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men and women

Lucia Etxebarria: ‘it's a threat if women sell more books than men’

In front | PORTRAIT
Extebarria in France (Photo: courtesy of Elisabeth Moreno)

The Spanish sex, drugs and rock’n’roll writer, 41, juggles motherhood and feminist ideals in her literature, and explains why she is sometimes categorised as a lesbian or 'at best, emasculator'

by Amandine Agic // 16/05/08

REVIEW
Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi (Photo: ©2007 PROKINO Filmverleih GmbH)

Cinema: Persepolis hits the UK

Released on 25 April in an English-dubbed version, a review of Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi's Oscar-nominated animation of a girl displaced in Vienna

by Jens Wiesner // 25/04/08

AGENDA
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Music: Portishead, Hooverphonic and the Lo Fat Orchestra

Where do these bands get their names from? We sweep the UK, Belgium, Switzerland and France for our monthly music pick this April

by Sandra Wickert // 23/04/08

ANALYSIS
Italian merchant Giovanni Arnolfini (in Jan van Eyck’s 1434 portrait)'s resemblance to Putin has been much marked in the international media (Photo: geekulr/ Flickr)

Putin did not pull a Sarkozy love story

On 21 April, ‘Moskovsky Korrespondent’ apologised after reporting that Putin was to marry athlete Alina Kabaeva, 24. A look back at a story he termed as ‘snotty noses and erotic fantasies’

by Ulrich Heyden // 21/04/08

FOCUS

Go, women architects

Female architects are suffering from social historical invisibility. Creating more gender-based networks can raise awareness about gender inequality and social recognition

by Alma López Figueiras // 02/04/08

INTERVIEW
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Estelle Swaray: 'the singlest woman alive'

Why the British rapper, hip hop singer and producer, 28, swapped London, its boys and the UK music industry for Brooklyn's cabbies, leading to ‘an unexpected duet’ with American rapper Kanye West

by Nabeelah Shabbir / Titus Aguigah // 28/03/08

Pilgrims in Lhasa (Photo: Nice Logo/ Flickr)

Eyewitness: Tibet out of control

As the tension between the Tibetan monks versus Chinese control escalates, we hear a 25-year-old Swiss tourist's version of events after a week in the capital, Lhasa

by Claude Balsiger // 28/03/08

REPORT

12:08 - East of Pristina

In the Serb enclave of Gracanica, young people are becoming aware that a good future involves teenage crushes, good friends and weekends

by Peter John Collins // 18/03/08

FOCUS
Didn't you know that feminism is still trendy (Photo: Gaelx/Flickr)

Women's Day, a European clause

Uniforming the laws concerning the rights of women in the EU from the top down is an exciting idea and a necessity that is gaining support from militants all across the EU

by Jane Mery // 07/03/08

ANALYSIS
Role play in Veracruz, Mexico (Photo/ homepage: Garp B/ Flickr)

As drugs and violence rise, Mexico's democratic hopes fall

Mexicans are losing confidence in their institutions, justice is absent, women are murdered and narcotics traffickers keep the pressure on an increasingly violent society

by Thibault Blin // 05/03/08

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