I explore the back of my head until I find the dreaded spot my hairdresser gestured to, and relish the satisfying sting on my scalp as I pluck out all...
But for me, the hairdressers is often a place of discomfort. Discomfort in the neck, as my head is being pulled every which way by the hairbrush. Discomfort over my...
How contemporary artists use social media platforms as a tool in their practice... Everything we know and do has a digital presence in some way, and it feels like a...
The most egregious example I’ve seen was an advert for the Navy, which explicitly decried ideas of where a ‘woman’s place’ might be (spoiler alert: the Navy thinks it’s the...
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was known for rejecting politically-charged art and looking towards romanticism, nature, and realism tinged with a bit of chivalric order. All these ideas demand for admiration; and...
This consumed my existence in the two decades before I came out. Wishing away the days until I could see myself the way I wanted to be seen, that my...
For the next few days, my mind was flying at 100 miles per hour, ideas springing to me involving bin liners and blindfolds…(crazy I know). Anyway, I decided to scrap...
In light of her recent trip to Calais and calling for ‘stronger enforcement measures’ from the French to stop refugees crossing the Channel to Britain, I thought it was an...
Pride month is looking very different this year, with no parade to attend due to lockdown restrictions as a result of COVID-19. Alternatively, we can celebrate Pride by learning and...
In Britain, white supremacy is a legacy of the past which often persists in silent and unquestioned ways. Both overtly, but perhaps more importantly covertly, this legacy infiltrates all nooks...
Madison Grant was a wildlife zoologist and founded the first organisation dedicated to preserving California redwoods and American bison. Part of a Manhattan aristocracy in the late 1800s, his group...
The tagline of Gender Rebels reads, ‘Meet the unsung sheroes of history: the diverse, defiant and daring (wo)men who changed the rules, and their identities, to get sh*t done.’ It...
The murder of George Floyd has sparked a new level of engagement with the Black Lives Matter movement. Social media has become instrumental in documenting the injustices, and once again...
The world has watched in horror over the last few days as the police in America have responded to protests – protests demanding that the police be held accountable for...
We want to start this article by reiterating that, despite the fact that most of our news feeds are currently full of #blacklivesmatter posts (many of which are full of...