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…22 min read·Jun 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.6 min read·Apr 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…11 min read·Feb 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…8 min read·Dec 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…10 min read·Oct 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…12 min read·Aug 3, 2018--1--1
Mary PatersoninThe Department of Feminist ConversationsAn encounter with marriageAn encounter with Marriage7 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·Apr 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…6 min read·Mar 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…7 min read·Jan 5, 2018----