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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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Arts Literature PoetryJoanna Hagan-YoungMarch 21, 2018

Wonderful Women

‘Wonderful Women’, poem by Joanna Hagan-Young

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Time's Up
In Depth Quick ReadsTara CarlinJanuary 22, 2018

“Time’s Up”

For the London edition of the worldwide Time’s Up rally, protestors showed their commitment to the fight for equality and declared “Time’s Up” on sexual harassment.

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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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Weinstein #MeToo
Comment Culture Editor's Picks SexismClare ClarkeOctober 21, 2017December 6, 2017

Weinstein, #MeToo, and the men caught in the middle

When does it become obvious you are part of the problem? With the extensive and ongoing revelations surrounding Weinstein, and other men in positions of power, we’ve had countless commentary pieces and even a viral social media campaign, #MeToo. But what’s become most obvious to me is not these horrendous acts of sexual abuse, it’s…

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25th Raindance Arts Festivals Film SexismDominyka MorkvenaiteSeptember 25, 2017September 27, 2017

City of Joy

(Trigger warning – references to rape and sexual violence throughout.) Madeleine Gavin’s City of Joy provides a sensitive insight into the plight of Congolese women today, without reducing their stories to the usual, easy-to-sell emotional porn. Having achieved what countless others before her have (unsuccessfully) tried to do, I have no doubt that City of Joy is…

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In Depth
Arts Editor's Picks In DepthSydney CatherineSeptember 25, 2017September 27, 2017

Women in American College Radio

In the student centre of an idyllic Western Massachusetts college – up the ground floor staircase, past the inciting smell of half-baked cookies and ethically sourced coffee – you will find a dingy two room studio tucked away from the now distant hum of students. A quick swipe of a student ID and you are…

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Hairy Chronicles
Beauty CommentSidrah ZubairAugust 22, 2017September 6, 2017

The Hairy Chronicles

I remember the first time someone pointed out the hair on my face – I was 6 years old, living in Pakistan and playing a game of tag with some of my friends. The boy who tagged me called me muchard, an Urdu word which essentially means ‘someone with a moustache’ and ran away laughing. I…

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Editor's Picks In Depth Religion SexismSidrah ZubairAugust 13, 2017August 24, 2017

Reconciling Islam and Feminism

Trigger warning: heavy mentions of rape, as well as mentions of abuse and murder. My first experience with feminism was when I was fifteen, and one of my teachers gave a brief outline of what it meant and what it stood for. I didn’t really care for it much back then – the fact that…

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Comment Editor's Picks PoliticsClare ClarkeJanuary 22, 2017January 3, 2018

Anti-Trump Pro-Love: Women’s March in London

From Grosvenor to Trafalgar Square, a march against Trump, with an estimated 100,000 people in attendance, occurred in London yesterday. For a march against something, the atmosphere of love and hope in the crowd was particularly striking. Yes, they were against Trump – but it was not a march of despair. The weather mirrored the…

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