While we live in an era attempting to tackle serous inequalities faced by women, such as the gender pay gap, one very important problem is being overlooked: the gender pain gap. Female pain is often […]
Phillip Morris’ U-Turn: Big Cigarette Manufacturer Urges Smokers to Quit
With a packet of 20 Marlboro Gold in the UK setting you back at around £11, it may seem surprising that Philip Morris has plans to stop selling here. The parent company of Marlboro, Philip […]
Fatshaming or life-saving?
Cancer Research came under fire recently for a controversial campaign advertisement that was intended to increase awareness of obesity as a leading cause of cancer. The ad, which references the fact that obesity is fast […]
Binge Eating: The Ignored Eating Disorder
With the arrival of Eating Disorders Awareness Week on Monday 26th February, we saw people all over the world sharing their stories, raising money and providing help and advice to those of us who may […]
#BloodNormal: A step forward in ending the period taboo
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If you haven’t seen Bodyform’s new #BloodNormal campaign yet, it is a must watch. For the first time ever, a sanitary towel company has chosen to use ‘real’ blood in its advert over the mysterious […]
The End of the Boozy Student?
Annabelle Toon discusses whether or not we are witnessing the end of the British student drinking culture as we know it. University is stereotyped by many as the place where it’s acceptable to be […]
Have I Got News for Flu
Freshers’ Flu (FF) – odds are you probably will get it at least once whilst at university. That being said, when I went to university years ago in another life, I stayed in halls and […]
Diabulimia: The invisible illness that desperately needs to be addressed.
Type one diabetes is not a widely understood condition. It’s an enigma in the way it materialises, and it’s an enigma to society, too. In many ways, type one diabetes is an invisible illness. It […]
The damaging impact of ‘What I eat in a day’ videos
As a generation, there’s no doubt about it, we’re impressionable. Every word that flickers across our screen holds the potential to plant a seed of doubt in our minds. So it’s logical to be afraid […]
Best De-Stressing Beauty Products
With deadlines, essays and exams slowly taking over our lives, don’t forget to look after yourself when you need it most. We’ve all fallen asleep on our keyboards with a face full of make-up, and […]
Serotonin, tea, and yoga… Getting enough Zzzzzzzz’s
It’s something we all do, even if we tell everyone otherwise. We’re all guilty of doing it when we really aren’t supposed to be and we use it for all sorts of things: as a […]
Cigarettes and Alcohol
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, announced the 2017 Spring Budget last week. Amongst the large array of price changes and resource allocations, two price rises stood out to me in particular: cigarettes and […]