The fringe theoretical archaeological position formerly known as 'feminist archaeology' will from next week officially change its name to 'Uppity Man-Hater Archaeology' (UMHA) according to a shock report leaked to egyptastic.co.uk. The decision appears to have followed a rare moment of clarity on behalf of the famously blinkered - and exclusively female - membership of the shadowy cabal.

One member of the group, who declined to be identified by her real name, told us: "We'd met at our usual convening-place - the Oppressed Sisterhood's Chechen Solidarity Non-denominational Meeting House and Yoga Studio - and were discussing the normal range of issues: the inexcusable oppression of women throughout the ages by men through the agency of their masculinity, the advantages of a lesbian lifestyle from the perspective of feminine hygiene, the key role of pamphleteering in the overthrow of Western penile tyranny and so on."

Our source continues, "all of a sudden, one senior officer took the floor and suggested to us that, essentially, we're all just rather uppity, because we've led angry, sexually barren lives, and we wish most men were dead. The funny thing is, it had never really occurred to me before, but if you think about it, it does all make sense."

Within fifteen minutes of the outburst of introspection, an emergency motion was passed and the group's name was officially changed to more accurately reflect their outlook.

The first action of the newly-formed UMHA will now be to organise a conference provisionally called 'The Secret History of the Vagina: beyond lip service', with a volume of conference proceedings expected early next year. The group's annual journal will for the forthcoming future continue to be called Feminist Letters Against Phallocentric Supremacy (FLAPS).

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