Oli Page from Eye on Leicester sent me a few questions about being an artist living and loving in Leicester. This adoptive hometown of mine is more than disease and despair. It is art, innovation, hope and community, and I'm very proud of it. Snippet: "Cynthia Rodríguez. "I love writing and performing because it’s the … Continue reading INTERVIEW for Eye on Leicester
My city is on the news as 866 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed in the first two weeks of June. That's one quarter of Leicester's total since the beginning of lockdown. There were initially rumours about returning Leicester to lockdown, but now the proposal is to continue the current level of restriction (which is very … Continue reading Leicester on lock
Next week, Bentfest will host a series of talks on their Instagram Live if you want to tune in. The queer punk London festival will host a few of us at 6pm BST: Images: Bentfest. Monday, 18th May, Kirsty Fife zine reading and discussion of class, DIY politics, academia and more. Tuesday, 19th May, Sop … Continue reading Bentfest talks
With the whole pandemic going on, this year's Burning Eye Books releases are staggered. A lot of release parties postponed, cancelled or moved to online (again, gotta love an online event). So, it looks like Meanwhile will be released in October instead of September. Will add more updates as time goes by, including book release … Continue reading Update on date
CW: COVID-19, health risk, self-isolation, quarantine These times are scary and uncertain. People are ill and dying due to selfishness and inconsideration from the government and the general public. It was not until this week that universities and other institutions shifted their services from presential to online, while pubs and leisure centres were only closed … Continue reading Isolated proximity in pandemic times
Heyy, I had a lovely workshop at Everybody's Reading Festival and would definitely do it again. The festival is still going on this month and you should go to the events. Particularly looking forward to the Black History Month Special Man on the Moon written and performed by Keisha Thompson on the 31st. She is … Continue reading Man on the Moon
On Thursday 12th September, I'll have the privilege of opening for fabulous, kaleidoscopic, multimedia British-American performer La JohnJoseph. They will bring their show A Generous Lover to Attenborough Arts Centre. The true, and very queer tale, of one soul's journey through the wasteland of mental illness, to deliver their lost love. Selected as one of … Continue reading WORD! Presents: A Generous Lover
Image: Falco Negenman via Unsplash. (feature image: clarita via MorgueFile) Sometimes I low key miss the days in which wealthy families gave housing, food and money to artists in exchange of portraits and decoration. Or when posh people were pals with writers and let them stay in their house, gulp absinthe and write sonnets in … Continue reading Patreonage
Punk is not just three chords, spiky hair and badly sewn black patches. Punk, above all, is ethos. Out and loud, no middle men, making it work with what you've got against a mainstream current that gives advantage to oppressors. Honesty, no fucks given, actual free speech, in unity and solidarity with those who get … Continue reading Manchester Punk Festival
The world sucks sometimes. You've read on "Craig David" about a lot of the boogers that happened in the world, and that was just for ONE WEEK. The following weeks kept getting worse and worse in small and great scale: police brutality, terrorist attacks everywhere, your parents damning this country to hell and validating those who … Continue reading VIDEO: How to Leave the House in Times of Trouble
