Better working conditions for staff mean better education for students. Who can seriously expect a savings-stripped, sleep-deprived lecturer living on the breadline and working on a contract as strong and stable as a Teresa May government to deliver a seminar to their best ability?
Girls Don’t Be Shy, Aim High
Have you ever been told you that you are not good at something because of your sex? Or that it is ‘unusual’ that someone of your sex is doing your degree or has your hobbies? […]
Reclaim the night, as long as you’re white
The Influence Race Has on the Reaction to Gender Based Violence.
A breakdown of #NotAllMen and why it is problematic
Madeleine Williams explores the trending hashtag #notallmen. Did this hashtag derail a necessary conversation about women’s rights or is it (as WIkipedia notes), a social movement against generalisations?
Where are the women? The gender gap at the centre of Britain’s ‘Blue Plaques’
Walking around UK cities you have most likely noticed the small, circular blue plaques on the front of buildings. But have you stopped to consider who they commemorate?
Reclaiming the Night
After Sarah Everard was murdered, people across the country took to the streets and social media to grieve the wider issue of violence against women and marginalised genders. Zahra Iqbal and Maariyah Fulat report on Reclaim the […]
Is feminism hurting men?
Ioana Grădinaru looks at the validity of claims that feminism is hurting men, and whether these arguments should instead be directed at the gender imbalance it seeks to redress.
Gender differences in lockdown dreams
If you thought you could get away from the stresses of Covid by having a nap, you’d be wrong.
Former University of Leeds professor criticised for sending anti-trans film to schools
McIntosh retired from the School of Chemical and Process Engineering in 2014 and is currently the director of the organisation Truth In Science, which produced the film.
“Gender-Correcting” Surgery is Cruel
According to Sexing the Body, a book on gender politics and sexuality by Anne Fausto-Sterling, being intersex is about as common as having red hair. It is estimated that 1.7% of the population is intersex. […]
Gender Bias in the Healthcare System
Gender bias in healthcare occurs when genders are not offered equal quality of treatments and care for the same medical complaints, or when variable manifestations of disease are not considered based on sex. Increasingly, researchers […]
Revolianism: The Remedy for Rigid Gender Norms
Gender stereotypes and gender roles – they have been around for as long as humanity, though there have been periods in time in which they were not so rigid. Now, it seems like the rules […]