“Virginity feels like this outdated idea that never had much meaning beyond misogyny, yet on the other hand I know in my gut that it still means something to me – if it didn’t, wouldn’t I have lost it by now?”
Month: January 2021
The astonishing success of Demon Slayer
The coronavirus pandemic may have caused many industries to press pause on operations, but the anime industry continued to make huge strides in 2020 with Deamon slayer. The first season of the anime series Demon Slayer exploded […]
Houseplants: the beauty and benefits of having green friends
By Megan Rees My first houseplant was a pocket-sized IKEA cactus, gifted to me about two years ago by a childhood friend. Cacti being a particularly resilient plant, it managed to survive complete abandonment on […]
Candid Orange x TVINAT: reframing the conversation around violence against women
By Maheen Behrana Candid Orange and This Violence is Not a Tragedy are collaborating on a series of articles discussing violence against women, from the UK and across the globe. we cannot end this violence […]
Limiting sexual health services now indicates the UK’s failure to prioritise women’s lives
By Izzy Bohn NOTE: I use the terms woman and women’s health, however, it is crucial to acknowledge that it is not only people who identify as women who access women’s health and reproductive services. […]
In a reading rut? Here’s how to get out of it…
By Gabriella Sotiriou It is a new year which means the still air that fills the early weeks of January is echoing with whispers of ‘new me’. Every year we see the welcoming of resolutions […]
‘Now part of architectural briefs’: Instagrammable architecture, for the people or the platform?
By Maud Webster Instagram culture has seeped itself into everything we do, impacting our media, our health, body image, and how we interact with our friends and family. Most dictionaries recognise the term “Instagrammable” as […]
How supermarket ‘waste’ is helping solve food insecurity
By Millie Radiguet In the UK’s food retail sector, roughly 300,000 tonnes of edible food is set to be thrown away each year. Fareshare tells us that 8.4 million people in the UK are struggling to eat. As 2021 […]
Romps, romance, and race: Everything you need to know about Bridgerton
Thought-provoking? No. Enjoyable and frivolous? Yes! Bridgerton was a whirlwind of sequins and aristocratic shags and I am still not sure if I loved it or hated it. Christmas 2020 was not quite as we’d […]
In Response to British Vogue: ‘The Body Issue’
‘The Body Issue’ was created as a response to an issue I read of British Vogue. I felt disappointed by the ostentatiousness and lack of accessibility that emanated from its pages. There has been a long […]