We are in week 13 of the official lockdown phase and the rules are slowly being loosened. Whether that’s a good thing remains to be seen. While our headspace was very much taken up by anything Corona related, the pandemic has also drawn new and absolute necessary attention towards domestic violence and abuse. As survivors … Continue reading The Domestic Violence Crisis – how can you help? · By Ishika Mukherjee
3 in 10 young women unable to afford or access period products while in lockdown Sadly, period poverty is not a new thing in the UK. In households where there is not enough money for food, period products have to come second. Before lockdown, it was reported that 49% of girls missed at least one … Continue reading Period Poverty and How You Can Help to Tackle It · By Holly Ann Golightly
There’s no sexy way to write about a disease. Let’s get that out of the way, before you find yourself assaulted and grossed out a little further down the page. There’s no sexy way to write about a disease – even the word ‘disease’ I’m starting to dislike, ‘illness’? This is especially true for any … Continue reading The Obstacles Faced In Diagnosing Gendered Illnesses · By Cia Risbridger
Whilst I’m only 22 years old, it sometimes feels like I’m too old to have never been in a relationship. Some of the first stories we’re told are fairy tales with knights-in-shining-armour and true loves’ kisses, so it’s inevitable we’ll grow up fantasizing about our own love stories. Perhaps this subconsciously teaches us there is … Continue reading Being single doesn’t mean you can’t have a happy-ever-after · By Aisha Al-Janabi
Let’s talk about flaps. Well we don’t normally discuss flaps but there is a reason. Let me give you some background. I had this idea that now I’m working from home I could change my beauty routine, (or start one!) I should say from the outset that my skin is ok. A bit dry maybe, … Continue reading Let’s talk about flaps · By Linda Done
One of my favourite cultural and linguistic shifts, over the past couple of years, is the growing use of the term ‘sisterhood’. I know that it dates back to much earlier (hello 14thcentury, according to the thirty-second Google search I just committed to) but the way it's used that I'm talking about is familiar to … Continue reading Sisterhood · By Cia Risbridger
From the Australian bushfires, the refugees stuck between the borders of Greece and Turkey, to a global pandemic, the new decade doesn’t seem off to a very great start. If you turn on the news – any news, it seems pretty convincing that the world is coming to a collapse. And yet every “things you … Continue reading The Brighter Side · By Ishika Mukherjee
There is a lot to be afraid of at the moment. Sickness, loss, financial crises, isolation. Strangely, though, when I examine myself, my immediate fear is none of these things. The thing that makes my stomach lurch is the thought that I won’t achieve anything, that I won’t be productive, that I’m doing this all … Continue reading On Doing and Being · By Aileen Quinn
Claire Rothstein’s ‘Be A Lady They Said’ fashion film and poem with Cynthia Nixon has gone viral this week. It is popular because of how relatable it is. Be a lady they said. Don’t be too fat. Don’t be too thin. Don’t be too large. Don’t be too small. Eat up. Slim down. Stop eating … Continue reading Why can’t you just love yourself? · By Holly Ann Golightly
Sorry if the title of this post threw you off a bit – if you clicked hoping for a bit of juicy gossip, I’m sorry to inform you that you will be severely disappointed. This misleading heading actually refers to something I like to call the ‘Daddy’s Girl Complex’: a phenomenon I have disconcertedly noticed … Continue reading Daddy Issues · By Roisin Ellis
