Oh, America. Don’t screw this up.
I might be in a different continent, but it’s been impossible to miss the relentless drudgery and drama of the American presidential election. I’m here to plea to your better nature to not do a...
Author: Philippa Willitts
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.
The UK’s child refugees deserve our support
200 child refugees have been allowed into Britain and, judging by the reaction from politicians and the press, you’d think it was an influx of hundreds of thousands. Making up a whopping 0.00031%...
Ched Evans Rape Case: A Woman’s Sexual History on Trial
Ched Evans, the footballer who was previously found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room, has had his conviction overturned following a retrial that found him not guilty of the sexual...
Migrants in Britain Are Fighting Back Against Xenophobia… And It’s Inspired! #OneDayWithoutUs
Life has become tougher for migrants in the UK this year. When the country voted by a narrow margin to exit the European Union in June, it became clear that nobody quite knew what a ‘Brexit’...
How Polish women killed a restrictive abortion law
Polish lawmakers are said to have changed their minds about putting forward a proposal to severely limit its citizens’ right to an abortion, following massive demonstrations and strikes in protest....
Scrounger: Disability hate speech
He seemed, at first glance, to be an ordinary-looking middle-aged man engrossed in the mental gymnastics required to properly compare the prices of different brands of cornflakes by weight. But as I...
200+ Prosecutions Under New UK ‘Revenge Porn’ Law
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has released a report into the prosecution of sexual and domestic violence last year in the UK. The Violence Against Women and Girls Crime Report 2015-16 provides...
6 astonishingly simple ways schools can improve life for LGBT+ kids
Life at school can be tough. Add being LGBTQ into the mix, and there is the recipe for trauma, bullying and exclusion. I didn't experience homophobic bullying at school because I was so far in the...
May’s ‘common sense’ threats to the Human Rights Act
Last week, you could have been forgiven for thinking that the only political activity going on in the UK was #traingate. The most important story in the news was about whether a man sat down on a...
Toilets, basic rights, and kids in danger
Last year, Britain’s only NHS clinic dealing with gender identity conditions in under 18s reported a 100% increase in the number of children being referred to them for assessment and treatment....