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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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…
Read More Football: A sexist institution?
While women across celebrate International Women’s day, football still fails to live up to modern gender standards.
Read More 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…
Read More 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…
Read More 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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