It was packed in the Barbican’s biggest screen, filled with lots of trans-identified females of all ages (but mostly younger) eager to see, who I guess must be a hero to them, Paul B. Preciado. Preciado is now 53 years of age but is blessed with youthful looks and an even more youthful mind (some might say adolescent, but I’ll get onto that). According to the Wikipedia entry, Paul was previously Beatriz and transitioned in 2014, i.e. aged forty-four years. An internet search for Beatriz bought up this article from 2013, from when she was on the brink of her ‘transition’, being interviewed for the book she is most famous for – Testo Junkie : Sex, Drugs and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era.
Category: Culture
Review of Jordan Gray’s – ‘Is it a bird?’
I have wanted to slate this show since Little Jordan got his Little Penis out to play the piano on C4 whilst screaming the immortal words “Imma better [woman] than you!” because he can do anal and squirt.
In conversation with Freddy McConnell, Charlotte Proudman and Robin White
The blurby bit British gender laws and self identification: Where are we now, and what do we hope for the future of Britain’s laws? Join
Hannah Gadsby’s presents The Gender Agenda
Hannah Gadsby curates a show of the ‘best queer talent’ she could find. Introduction When I booked, it looked to me that I had the
Review of comedy show: Zoë Coombs Marr -The Opener
‘Hey, what’s up cunts?!’ is how Zoe Coombs Marr opened her show. ‘Cervix is the answer to that question, not always, let’s not be reductive, or transphobic. Yip, that’s my opener.’
That was Zoe being Zoe, a progressive woke comedian, not Zoe being Dave, the white ‘cis’ heterosexual xenophobic male parody character she’s created (though I do use that term loosely) and despises.
Greta Thunberg returns to the Southbank with friends
Last year the Southbank hosted Greta Thunberg for the launch of her book The Climate Book, covered by me in this blog. The then CEO committed to make environmentalism core to the Southbank’s values. Then it was reported that the Southbank was going to plant 390 trees outside the gallery in a pocket forest, which hasn’t happened yet, and I don’t think it will, given there is no space for such a huge numbers of trees.
The Lies They Tell 
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