The issue of school policies on natural hair have come to the forefront of pop-culture and feminist attention recently, largely in the wake of Ruby Williams, a school student being repeatedly sent home from her […]
The KuToo Movement: Women In Japan Struggle To Walk Free From Beauty Standards
Knee pain, callouses and damage to toenails. Is it any wonder The Spine Health Institute calculated that heel wearing had been reported to have dropped by 21% between 1986 and 2003, with only 31% of women reporting to wear them at work?
Racism in Football- The Beautiful Game Turns Ugly
Image Credit- Youtube- KamenikProductions It feels like only yesterday, in the midst of a heatwave, that the prospect of football actually coming home was a reality. England’s valiant efforts created a sense of unity during […]
Is There Racism in Maternal Healthcare?
Black women in the UK are far more likely to die from complications surrounding pregnancy and childbirth than their white peers. Although death during pregnancy is still relatively rare in the UK, for black women […]
Lesbophobia is Alive and Kicking
The first time my girlfriend kissed me in public, I went home and cried. I cried because she had never dated a girl before, had never kissed a girl in public before, and it hadn’t […]
The Rise of DNA discrimination
Testing someone’s DNA was originally a huge step forward in the eyes of the law; it allowed scientific prove that someone was responsible for a crime. DNA testing, or genetic fingerprinting, has now become synonymous […]
Comment | Confront Sochi discrimination
This week the 22nd Winter Olympics opened in the Russian city of Sochi, amidst ongoing controversy over the Russian government’s stance on LGBT rights. Last year, Putin’s government introduced a law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ which has […]