“In an age where our digital footprint is having ever more bearing on our lives, and with the future threatening to digitalise our reality even more so, is it fair to create a digital footprint for our children before they are old enough to be taught what it may mean? Particularly when possess no certainty around what its impact might be”
Read MoreThe UK’s cosmetic industry reached a value of 9.8 billion pounds in 2017. Yes, you read that right. Billion. That’s £9,8,000,000,000,000. That’s almost three times what Manchester United is worth. It’s about the same as the Duke of Westminster has in his bank account and he owns half of London.
Read MoreFrom Cobain we can learn about the psychology of fame and create a kinder culture, from Leelah we can learn and progress in how we protect and embrace the transgender community, and from writers such as Woolf, we can learn, as she intended, more about the beauty and talent of her greatest passion. I doubt, when she wrote her final piece, she wanted it to be labelled as context for further reading. I think she would have wanted it where it belongs, this honest, beautiful piece of work, in books, in discussions about depression, in dissertations written by those who value and continue to learn from her.
Read More“Work Hard, Play Hard” is commonly used to reflect a healthy work-life balance. But, what happens when work takes over your life? The glorification of overworking has become a normal part of society, with common thinking being that if you work harder you will be more successful. This is echoed by the most ‘successful’ people such as Elon Musk claiming that they work over 120 hours a week.
Read MoreFor years, as a trans person, I have fought against the concept that my very existence is perceived as a political statement. My existence is up for debate. People are asked to vote on my existence. And passively witnessing my gender being treated as an abstract concept is probably what triggered that change. I wanted to embrace the political side of my identity, my gender and take control of that narrative. Understand on all levels what it meant to be a man.
Read More“Covid will act as an accelerator of change. Many people will realise that online courses and remote learning trump's travel, expenses, fees and poor quality of education they’re getting at uni. Uni is for many the worlds’ most expensive dating service, party planner and way to move out of your parents' house” Random Man on LinkedIn.”
Read MoreMany brands, especially on the high-end and luxury side of fashion, have refused to go the e-commerce way and are now battling excess stock they don’t know what to do with. Exclusivity comes with a price, but is our planet worth the spend?
Read MoreThe simple fact of the matter is, that there are implicit biases in the medical industry based on race and gender that directly affect the care that patients receive, this is not a statement; it is a fact. This has a devastating impact on patients, their loved ones and their communities.
Read MoreTime is such an ever-changing concept, and generations before us and generations to come after us will experience such a vast change in societal wants and desires. I recently visited my grandma and grandad respectively on both sides of my family, and tried to delve into their experiences and views of the world, in particular with response to this awful global pandemic that is unfolding before us. It is very easy to assume that our older relatives are so ‘old-fashioned’ to the changing world around them and that their views are subjected to the times they are so used to.
Read MorePeriods are something unique to those of us who bear uteruses and ovaries, and the (mostly white) men who developed western medicine tried their hardest to brush over the fact that their wives and daughters, and half their patients, bled from the vagina every month or so, and that might be something that should be addressed.
Read MoreSome of you might shiver when hearing this word: feminist. You might think it’s not for you – you being a woman or a man. You might think that we don’t need it anymore; women have rights now. Or, if you’re a man, you might simply think you have nothing to do with it - you can’t be feminist by definition, and we don’t want you here anyway. Right?
Read MoreLike flares drifting through a dark sky, these little moments of goofiness light up the monotony of lockdown. It might be a daydreamy waltz around the kitchen while waiting for the kettle to boil, or tuneless yodelling floating from the bathroom while the shower runs.
Read MoreForget about gender gap, is there such thing as a “health gap”? It seems like the healthier you are the more likely you are to be given fair opportunities and to move up the career ladder. Suddenly, having a masters degree from a top university doesn’t matter as long as you have a health condition, your intelligence and capabilities don’t outweigh your disability.
Read MoreMeriel Talbot, a civil servant working in the ministry of Agriculture, had a solution, she formed the Women’s Land Army on behalf of the government. This was a group of young women dedicated to producing food in this country, and despite only being formed 2 and a half years after it started, over 23,000 women had signed up by the end of WW1.
Read MoreHave you ever been in a situation where you find yourself singing the Sesame Street classic: one of these things is not like the others, one of these things just doesn’t belong, can you tell which thing is not like the others?
Read MoreWe are programmed to think that if we are not constantly ready to drop everything for our employers, that we will be seen as lazy. It’s not the case. Just as your employers would not expect you to be taking personal calls or replying to emails from friends whilst being paid to do your job, they need to remember (or be subtly reminded) that you should not be doing your job when you are not being paid. It’s that simple.
Read MoreBlackness is the poetry of vulnerable masculinity and love in 2Pac’s poetry. It’s the blues, hip hop, R&B, garage, grime and sound system culture that we composed with the stories of our experiences. Its the classic 2-step we all know so well. Blackness is ‘our universe of experiences’.
Read MorePlants will gift each other whimsical books such as How Not To Kill Your Human. The verdant fields of England will extend before them… Growth can be supplemented with fertilisers, the most popular being Red Stripe which increases libido and thus guarantees increased pollination.
Read MoreLast summer, I was sat with a friend in a cute little coffee shop in South East London when she announced, ‘yesterday, when I was out with my group of guy friends, one of them bragged that he rubbed this girl’s clit so hard that it fell off and she loved it’.
Read More‘Miss? Have you got a boyfriend?’
A question I have been asked countless times whilst working as an education agency supply teacher.
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