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Sex Toys: A beginner’s guide to reclaim your body

Sex Toys: A beginner’s guide to reclaim your body

Buying your first sex toy and reclaiming your right to sexual pleasure can be daunting, but we’re here to guide you through it!
The Origins and History of Reclaim the Night

The Origins and History of Reclaim the Night

What are the origins of Reclaim the Night?
Why we don’t leave

Why we don’t leave

With unpublished testimonies of friends, I explore the realities of unhealthy relationships, and why it is we don’t just leave
In conversation with the UoM SU women’s officer on Reclaim the Night

In conversation with the UoM SU women’s officer on Reclaim the Night

What does the Student Union make of the Reclaim the Night event?
Feminist Collective Lit Club: read your way to accessible feminism

Feminist Collective Lit Club: read your way to accessible feminism

The UoM Feminist Collective have brought back their Lit Club, online and accessible to all. Find out what they’ve got coming up!
What does Reclaim the Night look like around the world?

What does Reclaim the Night look like around the world?

What does reclaim the night look like across different cultures around the world?
Reclaim the Night: A run-down of catcalling

Reclaim the Night: A run-down of catcalling

Addressing the importance of calling out catcalling and discussing what can be done to make women feel safer.
The Mancunion Presents: This Girl Can Run

The Mancunion Presents: This Girl Can Run

This Girl Can Run is taking place on March 16th to celebrate Manchester’s Reclaim the Night.
Reclaim the Night 2022!

Reclaim the Night 2022!

If women could solve the issue of male violence and sexual harassment themselves, we would have done so already
Girls Night In: Anti-spiking campaign calls for club boycott

Girls Night In: Anti-spiking campaign calls for club boycott

Girls Night In campaigner groups are calling for a boycott of clubs on Wednesday 27th October to protest spiking
“Claim our bodies. Claim our right. Take a stand. Reclaim the Night.”

“Claim our bodies. Claim our right. Take a stand. Reclaim the Night.”

Manchester’s annual march against gender-based violence, led by SU Women’s Officer Ayla Huseyinoglu, returned last Thursday
Still waiting for misogyny to be a hate crime

Still waiting for misogyny to be a hate crime

Misogyny is still not considered a hate crime in Greater Manchester, so Misogyny is Hate is still campaigning
How Netflix’s Sex Education explores identity politics and victim blaming through fashion

How Netflix’s Sex Education explores identity politics and victim blaming through fashion

Fashion Writer Maisie Scott argues that fashion is key to the identity formation and the trauma experienced by the characters in the popular Netflix show, Sex Education
Let’s Reclaim the Night: 20th of February 2020

Let’s Reclaim the Night: 20th of February 2020

Tallulah Brennan, Feminist Collective member, writes about why women need to Reclaim the Night
What place do men have in Reclaim the Night?

What place do men have in Reclaim the Night?

Anja Samy talks to Women’s Officer, Ayla Huseyinoglu about the Students’ Union’s annual campaign against sexual assault and male inclusion in conversations about sexual violence
Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi

Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi

In a year wrought with controversy surrounding Reclaim The Night, Sara Heddi has delivered a large bill but improved outcomes for the womens’ safety march
Final Senate of the year ends abruptly

Final Senate of the year ends abruptly

A number of key proposals such as Reclaim The Night reform among others could not be voted on and will now be considered in September
The Impact of Reclaim the Night

The Impact of Reclaim the Night

Rebecca Rommen examines the impact of this year’s Reclaim the Night march, with around 3,500 people taking part, and how it successfully shines a light on the topic of night-time safety.
Emilia Jenkins on Women’s support: ‘A reminder that people care’

Emilia Jenkins on Women’s support: ‘A reminder that people care’

Cachella Smith talks with part-time women’s officer Emilia Jenkins about the projects she’s been involved with over the past year; even though each project is different, they all have the aim of helping women.
Majority of students ‘exposed to unwanted sexual behaviour’

Majority of students ‘exposed to unwanted sexual behaviour’

A survey of 5,649 UK university students has found that 53% of respondents experienced unwanted sexual behaviour from another student