All posts tagged oppression
Vaginas, vaginas everywhere, but not a clit touched – Women and their bits then and now
Female sexuality in Western Europe has been a controversial topic since time immoral; everyone knows about the sexually repressed Victorians and their chastity belts, the summer of love of the […]
Q Divas – Celebrating Iconic Women in Music
Attention all women – in case you haven’t already heard, March is International Women’s Month and Friday the 8th of March is International Women’s Day. Both of these prove that women […]
A Look into 2019’s Books.
There is nothing better than pre-ordering a book, forgetting about said book, then having it arrive on your doorstep seemingly by magic. Here are some of my personal favourites of 2019 […]
What would Bell Hooks say about Meghan Markle’s entry into the British royal family?
I would like to congratulate Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s marriage as there is no greater power than love. However, this is not the point. I would like to share […]
American Journalism’s Diversity Problem in the Age of the Political Wave.
The need for journalists from a variety of backgrounds is a well-established one. During the civil rights movement in the U.S., black journalists like Dorothy Butler Gilliam played an invaluable […]
In Defence of Blade Runner 2049: Analysing Why Villeneuve’s Masterpiece is Anything but Sexist
SPOILER WARNING FOR BLADE RUNNER 2049, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED I’d recently looked into an article written by Parsec’s Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, reviewing the new Blade Runner movie, a film that […]
International Women’s Day: a Call for Distress to be Met with Action
Happy International Women’s Day guys! The celebrations this week have been wonderful, it’s lovely to feel appreciated as a woman and to know that we are moving toward a world […]
Teacher Or Preacher
University students, on average, spend 40 hours minimum per week in class rooms and lecture halls. It depends on the type of course you are enrolled on – but it […]
To Criticise is to Victimise: Anti-Semitism and its Relationship with Israel
Every form of discrimination and intolerance is just as detestable and insipid as the last. Anti –Semitism is no exception. It is because this kind of discrimination is so despicable […]