“We need to remember what’s important in life: friends, waffles, work. Or waffles, friends, work. Doesn’t matter, but work is third.” – Leslie Knope I have a lot of woman crushes – but one woman […]
Uni snatch late victory
Women’s Handball: Leeds Uni 26-24 Leeds Beckett LEEDS University’s women’s handball team edged past a resilient Beckett side in a hotly-contested match at The Edge on Wednesday afternoon. Uni started brightly, with Ellie Whitehead scoring […]
Valiant Ladies Battered by Beckett
As Varsity day loomed, the Leeds University women’s football teams knew that they had a big challenge ahead. Aside from the obvious close rivalry between the two teams, each Leeds University side was facing off […]
‘My Case, My Journey’ Exhibition at Armley Mills
Image: Laura Cummins As I catch my first sunny glimpse of Armley Mills, tucked beneath a viaduct overlooking the river Aire, I know it will be an afternoon of discovery. With exhibits ranging from a […]
Leeds alumna becomes new female bishop
The Church of England has named its second female bishop as Leeds University alumna the Rev Canon Alison White. The 58-year-old will become the new bishop of Hull following legislation to allow the appointment of […]
Interview – SLUT DROP
A couple of weeks ago, the internet boiled over with fury at the release of the full Reading & Leeds lineup. Some genius with a rubber attacked the lineup poster to uncover the deep-rooted misogyny […]
Women at the Cutting Edge
[ht_fancy_title color=”colordefault” title=”‘‘The perfect surgeon must have the heart of a lion and the hands of a lady…’’ – Lord Moynihan of The Royal College of Surgeons, Leeds.”] Quite so. Incidentally, it was reported that […]
And the Nobel Prize goes to a man… again.
The Nobel Prize is a prestigious award that has only been awarded to just 46 women, in comparison to 814 men. Of these 46 women only 16 were awarded a Nobel Prize for science, the […]
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 […]
Politics in pink: is Labour’s pink van really a cause for concern?
In the run up to the General Election, a ‘magenta’ bus, manned by female Labour MPs, is currently touring the country and engaging with women on female-orientated political issues such as childcare, the gender pay-gap […]
Female Masturbation: It’s a touchy subject
It’s a Friday night. You’re sitting around a table in someone’s kitchen, drinking vodka out of a Deloitte promo mug. To disguise the uncomfortable atmosphere, you play ‘Never Have I Ever.’ It gets to one […]
Video Games | Player representation – an archaic affair
Ask your anyone on the street to describe your typical video-gamer and you’ll see a picture begin to emerge. Socially awkward, Vitamin D deprived, neck-beard. White. Male. The only problem with that picture is that […]