When we think of cars or the automotive industry in general, we usually envision burly male mechanics or a bunch of corporate “suits”. From its inception, the auto sector has been an “old boys'...
By Nicole Westmarland, Durham University As he strode confidently into Teesside Crown Court wearing a suit and sunglasses, former England footballer, Paul Gascoigne, smiled at the assembled media to...
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...
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...
A woman in Scotland was in an abusive relationship. She had been battered and beaten by her partner but, until one particular night, he had never sexually abused her. But he came home drunk in the...
In 2010, Sally Challen, after suffering decades of emotional abuse at the hands of her husband, killed him (with a hammer, the tabloids love to describe). She was convicted of murder and many...
Do Indigenous women’s lives matter in America? The horrific treatment of a Native American woman who was raped while in a persistent vegetative* state suggests not, especially when they are also...
As I hear the electric shaver graze against the back of my head while sitting in a hairdresser in West London, I watch as the blonde pieces of what used to be part of me fall onto the floor. Shit....
It’s been a tough week for rape and sexual assault survivors across the world. The media, even on this side of the pond, is overwhelmed by coverage of the extraordinary Christine Blasey Ford...
The recent #MeToo years have made me wonder why the sexual assaults I experienced as a teen didn’t have much impact on my life. At first I chalked it up to my own resilience – though now I’ve...
