Persepolis, the film of the excellent graphic novels by Marjane Satrapi, is being screened in London with a Q&A session. Details below are from the F word who bought this event was brought to my attention.
SAT 13 Sep, 13.15pm, Hackney & Islington Amnesty Group presents Oscar nominated Persepolis (12A). Artist and novelist Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical [...]
Entries from August 2008
Persepolis screening
August 29th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: event · feminism · graphic novels
Beginning
August 28th, 2008 2 Comments
Feminism got me thinking.
I started out feeling frustrated about not being taken seriously. My male friends were usually more interested in how revealing my clothes were than in anything I had to say, and female friends were often wary of competition. My small triumphs were jealously picked apart or dismissed as insignificant. I noticed that [...]