Feminine Space: post-pandemic communities and the power of togetherness

Three days before I remember consciously registering the word “coronavirus” for the first time, I was at an art gallery. The space was a small, concrete pop-up in Merchant City that teemed with work from punk femmes. Physical performance interspersed the afternoon and artists mingled with audience members, chatting warmly about their recent projects. Perusing...

1.6%: Reflecting on the Ministry of Justice’s Rape Review

CONTENT WARNING: THIS ARTICLE IS ABOUT RAPE, COERCIVE CONTROL, AND CONTAINS SURVIVOR STORIES

What the #ActiBlizzWalkout means to me as a woman who loved World of Warcraft

Content Warning: This article contains mention and discussion of suicide, sexual abuse, rape culture, and institutional and interpersonal misogyny and misogynoir.   When I woke up on Thursday July 22nd, the first thing I did was check Discord. As sleep clouded my eyes, I read an announcement from an admin of a server I’m in.The...

What Sparks Outrage Is Difficult To Anticipate: on the murders of Sarah Everard, Bennylyn Burke, and others

Did you hear about how police violently broke up a vigil at Clapham Common in south London the other day? The peaceful protest was for Sarah Everard, who was murdered on the 3 March, 2021 (ironically a few days before International Women’s Day and the week before Mother’s Day). She had been walking home and had...