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What's Inside Issue 4?

This issue is now SOLD OUT! But you can still sneak a peak at what was inside this fabulous issue below.

Sandi Toksvig | Features | Regulars | Bridget Jones' Bum | Fingersmith | Reviews | Advertisers
Velvet Issue 4 CoverJosie provided the photo for the front cover. We hope the crotch shot is not too titillating or tasteless for you, but Josie says she's always wanted to be a lesbian magazine cover girl and since her partner took the photo we think it's OK! If you have any photos you think would make a good Velvet cover, then please send them in. We can't pay you unfortunately, but what fame and kudos!

"Survival Of The Wittiest" - Interview with Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig in Issue 4

"Yeah I am quite a cheap date... Give me a Bounty Bar and I'm a happy woman."

Sandi takes time out of her busy broadcasting schedule to speak to Naomi Young about her work, her life, her children and the importance of ordering pudding.

"I don't dress myself. I don't look in the mirror during the photo shoots. Just so you know, it's nothing to do with me."

Features

  • Frida Kahlo To celebrate the National Portrait Gallery Exhibition "Frida Kahlo: Portraits of an Icon", Edurne Urien looks at the life and works of this important and influential artist
  • Bridget Jones' Bum See below
  • Lesbian Bed Death Nic Herriot launches the Counter-Attack
  • Wordfest Rosemary J. Appleton reports from April's Cambridge Wordfest
  • Women In Tune Nic Herriot takes a look at an International Women's Music Festival based in West Wales, WIT
  • Make Poverty History a brief look at this campaign

Regulars

As usual, Issue 4 features news and events, letters from our readers, and our regular contributors:
Regular Features
  • Parenting - Changes in the Law on Gay Parenting
  • Media - Fingersmith, see below
  • Dominant Religions' Attitude to Gays - Liberal Judaism
  • Down There - Female Ejaculation
  • Word Play - a look at polari/gay slang
  • Straight Relatives - a new regular feature

Bridget Jones' Bum

Bridget's Bum

Did you notice the excessive exposure of Bridget's bottom in the Bridget Jones films?

Thora Blondal examines what the female bottom means in post-feminist society.

Fingersmith

Fingersmith

Where did it all go wrong?

Imogen Box analyses why the BBC adaptation of Sarah Waters' latest novel, Fingersmith did not achieve the viewing figures of her first, Tipping The Velvet.
Fingersmith

Reviews

The following books/CDs have been reviewed in this issue of Velvet. As far as possible the website will link to a site where you may purchase these items.
Sophisticated Lady, Julie London Dead Beat, Val McDermid The Inflatable Butch, Ellen Orleans Sugar, Jarin Kallmaker

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