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Is Theresa May a Feminist?

In November 2016, the world watched in horror (or delight, depending on your political persuasion) as the USA confirmed what everyone sadly (or gladly, depending on your political persuasion) knew: the world prizes incompetent, rich, white men overy highly qualified women. Interestingly, four months before, the UK gained its second …

OMGYes: the Masturbation Revolution?

First thing’s first: I’ve got to get something off my chest. I don’t like porn. I just don’t. Not only do I not enjoy it, but I strongly believe that most of these films exploit women and their bodies, strictly for men’s pleasure. If I wanted to be put in …

The Forgotten -ism: How Disabled People Are Forgotten

What’s missing from this tweet calling for recommendations for diverse panelists? When you report an offensive tweet, what is missing here? Which group only gets a fleeting mention in Lady Gaga’s iconic Born This Way? In Laurie Penny’s Unspeakable Things, which minority is mentioned just twice, the first mention being on …

Hocus @POTUS: the Rise of #Activism

Back in the day, speaking your mind and campaigning for something you truly believed in was much more difficult. When I’m going off on a rant, arms flailing everywhere, my mother always tells me that I should grab a ‘soapbox’ and go and stand on the corner of Trafalgar Square. …

The Other L Word

The first time I ever kissed another girl in a bar I saw a bright light. Unfortunately it wasn’t a visual representation of my own lesbianism dawning upon me; they were camera flashes. Men had decided that my expression of my sexuality needed to be documented for their own future …
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