How Feminism Saved My Life
Content note – domestic abuse and self harm. I’ve suffered from depression and anxiety on and off since I was about 14 to varying degrees of severity. A major contributor to my depression was the...
View ArticleVampires, Kickstarter, and the Patriarchy
There was a moment in the nineties and noughties where we saw a new trend of heroes grace our T.V. screens. At the time it was unusual to see female characters that weren’t simply extensions of a male...
View ArticleSome brief thoughts on Emma Watson UN Speech on #HeForShe
Cross-posted with permission from the excellent My Elegant Gathering of White Snows I was interviewed by BBC Radio Tees this morning on whether feminism is necessary following Emma Watson’s speech to...
View ArticleFocus E15: Mothers Fight Back
Early this afternoon, the women of the Focus E15 Mums campaign left Bow County Court to cheers and shouts from supporters holding banners and signs outside. Brought to court by Newham Council, the...
View ArticleJohn Worboys, Neo-liberalism, and the #HomeSafeSelfie
TFL’s new Safer Travel at Night campaign, while I’m sure has good intentions, is part of the ideological emporium that helps keep women unsafe. Let me explain. The campaign targets young people, women...
View ArticleDapper Laughs and his Turtleneck of Shame
In the wake of the uproar surrounding his unashamedly rape-apologetic brand of edgy ‘comedy’ culminating in the axing of his (equally terrible) six episode ITV series, internet personality Daniel...
View ArticleBoys, Banter, and Masculinity in Crisis
There will be few students – even fewer feminists – who are unfamiliar with what ‘lad culture’ is. As defined in an NUS report from 2013, ‘That’s What She Said’, it is “a group or ‘pack’ mentality...
View ArticleSexist Shirts & Sexist Structures
Over the past week, there has been an incredible amount of buzz, from national outlets, blogs, and on social media on the topic of a shirt. Specifically, the shirt one of the scientists involved in...
View ArticleCovering their Backs: Sexual Assault at University
On the 11th October 2014 I was groped numerous times by a friend on a night out at Nottingham’s Rock City. Unfortunately, this sort of story isn’t a rare occurrence and doesn’t cause much interest, but...
View ArticleThe Feminism Issue
I bought Elle’s December issue, entitled The Feminism Issue, with a lot of hope. As it happens, I ended up being unexpectedly disappointed. On the surface of it, it appeared to be a positive change –...
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