Eve: A Review

Thoughts on Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Cat Bohannon was a life-drawing model. She seemed to enjoy it. It was money and she used it not just to be observed unclothed, but to observe those who were drawing her. I could write...

30 May 2019: Where are the boys?

Thousands of young people gather in Parliament Square in central London to protest against the government’s lack of action on climate change. Photo- Wiktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/AFP Greta Thunberg is out there pounding the pavement, taking on the UN and hostile...

2018: Fierce Girls Ahead

  We are a museum. Our job is to look backwards and forwards at the same time. Guiding viewers to a place of knowledge and understanding is what we do. It is a tricky time for such tasks. In a time when 1 in 4 Americans did not read a book last year, our job is...

Speaking Out Against Rape Culture in New Zealand

The Wellington End Rape Culture Now! protest was a passionate affair, fueled by the energy of over 1000 people and their determination to change an atrocious culture so engrained in New Zealand society. Although the demonstration was in light of the gang-rape...

After Girl Power – What Next?

The last weekend of February, Katie and I were thrilled to be representing Girl Museum at the “After Girl Power – What Next?” conference held by the University of York, UK. The two-day event aimed to examine...

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