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Misogyny in STEM: the evidence and the future

Misogyny in STEM: the evidence and the future

Jacklin Kwan explores how sexism is perpetuated in STEM and results in disparity in gender representation
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: a female protagonist and still not feminist

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: a female protagonist and still not feminist

Georgia Church questions the award-winning film’s claim to supporting the feminism movement in the face of its starkly flawed characterisations
My body is not my home

My body is not my home

Following the Women’s Theatre Society performance of ‘Uncovered: Monologues by Muslim Women’, Ellie Martin chats to Safiyya El Diwany
Linder: Radical Feminist, Punk Rocker, Anti-Establishment Artist

Linder: Radical Feminist, Punk Rocker, Anti-Establishment Artist

Bella Jewell reflects on the powerful work of the radical feminist, punk rocker and conceptual artist who continues to push the boundaries: Linder
Nigella Lawson: icon or innuendo?

Nigella Lawson: icon or innuendo?

Holly Ktorou asks whether Nigella Lawson is an culinary icon or simply an innuendo
Guys, look out for us girls

Guys, look out for us girls

Rona McCann explores unsettling phenomenons that women and girls face every day and why we should all being doing more to eradicate them
From inside the Misogyny Is Hate campaign

From inside the Misogyny Is Hate campaign

From inside the Misogyny is Hate campaign, Joe Penny, argues that men need to be more involved in the campaign for gender equality.
A defence of the cupcake feminist

A defence of the cupcake feminist

Helena Young writes in defence of the cupcake feminist: bake away, ladies.
An interview with activist Gina Martin

An interview with activist Gina Martin

Catrin Stewart interviews Gina Martin: the 27-year-old victim-turned-activist who is campaigning to make upskirting illegal.
A true influencer: theslumflower, AKA Chidera Eggerue, takes on society

A true influencer: theslumflower, AKA Chidera Eggerue, takes on society

Chidera Eggerue, or the @theslumflower online, has a message of body positivity, self-love, and care, winning her awards
Robogals bridge gap for women in STEM

Robogals bridge gap for women in STEM

Ellie Martin chats to Robogals about the importance of helping girls in STEM and why you should get involved in a CV-boosting, exciting project like theirs
Interview with ‘The Maids’ director Lily Sykes

Interview with ‘The Maids’ director Lily Sykes

Anuli Changa talks to Lily Sykes, director of ‘The Maids’ at HOME Theatre: discussing neoliberalism, feminism and more
Feminists can wear pink: an interview with Scarlett Curtis

Feminists can wear pink: an interview with Scarlett Curtis

Liv Clarke attends the ‘Feminists Don’t Wear Pink’ discussion at the Lowry Theatre and asks Scarlett Curtis what she thinks about feminism
Writing ‘The Female Sex (Education)’

Writing ‘The Female Sex (Education)’

Izzy Rooke-Ley shines a light on the Instagram account @the.f.sex, which challenges traditional assumptions on sex education
Our forgotten authors

Our forgotten authors

Julia De Miguel re-examines the treatment of female writers and characters after her Spanish Literature course sidelined women poets on their syllabus.
Shoe throwing and tantrums may be unprofessional, but I’m not sure I care

Shoe throwing and tantrums may be unprofessional, but I’m not sure I care

After Cardi B threw her shoe at a fashion party she faced much criticism for her lack of ‘chill’, Lola Byam Shaw argues this as well as the responses to Serena Williams’ arguments with an umpire reveal the sexism of the pressure on women to be easygoing.
Renewed female representation: ‘Painting Light and Hope’

Renewed female representation: ‘Painting Light and Hope’

Nearly a century since Annie Swynnerton was first exhibited at the Manchester Art Gallery, they pay homage to her legacy as part of the Wonder Woman Festival running across Manchester
Review: Stroppy

Review: Stroppy

Anuli Changa enjoys the angst and humour of Chloe Weare’s ode to teenage girlhood. Part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA season 2018
Profile: Petra Collins and imagined nostalgia

Profile: Petra Collins and imagined nostalgia

Liv Clarke identifies why Petra Collins’ hazy dreamscape photography has become so pertinent in our own female realities
Students ‘Reclaim the Night’

Students ‘Reclaim the Night’

Students took to the streets to protest violence against women