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.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, 19 men and women were stabbed to death, and 25 others wounded, in the Tsukui Yamayuri-En centre for disabled people in Sagamihara near Tokyo, Japan. The...
Yesterday, Queen Elizabeth invited Theresa May to become the Prime Minister of Great Britain. Our second female Prime Minister should perhaps be something to celebrate but, on its own, the fact that...
Yesterday, the UK voted to leave the European Union. Much of the analysis and commentary I saw the night before the vote was tentatively predicting a win for ‘remain’, and the betting shops were...
Last week, British Member of Parliament Jo Cox died after being kicked, stabbed and shot in the street following an advice surgery she had held for her constituents. The Labour MP for Batley and Spen...
An American man bought two guns and, at the weekend, shot and killed 49 LGBT people, predominantly people of colour, and injured a further 53. The attack, at the LGBT Pulse nightclub in Orlando, has...
Picture the scene: a woman goes to a railway track, determined to self-harm. Eventually, after negotiation with police officers, she resists the urge to hurt herself and leaves the scene. Relief all...
On 23rd June, the people of Britain will vote in a referendum on whether or not they want to remain part of the European Union (EU). The Prime Minister, David Cameron, is supporting the ‘in’...
Online safety for children is a hot topic among parents who are negotiating a world where their kids will never know a life without the internet. How do we protect children from dangerous or...
The National Health Service (NHS), established in post-war Britain as a fair way to ensure that good healthcare would not only be available to those who had the means to pay for it, is well-loved, as...
