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The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams
THE SEXUAL POLITICS OF MEAT A FEMINISTVEGETARIAN CRITICAL THEORY Praise for The Sexual Politics of Meat and Carol J. Adams “A clearheaded scholar joins the ideas of two movements—vegetari- anism and feminism—and turns them into a single coherent and moral theory. Her argument is rational and persuasive. New ground—whole acres of it—is broken by Adams.” —Colman McCarthy, Washington Post Book World “Th e Sexual Politics of Meat examines the historical, gender, race, and class implications of meat culture, and makes the links between the prac tice of butchering/eating animals and the maintenance of male domi nance. Read this powerful new book and you may well become a vegetarian.” —Ms. “Adams’s work will almost surely become a ‘bible’ for feminist and pro gressive animal rights activists. Depiction of animal exploita- tion as one manifestation of a brutal patriarchal culture has been explored in two [of her] books, Th e Sexual Politics of Meat and Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals. Adams argues that factory farming is part of a whole culture of oppression and insti- tutionalized violence. Th e treatment of animals as objects is parallel to and associated with patriarchal society’s objectifi cation of women, blacks, and other minorities in order to routinely exploit them. Adams excels in constructing unexpected juxtapositions by using the language of one kind of relationship to illuminate another. Employing poetic rather than rhetorical techniques, Adams makes powerful connec- tions that encourage readers to draw their own conclusions.” —Choice “A dynamic contribution toward creating a feminist/animal rights theory.” —Animals’ Agenda “A cohesive, passionate case linking meat-eating to the oppression of animals and women . -
Venus in Fur by David Ives Directed by Patrick Marber
Image Release – Monday 7 August Natalie Dormer and David Oakes in Venus in Fur By David Ives Directed by Patrick Marber IMAGE CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE First image of Natalie Dormer and David Oakes in David Ives’ play Venus in Fur Royal Haymarket for a strictly limited run from 6 October. 200 seats at £15 for every performance. Tickets available here Directed by Patrick Marber with designs by Rob Howell and lighting designs by Hugh Vanstone. TRH Productions have released the exclusive first image of Natalie Dormer and David Oakes prior the West End premiere of David Ives’ hit Broadway play Venus in Fur which will run for a strictly limited nine week engagement at the Theatre Royal Haymarket run from 6 October to 9 December with opening night for press on 17 October. Enigmatic actress Vanda Jordan appears unannounced for an audition with director Thomas Novachek. She's determined to land the leading role in his new production - despite seeming wrong for the part. Over one evening in downtown Manhattan their charged meeting becomes a seductive dance to the end. Directed by Patrick Marber, designed by Rob Howell with lighting by Hugh Vanstone and casting by Executive Producer Ilene Starger, Venus In Fur is an intoxicating dark comedy of desire, fantasy and the innate love of fur. Natalie Dormer is to play Vanda Jordan. Dormer is known globally for film and television roles including Margaery Tyrell in HBO series Game of Thrones, Anne Boleyn in The Tudors for Showtime, Cressida in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 and 2, Focus Features' The Forest, Ron Howard's Rush, and Ridley Scott's The Counselor. -
Paul Boyce Make up and Hair Designer
Paul Boyce Make Up and Hair Designer Credits include: MONSOON Director: Hong Khaou Drama Producers: Tracy O’Riordan, Ameenah Ayub Allen Featuring: Henry Golding, Parker Sawyers, Molly Harris Production Co: BFI / BBC Films / Moonspun Films THE LAST DRAGONSLAYER Director: Jamie Magnus Stone Fantasy Action Drama Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith Ellise Chappell, John Bradley, Ricky Make-Up & Hair Supervisor Featuring: Tomlinson Designer: Sue Michael Production Co: Blueprint Pictures / Sky One HOUDINI AND DOYLE Director: Jeff Renfroe Mystery Drama Series - Eps 9, 10 Producers: Suzanne Colvin, Adrian Sturges Michael Weston, Stephen Managan, Make-Up & Hair Supervisor Featuring: Rebecca Liddiard Designer: Sue Michael Production Co: Big Talk Productions / Fox / ITV EVE Directors: Adrian McDowall, Adrian Mead Sci-Fi Drama Jonathan Fox Bassett, Lynsey Miller Producers: Peter Gallagher, Jeremy Swimer Poppy Lee Friar, Jane Asher, Michael Featuring: Wildman Production Co: Leopard Drama / CBBC IN THE HEART OF THE SEA Director: Ron Howard Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Marshall Period Action Adventure Producers: Herskovitz Make-Up & Hair, Prosthetic Artist Joe Roth, Paula Weinstein Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Designer: Fae Hammond Featuring: Riley Production Co: Spring Creek Productions / Warner Bros. WHITE SETTLERS Director: Simeon Halligan Horror Mystery Thriller Producer: Rachel Richardson-Jones Pollyanna McIntosh, Lee Williams, Joanne Featuring: Mitchell Production Co: Not A Number HYENA Director: Gerard Johnson Elizabeth Karlsen, Joanna -
Fifty Years of Food Reform
No.ffy. FIFTY YEARS OF FOOD REFORM A HISTORY OF THE VEGETARIAN MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND. From 1ts Incept1on 1n 1847, down to the close of 1897: WITH INCIDENTAL REFERENCES TO VEGETARIAN WORK IN AMERICA AND GERMANY. BY ; CHARLES W. FORWARD, WITH UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS. Percy Bysshe Shelley. MDCCCXCVIII. LONDON : THE IDEAL PUBLISHING UNION, LTD., MEMORIAL HALL, FARR1NGDON STREET. MANCHESTER : THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY, 9, PETER STREET. (L- THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 127291II AVTOR. LENOX ANT) TIU'TN FOl NDATIONS P 1941 L ffff^fv^^f^^ffmvvvvrfv X . .- «fflo i • ' I■ ' 1 t ,1,1 H B ■ i lis rWr ^^Ml 14* 19 QJ L' ■ ■^«iwri » Inter1or of Northwood V1lla. [The Room where the Vegetarian Society was founded in 1847.) Northwood V1lla, Ramsgate. {.Hydropathic Infirmary and Restdence 0/ Mr. W. Horscll, in 1847. Now (1897) a Sea-sUe Home for Boys in carnation with the Ragged School Un1on. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED (BY KIND PERMISSION) TO MY FRIEND AND FELLOW-WORKER IN THE CAUSE OF VEGETARIANISM, ARNOLD FRANK HILLS, WHOSE HIGH IDEALS, UNFAILING EXAMPLE, AND INEXTINGUISHABLE ENTHUSIASM, HAVE INSPIRED MYSELF /■ AND MANY OTHERS •; [■. WITH RENEWED FAITH AND ENERGY, • AND DEEPENED THE CONVICTION THAT' THE TRIUMPH OF VEGETARIANISM, WHICH HE HAS DONE SO MUCH TO PROMOTE, IS DESTINED TO BRING WITH IT A REIGN OF" PEACE, GOODWILL, AND UNIVERSAL HAPPINESS WHICH MANKIND HAS. BEEN VAINLY SEEKING THROUGHOUT PAST AGES. PREFACE. HE task of writing a historical survey of the Vegetarian Move ment in England is one which I did not seek, and I should not have undertaken had I foreseen the difficulties it entailed. -
The Corner Shop PR Current Projects 2017
The Corner Shop PR Current Projects 2017 Contents The Book of Mormon ................................................................................................................. 3 Disney’s The Lion King .............................................................................................................. 3 Matilda The Musical .................................................................................................................. 4 Aladdin ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Dreamgirls ................................................................................................................................. 7 An American in Paris ................................................................................................................. 8 The Ferryman .......................................................................................................................... 10 Hull UK City of Culture 2017 ................................................................................................... 10 The Birthday Party ................................................................................................................... 13 Long Day’s Journey Into Night ................................................................................................ 14 Venus in Fur ............................................................................................................................ -
Their Spirit Inspired a Nation
The eight-hour ground-breaking series comes to television screens worldwide The Pillars of the Earth is a sweeping epic of good and evil, treachery and intrigue, violence and beauty. This William, Philip, the prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone work and Ellen, the woman from the forest sensuous, spirited and passionate story is set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles who casts a curse. At once, this is a sensuous and enduring love story and an epic that shines with the fi erce which tears lives and families apart. In that time, there rises a magnifi cent Cathedral in Kingsbridge. Against spirit of a passionate age. Follett masterfully weaves these stories through the political turmoil of 12th cen- this backdrop, love-stories entwine: Tom, the master builder, Aliena, the noblewoman, the sadistic Lord tury England, creating a relevant and viable world for today’s audience and for generations to come. Ken Follett Quotes What the critics say about the world premiere on Starz The Pillars of the Earth Ridley Scott „They really don’t make them like this anymore…Pillars “…thanks to a well-paced, good-looking production, an “This is one of the most elaborate productions I have builds a case for restoring the mega miniseries to its often slyly amusing script and a terrifi c cast, you will Published in 30 languages worldwide ever seen for television and it is also one of the best former glory.” likely have a good time.” mounted. Beautifully produced.” More than 18 million copies sold worldwide TV Guide USA Today Named Oprah Winfrey’s 60th Book Club Selection Ken Follett “…overfl owing with prestigious British talent and a lusty “Sexy, sinister and insanely addictive.” “I imagined it and wrote it, but I guess I never thought story…in short, everything people expect from their OK! Magazine Ranked 33rd on BBC’s 2003 ‘The Big Read’ I’d see it. -
ANNUAL REPORT and ACCOUNTS the Courtyard Theatre Southern Lane Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6BH
www.rsc.org.uk +44 1789 294810 Fax: +44 1789 296655 Tel: 6BH CV37 Warwickshire Stratford-upon-Avon Southern Lane Theatre The Courtyard Company Shakespeare Royal ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2006 2007 2006 2007 131st REPORT CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 03 OF THE BOARD To be submitted to the Annual ARTISTIC DIRECTOR’S REPORT 04 General Meeting of the Governors convened for Friday 14 December EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT 07 2007. To the Governors of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, notice is ACHIEVEMENTS 08 – 09 hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Governors will be held in The Courtyard VOICES 10 – 33 Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon on Friday 14 December 2007 FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR 34 – 37 commencing at 2.00pm, to consider the report of the Board and the Statement of Financial SUMMARY ACCOUNTS 38 – 41 Activities and the Balance Sheet of the Corporation at 31 March 2007, to elect the Board for the SUPPORTING OUR WORK 42 – 43 ensuing year, and to transact such business as may be trans- AUDIENCE REACH 44 – 45 acted at the Annual General Meetings of the Royal Shakespeare Company. YEAR IN PERFORMANCE 46 – 51 By order of the Board ACTING COMPANIES 52 – 55 Vikki Heywood Secretary to the Governors THE COMPANY 56 – 57 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 58 ASSOCIATES/ADVISORS 59 CONSTITUTION 60 Right: Kneehigh Theatre perform Cymbeline photo: xxxxxxxxxxxxx Harriet Walter plays Cleopatra This has been a glorious year, which brought together the epic and the personal in ways we never anticipated when we set out to stage every one of Shakespeare’s plays, sonnets and long poems between April 2006 and April 2007. -
The Case of Mohandas Gandhi By
Reading an Archive Focussed on its Archivist – the case of Mohandas Gandhi By Vashna Jagarnath Historical Studies University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus) Durban This is a draft paper please do not quote without permission of Author Gandhi began writing and keeping a record of his life from a very young age. His autobiography begins with the citation in full of a letter dating back to 1884 when he was fifteen. Although this little confession note, as Gandhi calls it, is a reproduction of the original it was with a letter of confession that Gandhi sought to begin to tell his story. The presence of the note is interesting given that he invested a large amount of time in his life writing - not just letters but petitions, newspaper articles, books and diaries. For the last forty years of his life he systematically wrote every day - describing every detail of his life from major political decisions to his dietary needs and bowel movements. As a result he has left behind one of the most comprehensive and voluminous archives of any individual in modern history. This archive has been edited and published as the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi. It begins, like his autobiography, with this letter of confession to his father. The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi has been one of the main sources used by scholars to study Gandhi and will be a key source for my own PhD project.1 It therefore becomes important to try and understand something about the history of this particular archive. In addition to making some comments in this regard this short paper also tries to map out a basic periodisation of Gandhi’s correspondence through his life. -
Natalie Dormer Mixes S&...Ny
Sexy or Sexist? Natalie Dormer Mixes S&M, Irony for “Venus in Fur” BY HILARY WEBB | OCTOBER 18, 2017 (/#FACEBOOK) (/#TWITTER) (/#PINTEREST) Natalie Dormer and David Oakes in "Venus in Fur" (Credit Tristram Kenton) The giant shadow of a leather-clad Natalie Dormer dominates the ceiling of Theatre Royal Haymarket in the latest production of David Ives’s “Venus in Fur.” Dormer leads the entire play with her strong delivery of humor, authority, her several ambiguous characters and, of course, her role within a complex submissive-dominant relationship. Dormer shares the stage with David Oakes in this production, directed by Patrick Marber. While “Venus in Fur” is often painted as being the play of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s founding text of masochism, “Venus in Furs” (1870), the play is also about adaptation, power and, much to the disdain of Oakes’s character Thomas, the consequences of art. The work has a complicated past. After all, Marber’s version is a British production of an American play about an imaginary play of an Austrian book. That’s not to mention that in 2013 Polish director Roman Polanski made a French film of the play. The story has crossed borders and language barriers, artistic mediums and social movements. What is it about this submission story that has captivated audiences for yet another adaptation? The raunchy subject matter seems like the obvious answer. Dormer’s character Wanda stumbles into a theatre for an audition clad in 21st-century S&M gear, where Oakes (the adapter and director, Thomas) is looking for an impossibly perfect actress to play Vanda in his faithful theatrical adaptation of “Venus in Furs.” What follows is an audition with Thomas reading as Severin, but really it is a hilariously dark struggle between actress and director, dominant and submissive, woman and man. -
Outliers Season 2 Press Pack
Historic Royal Palaces, in association with Rusty Quill, presents Outliers Stories from the edge of history Season 2 Summary Season 2 of Outliers will launch on 5 November 2019 Outliers is an anthology of stories about the people hiding in the shadows of real events that took place at some of the greatest palaces ever built. 13 episodes explore ideas of change, otherness, gender and the meaning of power, all through the eyes of characters who have not traditionally held the historic limelight. Episodes are from award winning writers from Podcast shows such as Wooden Overcoats, The Magnus Archives, Wolf 359, The Bright Sessions, ars Paradoxica, the Far Meridien, Our Fair City, and We Fix Space Junk. The season will also include interviews from all our writers. Outliers is an historic fiction podcast that tells stories from the edge of history. The series explores how big historic events filter down and are viewed and shaped by the people in the shadows. Moments of larger change in smaller people’s lives. In this way, themes of otherness, change, gender and the meaning of power are explored through the eyes of characters who have not traditionally held the historic limelight. Some stories are warm and comedic, whilst others are dark, poignant and reflective, with powerful messages. Each episode is between 20 - 30 minutes long and tells a different story from a different character’s perspective. Each of the stories are narrated by a single voice, and are from differing periods of time, from the medieval era through to the Victorians. The series is an anthology, so each story is standalone but linked by common themes, as well as the palaces where these histories played out. -
1. a Confession1 2. Speech at Alfred High School, Rajkot3
1. A CONFESSION1 [1884] I wrote it on a slip of paper and handed it to him myself. In this note not only did I confess my guilt, but I asked adequate punishment for it, and closed with a request to him not to punish himself for my offence. I also pledged myself never to steal in future.2 An Autobiography, Pt. I, Ch. VIII 2. SPEECH AT ALFRED HIGH SCHOOL, RAJKOT 3 July 4, 1888 I hope that some of you will follow in my footsteps, and after you return from England you will work wholeheartedly for big reforms in India. [From Gujarati] Kethiawar Times, 12-7-1888 1 When Gandhiji was 15, he had removed a bit of gold from his brother’s armlet to clear a small debt of the latter. He felt so mortified about his act that he decided to make a confession to his father. Parental forgiveness was granted to him in the form of silent tears. The incident left a lasting mark on his mind. In his own words, it was an object-lesson to him in the power of ahimsa. The original not being available; his own report of it, as found in An Autobiography, is reproduced here. 2 According to Mahatma Gandhi : The Early Phase, p. 212, one of the senten- ces in the confession was : “So, father, your son is now, in your eyes, no better than a common thief.” 3 Gandhiji was given a send-off by his fellow-students of the Alfred High School, Rajkot, when he was leaving for England to study for the Bar. -
The Origins of Non-Violence
The Origins of Non-violence Tolstoy and Gandhi in Their Historical Settings Martin Green The Origins of Non-violence This book describes the world-historical forces, acting on the periphery of the modern world—in Russia in the nineteenth century—which developed the idea of nonviolence in Tolstoy and then in Gandhi. It was from Tolstoy that Gandhi first learned of this idea, but those world-historical forces acted upon and through both men. The shape of the book is a convergence, the coming together of two widely separate lives, under the stress of history. The lives of Tolstoy and Gandhi begin at widely separate points— of time, of place, of social origin, of talent and of conviction; in the course of their lives, they become, respectively, military officer and novelist, and lawyer and political organizer. They win fame in those roles; but in the last two decades of their lives, they occupy the same special space—ascetic/saint/prophet. Tolstoy and Gandhi were at first agents of modern reform, in Russia and India. But then they became rebels against it and led a profound resistance—a resistance spiritually rooted in the traditionalism of myriad peasant villages. The book’s scope and sweep are enormous. Green has made history into an absorbing myth—a compelling and moving story of importance to all scholars and readers concerned with the history of ideas. www.mkgandhi.org Page 1 The Origins of Non-violence Preface This book tells how the modern version of nonviolence—and Satyagraha, and war-resistance, and one kind of anti-imperialism, even— were in effect invented by Tolstoy and Gandhi.