Mary PatersonA Conversation about Anti Semitism and the Labour PartyThis is an edited transcript of a conversation between Anna Minton and Mary Paterson, about anti Semitism within the Labour Party, which…Jun 14, 2019Jun 14, 2019
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn Encounter with ‘You Move Me’ by Gemma Riggs, Laura Murphy and Melanie WilsonYou Move Me is a a tableau of video portraits of numerous people in their own homes, all performing the same movements.Apr 5, 2019Apr 5, 2019
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn Encounter with An Ocean of Static by JR CarpenterIt took standing in a line for one and a half hours, waiting to see part of a 24 hour work of art by someone else, for me to understand…Feb 1, 2019Feb 1, 2019
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn encounter with care, money and value“It’s like a prison in here,” says X, with a smile. It’s not really a joke. He eases himself back into his armchair and watches as we…Dec 7, 2018Dec 7, 2018
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn Encounter with the V&A, my mother, and Frida KahloMy mother, who regards being on time as already one minute late, called me at exactly 4pm. Where was I? I was in the underpass, the…Oct 26, 2018Oct 26, 2018
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn encounter with ‘Submission’ by Michel Houllebecq“Funny old sausage, that,” said the man behind the counter at the bookshop, when I went to pay for Michel Houllebecq’s Submission. Along…Aug 3, 20181Aug 3, 20181
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn encounter with marriageAn encounter with MarriageJun 22, 2018Jun 22, 2018
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn Encounter with Eirini KartsakiThe reason I write about art is desire: desire to articulate, to investigate, to understand. More than anything, it’s the desire to…Apr 20, 2018Apr 20, 2018
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn Encounter with “Liberty before Liberalism” by Quentin Skinner.Liberty before Liberalism is about liberty. Specifically, about the difference between a ‘Neo-Roman’ definition of liberty that was…Mar 9, 2018Mar 9, 2018
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn Encounter with Maggie Nelson & Naomi AldermanI didn’t want to write about Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, because it’s too obvious. Everyone loves this book, and what else could I…Jan 5, 2018Jan 5, 2018