A love letter to BBC Radio 4ExtraThe BBC launched its digital radio station BBC7, later 4Extra, in 2002. Now it plans to close it When I first heard in late May that BBC Director General Tim Davie planned to scrap 4Extra, I was not exactly surprised (to my mind, the BBC have never… Jul 18 22July 18, 2022Article at Medium
Has The Local Veg Box Scheme Found It’s Moment In Brexit?First it was foraging, then it was food banks and concerns over food waste. Now, in an age of food stockpiling and Brexit, has the local veg box found it’s moment? In the UK there has been an increase in popularity in foraging, particularly since the… Mar 22 19March 22, 2019Article at Good news stories, inspirational content, and stories that matter
Women and music festivals, again…Cazz Blase argues that we need to seriously reconsider the pulling power of women performers at festivals It’s not often that I find myself shouting at the BBC World Service. But, on Thursday 22 June at approximately 26 minutes past seven in the… Jun 30 17June 30, 2017Article at The F-Word
Are libraries a feminist issue?Are libraries a feminist issue? This is a question that I have been thinking about in the last few weeks. I am due to do a talk at the Victoria Baths Fanzine Convention in Manchester a week on Saturday, and this is one of the tangents I seem to have… May 10 12May 10, 2012Article at The F-Word
Pop Girls: J-Pop and K-PopWay back on New Years Eve, I was innocently sitting in my kitchen listening to the World Service when my interest was aroused by a short report on the K-Pop trend in Japan. The report contrasted the women in J-Pop (Japanese pop) girl bands with those… Apr 24 12April 24, 2012Article at The F-Word
Women and the UK music pressMusic is a universal language. But don’t tell the UK music press, which is marketing itself to a definitively male readership. Cazz Blase takes a look at the marketing materials put out by the big music magazines It is a truth universally… Feb 12 12February 12, 2012Article at The F-Word
Crinolines and corsets… againPeriod drama concentrates almost exclusively on the bonnets and Bennets universe of the 19th century novel, while there are few adaptations of more recent material dealing with gender politics and the sexual revolution. Cazz Blase makes some… Oct 05 07October 05, 2007Article at The F-Word
Searching For Sense And ReasonCazz Blase sympathises with novelist Jenny Colgan’s criticisms of the derogatory term "Chick Lit" – but insists the problem is more complex, and also not as new as is commonly thought. In August of this year, the novelist Jenny Colgan made… Oct 16 03October 16, 2003Article at The F-Word
