ActArticles·March 12, 2021The dawn of the pro-choice movement in BhutanWhen I first started out as an advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) eight years ago, I...Text: Wangchuk DemaImage: Yuzhen Cai
ArticlesOpinion·March 9, 2021Why are we still depicting Black women as ‘Mammies’?Of all the Black female tropes, the ‘mammy’ stereotype seems to most escape our attention. Being aggressive, unintelligent, ghetto, hyper-sexual,...Text: Banseka KayembeImage: Chanté Timothy
ArticlesOpinion·February 1, 2021Being fatphobic is not just offensive, it’s racist tooWhen the body positivity movement emerged on the scene in 2012, the language surrounding bodies – particularly those belonging to...Text: Claude KnightImage: Daisy Doodles
ArticlesOpinion·January 31, 2021Januhairy: embracing hairiness and its historiesSince the pandemic began, articles have appeared about women giving up ‘grooming’ and beauty standards in lockdown. This month is...Text: Nicole Jashapara
ArticlesOpinion·January 26, 2021A Step Back: Women on trains in JapanI’m going to start off by mentioning a word that’s probably going to make me lose a good portion of...Text: Michelle Wong
ArticlesOpinion·January 11, 2021My Grandma always told me that girls had one job: to look prettyMy grandma always told me that girls had one job: to look pretty. This meant she coached me to sit...Text: Risako Itokawa
ArticlesDo·January 5, 2021Unboxing Feminism and Queerness through B.G.U. ZineWe’re hugely excited to introduce our latest collaboration; a takeover from B.G.U zine, a Tokyo-based queer, feminist zine and collective,...Text: Yume Morimoto
ArticlesOpinion·December 30, 2020Why young pregnant people need your support, not your judgementShame was the strongest emotion I felt throughout my entire pregnancy and during the beginnings of motherhood. It isn’t so...Text: Erin SmithersImage: Molly Hankinson
ArticlesDo·December 15, 2020Digitising traditions: how lockdown changed a Hindu festivalOutside of the South Asian community and diaspora, Navratri – Nav meaning nine, and Ratri meaning night – is one...Text: Sharlene GandhiImage: Namitha Aravind
ArticlesOpinion·December 6, 2020The Toxic Side of LGBTQIA LabelsAs an activist for the LGBTQIA community, you would imagine that I spend a large portion of my time championing...Text: Ben Pechey
ArticlesOpinion·November 25, 2020The need to protect Black women is so obvious – so why is it controversial?The sharp rise of the Black Lives Matter movement earlier this year has made anti-Black racism an increasingly highlighted issue....Text: Banseka KayembeImage: Luci Pina
ActArticles·November 23, 2020“This is a war”: the fight for abortion rights in PolandOn the 22nd October 2020 the Constitutional Court in Poland ruled that abortion due to severe fetal defects was unconstitutional....Text: Janka Swierzewska