We’re told the menopause is now mainstream in culture, but is it really? And does it need to be?
Channel 4 comedy series and Women’s Prize shortlisted novel sit just beyond the mainstream, and maybe that’s okay
Miranda July
Writer
All Fours by Miranda July: One woman’s quest for life after midlife
Novel challenges assumptions about ageing and desire with humour and honesty
Earthlings: Funny, dark and not for the squeamish
Dark novel about sex abuse from Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience Store Woman
Four new films to see this weekend
Kajillionaire in cinemas, David Attenborough, 40-Year-Old Version, My Zoe at home
Miranda July: Some people will always react to something new with derision
The director of US high-quirk indie cinema returns with her best yet, Kajillionaire
Lake Like a Mirror: Surreal but real stories of women in Malaysia
Book review: Ho Sok Fong has written an inventive, troubling second collection
‘I have turned to the healing power of art from my sickbed’
Government investment in the arts should be viewed as more than just ‘nice to have’
You Know You Want This review: sex, shame and desire explored
Cat Person author Kristen Roupenian’s short stories chronicle modern sexual politics
Don’t drink, sleep when you want, get a cat: top 10 writers’ tips on writing
Think you still have that novel in you? Take some writing tips from Leo Tolstoy, Muriel Spark, John Steinbeck and other famous authors
Sorry to Disrupt the Peace review
A highly unorthodox detective story sees a bipolar woman investigate her brother’s suicide
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine review: Suffering single white females
Alexandra Kleeman’s disturbing dystopia takes on body image and the beauty myth
Joanie 4 Jackie: A digital archive of grunge-era women’s film-making
200 films have been digitally archived by the Getty Research Institute
Love Me Back, by Merritt Tierce: service with a sabre-tooth smile
This debut novel is a sharply written, brutal depiction of a Dallas waitress’s spiral into a world of misogyny, black-out sex and drug-fuelled binges
Paulina and Fran, by Rachel B Glaser: a cracking debut novel
A razor-sharp tale of female relationships and an astute, witty portrayal of New England art school graduates coming of age
Spinster: on the madness of being man-less
American singleton Kate Bolick proves that old maids are alive and well and selling trite books
Man V Nature by Diane Cook review: ramp up the rage
Inhospitable forces await right outside your door in the effectively bleak and bizarre dystopian collection, writes Sarah Gilmartin
Miranda July: ‘To call my work quirky is to say I’m a little girl’
Interview: Her credentials have been established in award-winning films, stories and performance, but her debut novel worries her
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