All posts tagged empowerment
Being Seen & On Our Own Terms
If you walked through my secondary school, you would find yourself wading through snow, a sea of white people with a person of colour showing up once in every one […]
She’s Not White, She’s Not Brown
I went to a majority white school, where there were probably five people of colour out of a year group of 200 students, and I was taught exclusively by white […]
Ladies, It’s Time You Try Solo Travel
I have always had a deep-rooted respect those who are independent: living life in a way that makes them happy and not being afraid to be on their own. I […]
Begone Stigma: Women and Plastic Surgery
It is not uncommon to hear the words ‘fake’ and ‘unrealistic’ when a conversation about plastic surgery comes up. Guys will usually chip in their two cents and mention how […]
Pole dance: turning exploitative into empowering
It was during last year’s fresher’s fair that I was first introduced to pole fitness, before this I had a very limited understanding of what the sport involved. I imagined […]
A Beginners Guide to Feminism
For some unknown reason the term ‘feminism’ has been tainted. What once described the belief that women deserve equal rights has transitioned into a dirty word connoting man-hating and radicalisation. […]
“Empowered” Women Empower Women
There are times in every woman’s life, in either academic or professional careers, when she is in direct competition with another woman. Sometimes the situation is forced upon her by […]
#metoo, again.
On October 17, 2017 I posted # metoo on my Facebook page. On March 16, 2018, I was raped. The now famous online campaign started on October 15, 2017, when […]
Review of Caitlin Moran’s ‘How to Build a Girl’
Set in the midst of Thatcher’s England, Caitlin Moran’s How to Build a Girlfollows the development of Johanna Morrigan – a fat, horny girl living on a council estate – […]