Menopause & Rage

Are you an angry menopausal person? 

Can you relate to the witchy archetype of the menopausal woman? 

Join us as we discuss menopause and rage.

Join Dr. Jill Kirby, Prof. Marie Mulvey-Roberts and Prof. Shani Orgad for a conversation about menopause and anger as seen through the arts, women’s history and in public discourse. Throughout history, society has set out to subdue the anger of menopausal women – an ostensibly anti-feminine phenomenon. Women going through menopause are encouraged to embrace the feminine qualities of serenity and tranquillity as condoned by celebrities and the meno-literatti with the help of HRT and various pacifying activities. Our speakers ask whether menopausal anger is a legitimate outlet or response to patriarchy, to life? Has the angry menopausal woman become taboo, a figure of fun or simply demonised? 

Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A, moderated by Zoe Williams.

Vagina Museum
275 Poyser Street,  London,  E2 9HD (view map)

Wednesday 10th December 2025 at 7:30 PM

Accessibility – Accessible Toilets, Complimentary Ticket for Assistant, Relaxed Performance, Service Animals Area, Step Free Access, Wheelchair Accessible

£7.50 to £10

Structure

19:30: Buffer & introductions

19:40: Short film clip

19:45 – 20:15: Presentations by Dr Kirby, Prof Mulvey-Roberts and Prof Orgad.

20:20 – 20:30: Comfort break

20:30 – 21:00: Discussion with Zoe

21:00 – 21:30: Audience Q&A

Speakers

Dr Jill Kirby is an Associate Professor at the University of Sussex, currently working on a history of menopause in 20^th century Britain. She is interested in histories of ordinary people, everyday life, health and wellbeing.

Marie Mulvey-Roberts is Emerita Professor in English Literature at the University of the West of England, Bristol. She is interested in the cultural aspects of menopause and in Gothic, gender and the body.

Professor Orgad is a feminist researcher whose research interests include gender, feminism, and inequality in public discourse, contemporary culture and everyday life, representations of suffering and migration, and media and sociology.

Supported by UWE Bristol’s AHRC’s Impact Acceleration Account and the University of Sussex.

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Menopause: New Perspectives 13 July 2023 Watershed

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Marie’s Interview about the event on Radio BBC Bristol 2.38.07-2.47.09

PROGRAMME

MENOPAUSE: NEW PERSPECTIVES

Thursday 13 July – Watershed Bristol 6.00-9.00

6.00 – Introduction and launch of MenoP website – Ruth Heholt and Jo Parsons

6.15 – Marie Mulvey-Roberts- ‘The Arts of Menopause’

6. 30 – Ali Ramsey – Introduction to clip of ‘Changing “the change” –

Re-visioning Menopause’

6.45 – Jill Kirby– History of Menopause

7.00 – Liz Banks – Introduction to clip of Red Moon Diaries

7.15 – Lauren Chiren CEO Women of a Certain Stage

7.30 – Kat Branch – Perry-Menopause song

7.45 – Panelists – Sarah Garlick (Meno Chats UWE) and Hazel Hayden (Bristol Menopause – Bristol Menopause Society)

8.00 – Q&A

8.30 – Refreshments, networking and Stanfords Bristol book stall run by Melody Cummins

9.00 – END