Opinion: An Exploration of Women’s Place in Politics
Women have had varying roles within society throughout history, and within politics these roles have ranged from having no control over their own lives, to becoming
Opinion: How the response to the Mail on Sunday’s “Sharon Stone” slur perfectly illustrates how sexism still pervades our politics, our media and our society
From people’s desperate desire to shame Rayner, to a relationship between politicians and the Press that inhibits accountability, the response to the Mail
Opinion: Why I am Not a Feminist
A few years ago, I agreed with the statement that we should all be feminists. I had many heated conversations with friends and acquaintances about
Opinion: Nick Fletcher – Why his claims would be funny if they weren’t so harmful
Disclaimer: For the clarity of this article, I refer to men and women according to biological sex given at birth, but acknowledge this
Opinion: You are the beauty standard
Trigger Warnings: Discussion includes references to mental health, self-harm, eating disorders, and su*cide. Never has there been a more important time to address
Deconstructing notions of male bias in Abortion laws
TW: Abortion, and mentions of suicide and sexual assault. “Here is the case of a perfectly healthy baby being sacrificed for the mother’s
Opinion: Same face, but repackaged? ‘Toxic masculinity’ as a tool of the ‘Hetero-patriarchy’
Disclaimer – In the following piece, I will be referring to ‘being male’ to conceptualise how ‘toxic masculinity’ operates and its effects within
Opinion: can you consent to conversion therapy?
So-called conversion therapy has been subject to recent controversy, raising questions surrounding consent and freedom to religious expression. The government has been criticised
Opinion: Prioritising men’s mental health is the only way to protect people against sexual violence
Trigger Warning: r*pe, sexual violence and assault, domestic abuse, homophobia I’ve been writing fairly passionately over the last couple of months about the
Opinion: The end of enforced gender?
Disclaimer- My discussion of ‘woman’ here is related to cisgender women. This is not intended to be an exclusionary term, but I have