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Stirred: Monsters

Monsters-define ‘Human monsters have been attributed to intercourse between women and the devil’-Wiki ‘a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature….a thing of extraordinary or daunting size.’ Google Our next performance evening is on Monday 31st October, the night of All

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Poetry: After the Sensual World

After The Sensual World We taste of beer pale ale for summer and I am wet When we are clothed I breathe you in and touch The part that are uncovered We are apart I can forget how smooth your

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Stirred Poetry Adverts Workshop

Adverts Workshop on Thursday 26th November 2015, with Anna Percy and Lenni Sanders Write about tampon and sanitary towel advertising:  Extract from Lenni Sander’s Tampon piece: This slim white tube promises me my happiness in the dreamy commercial it fluffs

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Anna Percy: Unseen Wollstonecraft

Before the writing exercises we discussed public opinion of Mary Wollstonecraft, one of which sayings was ‘hyena in petticoats’! Portrait of Wollstonecraft Unseen by The Public Till the 1950s you have rationed your flesh want the focus to be on

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#FFF: Blondie 70’s Style

Is your body Blondie ready? ALWAYS This is the first of our monthly Feminist Fashion Features. #FFF. Anna Percy will be giving us short extracts from her wardrobe and feminist fashion inspirations. We will also have guest contributors! Get in

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Stirred: Tracey Emin

STIRRED: TRACEY EMIN Click through image to go to facebook event. See biographies of guests here. Tracey Emin was one of the most controversial of Young British Artists. Her art is often described as confessional, bold, unapologetic and raw. Her

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Stirred: Holler

Hey all, You may have heard of the movement Hollaback! Or Everyday Sexism? These sites encourage people to share their stories of street harassment and daily incidences of sexism from small to huge. The theme of Stirred Poetry next Monday

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Stirred: Shout

This is a feminist collective. Excited to welcome you to Stirred: Shout, a night of feminist poetry exploring voices raised in protest, in solidarity, in union, in the spirit of breaking through…. Monday 23rd March, 7.30pm at The Three Minute

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Stirred: Corporeal Beings & Bodies

'How does a body rise up again and rinse her mouth from the tap?' CD Wright — StirredPoetry (@StirredPoetry) February 18, 2015 Banner Image from artist and fat activist Kelli Jean Drinkwater. Stirred: Bodies is tomorrow! At like, 7.30pm. Very excited!

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Stirred: Bodies

This is a feminist collective. It is 2015 and we are back, five years of feminism since Stirred began in 2010…Stirred Bodies will be at The Three Minute Theatre, on Monday 23rd February at 7.30pm. You can find directions here

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The Stirred team at Reclaim the Night Manchester 2015
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