OUTPOURING : Election Week
As my eyes water. Blue, red and red again…
Don’t Bottle It | Mental Health Awareness Day
Introducing Maison de Choup: championing issues of mental health in style…
Stop Comparing COVID & Suicide Without Actually Helping
Put simply; causes of death are not in competition.
A Lot, But Not Too Much – ‘A Few Short Studies On Cannibalism’ Review
James Huxtable’s new play, A Few Short Studies On Cannibalism, begins with a silence that lingers just a moment too long, a precursor for the uncomfortable confrontation that will follow. And I say that in the best way, though only […]
Refugee : Fred Ostrovskis
Nobody else knew that the fountain was alive. He watched, spine pressed into the metal bench, as they walked past, blind. Tall men in woollen armour, brogues tapping over the cobbled street, phones pushed to ears, umbrellas tucked under arms […]
27/6/17 : Charlotte Knowles-Cutler
When you beat a man for being gay you tell him “this is how we treat our women”. You show him what male privilege means, how respect exits once you are entered. Good girls are virgins. Good girls are men. […]
VOTE BABY VOTE : Natalie Friesem
“Do not mistake that the Ballot is stronger than the Bullet”- Abraham Lincoln As a young person, I am constantly being told that “we are the future”. I think that the first time this felt like it actually meant something […]
Who Empowers You Most? #internationalwomensday
‘When talking about inspirational and empowering women there are a plethora of names, both of history and our modern era, that come to mind. For me, I think Malala deserves to be very high on that list – in 2012 […]
‘A Note On Empathy In 2016’ – By Natalie Friesem
For the longest time, I had assumed that empathy was a fairly common trait of human decency. Maybe I had just been living a charmed life, but everyone I knew and surrounded myself with felt and discussed empathy on a […]
‘The Dilemma Of Being Women In The Dark’ – By Lucy Harbron
“I’m most aware of my womanhood when I’m afraid” In recent weeks, my university life has been flooded with horror stories. Weekly I walk roads where I’ve heard a girl my age was attacked, I think of her with sympathy, […]