Feminism

From the moment they are born, boys and girls are told who they are and who/what they should be, thus creating a society of men and women where a stark… Read more.

Like the ‘I can’t be racist because my friend is black’ argument or the ‘I can’t be homophobic because my friend’s daughter is gay’ rhetoric, words, whether written, read, or… Read more.

Rape. It’s arguably the most traumatising crime there is, and it’s something that, horrifyingly, one in four women over the age of 16 have experienced. Owing to the invasion of… Read more.

To be a woman is to exist in a world that wasn’t designed for you. Like being queer, it’s to exist in a world that has spent decades, millennia, trying… Read more.

There’s a reason why God is portrayed to be a man, and it’s because of religion’s purpose… To control and oppress. Having been founded based on the need to control… Read more.

Virginity has, throughout history, been hailed as the ‘be-all and end-all.’ Something sacred, it is the ultimate decider of a woman’s worth, with marriage itself, what should be a celebration… Read more.

We wore shorts under our skirts at 8. Our hair down to stop them from pulling our pigtails at 10,‘When a boy pulls your hair it means that he likes… Read more.

It should not be a revolutionary thing for me to say that women are over-sexualised in the media all too often, (girls are over-sexualised, even), and no truer is this… Read more.

Is sexuality an art form? Not sexual orientation, (whether we’re straight, gay, bisexual, etc), but sexuality itself- the way in which we present ourselves sexually? The way that we dress,… Read more.

According to the United Nations, Human rights are universal and inalienable.  They are universal because everyone is born with and possesses the same rights, regardless of where they live, their… Read more.