The terms ‘contact sport’ and ‘women’ might not often be associated with one another in popular culture or the public consciousness. However, roller derby is a contact sport played predominantly by women that has rapidly increased in popularity and flipsRead more…
**Trigger warning: contains references to rape and sexual assault** I recently binge watched the Netflix true crime series Making A Murderer. It’s about a man who is imprisoned for a crime he may not have committed. As a result I’veRead more…
Her Story is an Emmy-nominated, complex and touching webseries that puts the spotlight on trans and queer dating. The show, written by Jen Richards and Laura Zak, counts Kerry Washington and Laverne Cox as fans. Its existence is part ofRead more…
Romance novels and feminism are not words you might expect to hear in the same sentence. Romance novels can be seen as providing women with unrealistic expectations of romantic relationships, often with procuring a man as the only goal inRead more…
The resurgence of feminism we’ve seen in recent years could arguably be boiled down to Beyoncé’s 2013 self-titled album, in which she sampled the TED Talk of Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and subsequent MTV Video Music Awards performance thatRead more…
