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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!
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
Golden Oldies: The Piano and fighting the patriarchy

Golden Oldies: The Piano and fighting the patriarchy

Michal Wasilewski revisits Jane Campion’s The Piano, analysing the classic film’s themes, cultural context, and relevance
Review: Opera North’s Carmen

Review: Opera North’s Carmen

Secoura Grim reviews Opera North’s Carmen at the Lowry
Review: As You Like It

Review: As You Like It

Harriet Cummings reviews As You Like It at the Lowry
What’s in my tote

What’s in my tote

WIM is coming up fast, so here are a few tote essentials you’ll need to make the most of WIM’s jam-packed weekend.
Royal Exchange Theatre invites you to step inside A Doll’s House

Royal Exchange Theatre invites you to step inside A Doll’s House

A contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s iconic play, A Doll’s House, is coming to the Royal Exchange Theatre
Agony Aunt Angela: Being Eco, Period.

Agony Aunt Angela: Being Eco, Period.

We all want to be more sustainable when it comes to our periods, but is a menstrual cup a gift or a nuisance?
Contact Theatre is Breaking Bread this Women’s History Month

Contact Theatre is Breaking Bread this Women’s History Month

Contact Theatre is marking Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a trio of female-led shows
Are women more likely to die post-surgery under a male surgeon?

Are women more likely to die post-surgery under a male surgeon?

A terrifying and headline grabbing statistic has drawn plenty of media attention., but is there anything to the claims?
The power of porn: discussing Amia Srinivasan’s The Right to Sex

The power of porn: discussing Amia Srinivasan’s The Right to Sex

Deputy books editor Ava Innes looks at the state of porn today, discussing the ideas of Amia Srinivasan in her new book ‘The Right to Sex’
“I don’t want anyone to show me that my body is a before, and that I should be looking for an after”: Debunking diet culture

“I don’t want anyone to show me that my body is a before, and that I should be looking for an after”: Debunking diet culture

The damaging effect of diet culture on our society and how it exacerbates the conditions of already oppressed groups.
Womb with a view?: The abortion debate on university campuses

Womb with a view?: The abortion debate on university campuses

What are university pro-life societies? Are they just about abortion? The Mancunion speaks to two such societies and UoM’s Feminist Collective to find out
Pumpkin Spice Latte: Hate or Misogyny?

Pumpkin Spice Latte: Hate or Misogyny?

The hate of pumpkin spice lattes has a darker undertone
Feminism: Where do men belong?

Feminism: Where do men belong?

Recently UoM’s Feminist Society held a discussion around men’s role in feminism, and how feminists feel about it
Manchester’s feminist history

Manchester’s feminist history

We outline the key players and organisations in the history of feminism that originated in here Manchester!
Passing Review: Racial identity, friendship, and jealousy in 1920s New York

Passing Review: Racial identity, friendship, and jealousy in 1920s New York

Set in vibrant 1920s New York, Rebecca Hall’s debut feature is a unique commentary on racial identity, jealousy, and finding one’s community
Oxfam board game controversy 

Oxfam board game controversy 

Just when you think gender-critical feminists run out of people to be angry at, they turn their fire towards Oxfam
October Read: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

October Read: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House

Aileen Loftus reviews Cherie Jones’ debut novel How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House this Black History Month