees Back
Posted on April 2, 2012 | No Comments
Euan Kidston explains how he followed the EPTAG guide to getting your illegal tenancy charges back, and won! On the 22nd of February this year, I wrote a letter to my letting agency and sent it by recorded delivery. It had come to my attention that it was illegal for letting agencies to charge anything [...]
Edinburgh is Sleepwalking into a Cultural Disaster
Posted on March 16, 2012 | 11 Comments
Guest post by Harry Giles The litany has become terribly familiar: La Belle Angele, the Big Red Door, the Lot, the Roxy Arthouse, the Forest Café, and now Cabaret Voltaire and the Bongo Club. In the last decade, Edinburgh’s independent arts venues have been closed or threatened with closure, one by one. Each new loss [...]
Why I’m scared of the supermarket: reflections on bigotry, disappointment and acceptance
Posted on January 15, 2012 | 8 Comments
by Aurora Adams, first published at Be Young and Shut Up I’ve returned to the town where I grew up for the first time since leaving for university and a strange thing has happened: I’m scared to visit the supermarket. This should, perhaps, not be entirely surprising. After I finished high school in 2009 I [...]
Ed Miliband – Dick of the year
Posted on December 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
This is a nomination from Dan Lee for Ed Miliband in the Bright Green Dick of the year 2011 award. To nominate someone, just email 200ish words to editors ‘at’ brightgreenscotland.org After Nick Clegg’s victory last year, I suppose it isn’t very original to plump for another British party leader as a nominee this year, [...]
Dick of the Year – Theresa May, Nadine Dorries and Louise Mensch
Posted on December 20, 2011 | 3 Comments
This is a nomination for Bright Green’s Dick of the Year 2011 award by Naomi Beecroft. To submit your own nomination email 200 words (or thereabouts) to editors (at) brightgreenscotland (dot) org. I’m nominating Theresa May, Nadine Dorries and Louise Mensch for their remarkable dedication to anti-women, to bigotry and to bullshit. Theresa May wants [...]
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