Another season of awards, red carpets and cringeworthy acceptance speeches has come to a close, following the pattern of the hundreds of awards ceremonies before it but with one noticeable difference: women have decided enough […]
Your current exec reflect on their time in office so far
Gemma Turner – Equality & Diversity Officer How has this year been for you? It’s been so good. Now is the time to reflect and I’ve realised how much I’ve learnt this year. I […]
International Women’s Day: A column about Karen Pritchard
As you may or may not have realised by now, I love feminism. I can bang on about feminist issues and women’s issues and patriarchy for hours and hours, until I’ve noticed that no one […]
The little known Lacks legacy
Henrietta Lacks is a name you might not recognise, but probably should. Thanks to Lacks’ cells, scientists have developed a polio vaccine, and done research into AIDS, radiation, toxic substances and gene mapping. They were […]
What does a feminist look like?
Whether artists such as Bjork wearing huge headdresses, or Ellie Goulding at Glastonbury being referred to as ‘the gold bra’ on Twitter by The Guardian, fashion can be used against performers in sexist vitriol. If […]
Beckett come back to crush Gryphons
For Leeds women’s football 2nd team, it was a case of intense university rivalry in their match this week, as they faced Leeds Beckett Carnegie 3rd team. After emphatically winning their last fixture and saving […]
Leeds taste frisbee success in Outdoor Regionals
Leeds Ultimate Frisbee club has once again had an extremely successful weekend, with both the mens and womens 1s winning their respective outdoor regional tournaments, earning them both places at nationals. For the men, they […]
Try something new with Adam LeRoux
Frequent readers of The Gryphon sports section – and I know there must be a few of you out there, will have seen the success of our Ultimate Frisbee teams over the course of this […]
CRICKET: Australia hoping for ODI success
As the World Cup, crickets premier limited overs competition, continued this week, it is already in my opinion possible to determine who the most likely winners are. Already, several teams have shown that if they […]
Anna Wintour: fashion guru
Through those shielded eyes is a woman far more complex than meets the eye. She is known for her detectable style consisting of a pageboy haircut and oversized black sunglasses – used to shield her […]
The 5 most cringe-worthy ways to encourage women into science
Here is a list that is one of those “you have to laugh or you’ll cry” type of things. A countdown of five ways encouraging (or discouraging as the case may be) women into science. […]
Destructing science’s glass ceiling: The article that shouldn’t have to exist
A simple Google search for ‘women and science’ brings up a plethora of web sites aiming to encourage women in the subject. But weirdly, when I see this, I get an uneasy feeling. I am […]