Philippa Willitts is Editor in Chief of Global Comment. She is a British freelance writer who specialises in writing about disability, women's issues, social media and tech. She also enjoys covering politics and LGBTQI-related topics. She can be found on Twitter and Instagram @PhilippaWrites.
There's something wonderfully subversive about waking up one morning to find your neighbourhood postbox wearing a cosy hat, or discovering that the bike rack outside the library has been transformed...
One of the things I have grown to love about Spotify is the way its playlists are so specific and so niche. Whatever mood I'm in, someone seems to have created a playlist for that precise feeling,...
Jacques Tourneur's Cat People (1942) is a supernatural horror film about a young Serbian woman, Irena (Simone Simon), who believes, based on the lore of the area she grew up in, that she'll turn into...
Natalia Leite's M.F.A. (2017) is a rape-revenge thriller that looks at campus sexual assault, victim blaming, and the drastic actions powerlessness can provoke. The film follows Noelle (Francesca...
The pressure is on. You need to buy Christmas presents for everybody you love and, for some people, you are stuck. It’s an inevitable part of the season. If you know somebody who is fascinated by...
Welcome to the second in our Book Bytes series on Global Comment, where will review books in a short video format. This first instalment has Nasser Ali Khasawneh talking about how much he enjoyed...
As the leaves start turning an ever-surprising number of shades of orange and red, there's something about autumn that just begs for the perfect playlist. Music has an amazing way of capturing that...
Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve in the north of England that is managed by the RSPB, a charity for the conservation of birds and nature. Having previously visited their Old Moor reserve, I was...
November is well and truly here, as the dark nights and grey skies relentlessly demonstrate. Tomorrow is Bonfire Night, where we see fireworks, the burning of Guys on top of bonfires, and an...
I’ve never done a walking tour quite like the Feminist Art of Walking with Morag Rose. Nobody was pointing at obscure bits of buildings or talking about the properties of plants in the area....
