how to make a bisexual woman’s blood boil
Emily Taithe draws on personal experience to express her frustrations towards the narrow-minded views people have when it comes to bisexuality.
conversations with grandma: part 3
Erin Laidlaw’s final instalment of her Conversations with Grandma series. Original artwork by Melanie Grandidge.
mooncup musings
Hennie Ward discusses her personal experience with a menstrual cup and the necessity to deconstruct the stifling taboo surrounding periods.
apparently size does matter; but, does anything else?
The recent Cosmopolitan Magazine cover featuring Tess Holliday has sparked debate on weight-bias and body positivity in the media. Emily O’Dowd suggests the real issues, however, are not being discussed.
enough with twitter’s culture of depression
Emily Taithe discusses the dark relationship between mental health and social media, underpinning the article with her own experiences of depression.
Alone Time is Necessary, Not Selfish
in this piece, Katie Buckley examines the gendered notion of the 'man cave', arguing that everyone deserves time to themselves.
women are changing our language
Sophie Bell observes the agency of gender when it comes to spoken language and discusses the role of women in relation to linguistic change.
sexism in science is still alive
Vessel Zarkina discusses her experience as a woman in science and explores the day to day challenges she has faced due to her gender and working in a male-dominated industry.
Reader, I Dumped Him
in this piece on the nature of romance, Katie Buckley challenges the convention of the rom-com narrative.
the gender divisions in sport: hurdles to equality
Holly Grimes explores the disparities in pay, respect and the media coverage of women’s sports.
conversations with grandma: part 2
In the second instalment of her Conversations with Grandma series, Erin Laidlaw reveals her Grandmother’s experience of love and loss during World War Two. Original artwork by Melanie Grandidge.
monster guide: female sexuality
Hettie McIntyre explores the objectification of women in Horror films whilst looking more broadly at how the genre presents female sexuality.
turf > terfs: ireland’s movement towards feminism for all
Emily O’Dowd observes the problematic role of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs) - honing in specifically on Ireland’s legal and social conditions with regards to gender rights .
conversations with grandma: part 1
This week, Erin Laidlaw interviews her grandma (Patricia O’Ryan, née McGrath) about her younger years as a nurse, following her emigration from Ireland to London. The interview is accompanied by Melanie Grandidge’s original artwork.
Summer Reading: Moon Tigers and Women Writers
Katie Buckley recommends another summer read, and examines why women writers are often seen as ‘confessional’.
argentine women have lost the battle but not the war
Emily O’Dowd reports on the recent political events in Argentina that shot down hopes of legalising abortion within the Latin American state.
abuse beyond the domestic sphere
This article, written by Meredith Mack, observes gendered violence and intimidation following the attack of Marie Laguerre on 24th July in Paris.
words as an instrument in female narrative
Sophie Bell considers the features which mark female speech and how they should not be a disadvantage to how female discourse is received by its audience.
pubic hair as a feminist playground
Imogen Bristow discusses the debated place of female pubic hair in feminism and highlights the toxic role of the beauty industry in promoting the altering of the natural female form.
world breastfeeding week: parenting in the 21st century
To mark World Breastfeeding Week, an anonymous author reflects on the nature of breastfeeding in the UK.