Tag: feminism
Shaving my head & the treacherous path of rejecting traditional femininity
Freedom of speech is only ok when I do it – the hypocrisy of the free speech brigade
It has taken me twenty years to accept that I am Asian
A Poem by Tasha Young: I Wear for Me
The day I realised my internalised racism
Why are we so fascinated by ‘trainwreck’ women?
Sex work meets second wave: a new kind of repression
It’s ok to be a loud online activist but shy in real life
How Black Mirror got the portrayal of lesbians right
How to be a girl who is really cool
A letter to catcallers from girls everywhere
Review: Chi-Raq
I am a feminist Muslim
The knock-on effects of not getting knocked up
Reflecting on conversations with my family this Christmas
Abortion: a conversation with my mum
What to buy a feminist for Christmas
Surviving one day as a woman takes strength
An open letter to Harry Shepherd-Smith
Preview: You, Me and the Distance Between Us
Reclaiming the word ‘feminism’
Mental Health Week: My depression doesn’t make me any less of a feminist
Mental Health Week: My school told me to just ‘keep smiling’
Mental Health Week: My mind is like a warzone
A poem by Fran Newton: My Skin
Fresher’s Week: Avoiding the sleaze on nights out
Freshers’ Week: What I wish I’d known
Freshers’ Week: Lads, lads, lads and casual sexism
Emancipation, marches and majorities: Feminism and the Human Rights Act
A poem by Lydia Melville: From a distance
Free Kesha
An open letter to Philip Davies
A poem by Laura Carter: Eden