For an American-born Chinese girl like me, each rare trip back to my parents’ hometown is a blessing. Not just because of the warm waft of steamed dumplings mixed with the rumble of traditional...
While many of us have known that Britney Spears was living under a conservatorship for several years now, I don’t think many of us had realized the extent of it, and the extent of the abuse she has...
On February 16, 2021, when Samira Zargari, a ski coach, was going to accompany the Iran's Alpine ski team to Italy, she was not allowed to leave the country. Yusouf Ettefagh, her husband, had banned...
Amina Yaqin, SOAS, University of London Imran Khan, the prime minister of Pakistan, has caused an uproar with remarks about sexual violence, attributing the rising number of reports of rape in...
Claire Pierson, University of Liverpool Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in October 2019. In March the following year, the legal framework was in place to provide terminations. A year...
On Friday, October 2, 2016, Yousef Tabatabainejad, the leader of Friday prayer in Isfahan, in a meeting with law enforcement officials, called for "insecurity" in the area for women who do not wear...
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is having a hell of a time of it. In his first few months at the helm, he has put six votes to Parliament and lost all six. This is the first time this has ever...
In 1998, cricketer Geoffrey Boycott punched his girlfriend Margaret Moore 20 times in the face and body during an argument. He was convicted in a court in France and, following an appeal, his...
As someone who was recently accused of anti-incel propaganda, I am obviously very embarrassed and would like to clear my name. In case you were wondering, “incel” is short for “involuntarily...
“Where someone takes a picture under a person’s clothing without their permission” – this is the official description of the term “upskirting” given to the public by gov.uk, the British...
