Stella Dadzie, Feminist Library, October 2025 When the Feminist Library announced it was hosting a launch event for Stella Dadzie ’s latest book - A Whole Heap of Mix Up - I knew I had to go. There are too few opportunities to attend events showcasing the work of pioneering Black feminists - and Dadzie is right up there. Motherland, Stella Dadzie, 1984. This painting was used as the cover for Heart of the Race. In the mid-1980’s, at the height of Thatcher’s reign of terror,

It’s Wednesday 6th November, a cold, drizzly, grey autumn morning and Trump had just been re-elected. The kind of day that makes you just want to shut out the world. Luckily, I have the perfect excuse for getting out of bed, I‘m meeting Marin Scarlett. This isn’t our first, we’d been introduced a while back by mutual friend, abortion activist Mara Clarke. We keep good company, and in today’s world, it seems more important than ever. What brings me to Pelican House , other t

“If feminism doesn’t include everyone, then it isn’t feminism.” Layla Saad The title of this long-awaited exhibition at British Library...