Book review: My Dark Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell’s spirited and uncomfortable literary debut, My Dark Vanessa tells the story of a vulnerable teenage girl and an older man who takes advantage of her. The novel essentially...
Category: Women
Roe v Wade to be overturned? What this would mean for reproductive rights around the world
Sandra Duffy, University of Bristol Reproductive rights have been an urgent topic of discussion around the world in recent days, following the leak of a draft opinion of the US supreme court, written...
Commitment issues and other truths from Sex and the City
February is a good month to explore this topic, considering that it is Valentine's Day on Monday and much of our collective thinking is directed towards the celebration (or search) for love. We all...
What the Ghislaine Maxwell case revealed about female sex offenders
Poco Kernsmith, Wayne State University; Erin B. Comartin, Wayne State University, and Sheryl Kubiak, Wayne State University British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been convicted for her role in...
Gender inequality in classical music
While women have increasingly assumed professional leadership positions, not all sectors have been open to the possibility of breaking down stereotypes. Instead, many continue to put down obstacles...
How to: effectively advocate for life
If you had told 13-year-old me that I would be voluntarily reading a nonfiction book on rationality and altruism, I would have probably laughed in your face. Yet, here I am, 4 years later,...
Acid attack: “I want to forget everything”
After I saw the photos of Masoumeh Ataei as a model for the first time, I was shocked. "What happened to her?" I asked myself, staring at the burns and scars on her face, which contrasted with the...
Britney Spears: I deserve to have a life
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...
Pakistan: Imran Khan, sexual violence comments and the women who are fighting back
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...
Westminster steps in after Northern Ireland fails to comply with abortion law change – how it happened
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...