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Januhairy
Beauty Comment Culture Editor's Picks WomenMarlena SegarFebruary 4, 2019

Going beyond the “Januhairy” movement: Wave your arms in the air, if you’ve got underarm hair!

If the ‘Januhairy’ movement is to succeed, it must go beyond the first month of the year.

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Comment Health In Depth Lifestyle Sexism WomenChloe KentMay 14, 2018

‘My GP sent me to a Reiki healer’ – the dismissal of female pain, and why it’s unacceptable

Women aren’t pretending to be sick – they’re pretending to be well. We look at female pain, and how it’s treated by the medical profession.

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Comment Health Lifestyle Science WomenSophie PierceMay 10, 2018

When you never grew out of your childhood nightmares: sleep and night terrors in adults

I am thirty years old and I am afraid of going to sleep. For over half my life, sleep has not been a safe place. Instead, more often than not, I wake up screaming because there is a man in my room. Sometimes he’s just a shadow in the corner without a face, other times…

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Women's Football
WomenAmar MehtaMarch 7, 2018May 2, 2018

Football: A sexist institution?

While women across celebrate International Women’s day, football still fails to live up to modern gender standards.

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Believe Women in Sexual Assault Claims
Comment Editor's Picks Sexism WomenSeverija BielskytėDecember 6, 2017December 6, 2017

Women’s Voices and Sexual Assault

Following the recent Harvey Weinstein sexual assault revelations, women across the world and industries are coming forward with their own stories. From the sparkling boulevards of Hollywood fame, to the small, independent studios of European cinema, men in powerful positions have been getting away with abuse. If we want to see this change, we must…

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Women's Bodies
Comment Editor's Picks WomenSeverija BielskytėNovember 1, 2017November 1, 2017

Women’s Bodies in Public Spaces

I recently went to a King Krule concert and made the effort of getting as close to the stage as I could to get a good view. Yet as soon as the artist walked on stage, I realised I wasn’t going to be able to simply dance and enjoy the music. This was going to…

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women's voices
Comment Politics WomenSeverija BielskytėOctober 23, 2017

Women’s Voices in the Public Sphere

A couple of weeks ago Theresa May’s conservative party speech delighted Corbynistas and Blairites alike, as both mainstream and social media revelled gleefully in the disaster of it all. There were the falling letters, the prank P45, the unapplauding Boris Johnson, etc. etc. But the focal point of the disaster was May’s inability to speak,…

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