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Trans Women Are Three Times As Likely To Die, Landmark Study Finds
Nick Levine
4 Sep 2021
News
My DNA Showed That My Father Was My Mother’s Rapist
Jenn Selby
23 Aug 2021
News
What Is The Blackpill Movement, The Dangerous Belief System That Radicalises ...
Vicky Spratt
19 Aug 2021
Global News
As Afghanistan Faces A Humanitarian Crisis, Here’s How To Help
Tens of thousands of civilians in Afghanistan have now fled their homes after Taliban fighters seized control of major towns across the country, culminatin
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Alicia Lansom
Olympics
Despite Oysters, Bears, & A Deadly Pandemic, Olympians Are Breaki...
Nothing about this year’s Olympics has been normal — from the COVID-19 pandemic to roaming black bears to the “plague of 31,000 oysters”
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Lydia Wang
Living
The Rise Of The One-Child Family
When 35-year-old part-time recruiter Sarah Hatton informed her parents that she was having a third child, the text message conversation went quiet. She kne
by
Tess Reidy
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Global News
You Can Now Buy The Contraceptive Pill In UK Pharmacies
Updated 21st July: From today, the pill will be available over the counter at pharmacies in the UK and online. You can purchase it for one month, three mon
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Work & Money
Buy Now, Pay Later Could Be Affecting Your Chances Of Getting A M...
People who have used the buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Klarna are being declined when applying for mortgages, Refinery29 has learned. Twenty-six-
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
How The NHS Is Contributing To Fertility Treatment Inequality
For Modern Queer Family, Refinery29 reported on how LGBTQ+ people spend astronomical amounts of money to start a family as they are left with no choice but
by
Sadhbh O'Sullivan
News
Exclusive: Men With A History Of Violence Against Women Can Work ...
In the weeks following the kidnap, rape and death of Sarah Everard, public pressure led to the government promising to do more to tackle violence against w
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Sophie Wilkinson
Pop Culture
Despite Their Rift, Meghan & Harry’s Daughter’s Name Has Major Ro...
Meghan and Harry, the Duchess and Duke of Sussex, confirmed via a spokesperson that they welcomed their second child on Friday, June 4. The baby, a girl, w
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Lauren Le Vine
Global News
How Gen Z Is Continuing The Work Of #MeToo
There are currently 16,500 testimonies about rape culture in Britain’s schools on the Everyone’s Invited website. On its testimony page, something like
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Vicky Spratt
Asian American
Asians Moved Back Home En Masse: Then, Something Beautiful Happened
“I honestly didn't expect to love it as much as I did.”
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Katherine Singh
LGBTQ+
The Gender Critical Movement Used Us For Their War On Trans People
For Ky, taking testosterone wasn’t ever “a lifelong decision”. At the age of 20, she started to take the hormone to get more masculine featur
by
Jasmine Andersson
Coronavirus
Young Indian Women Are Using Instagram To Tell The World How Bad ...
“I am feeling anxious,” 30-year-old Mankiran Dhillon, who lives with her parents in Delhi, tells Refinery29. “Nobody was ready for this.
by
Minreet Kaur
Global News
Asian Women On Being Sexually Objectified & Fetishised
Frankie, 26, still remembers the time a man approached her at a bus stop in west London and asked: “How much do you charge? How much for a blow job?&
by
Zing Tsjeng
Global News
Are UK Universities Racist?
Allegations of racism have plagued British universities for years, from an Oxford University student wearing a Ku Klux Klan fancy dress costume to campus s
by
Jessica Morgan
News
The Black Maternity Scandal
: Will Anything Ever Change?
In November 2020 the House of Lords and the House of Commons Joint Committee on Human Rights published the report, “Black People, Racism and Human Ri
by
Jessica Morgan
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Unbothered
Why Black Women Have A Hard Time Being Heard About Sexual Assault
Warning: This article contains descriptions of traumatic events, including rape, which some readers might find upsetting. “After I was raped, I was l
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Jessica Morgan
News
Sadiq Khan On His Plans To Make Women Feel Safer In London
Today Sadiq Khan, who is currently running to be re-elected as mayor of London on 6th May, visited a pharmacy in east London’s Newham. That pharmacy
by
Vicky Spratt
Somos Latinx
The Fight Against Femicide & Gender Violence In Latin America Con...
Women in the United States are organising demonstrations in solidarity with protests unfolding in Latin America.
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Nidia Melissa Bau...
Global News
A New Report Says Women Won’t Get Gender Equality For Another 135...
Women won’t achieve global gender equality with men for another 135.6 years, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2021 Global Gender Gap Rep
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Nick Levine
LGBTQ+
The Rise In Gender Policing Is Shaming Those It Claims To Protect
Martha, 29, is a butch cis lesbian living in London and working as an architect. For as long as she can remember, she has been made to feel that she is
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
News
This Is What R29 Readers Think About Violence Against Women
Following the national outpouring of grief and anger following the death of 33-year-old Sarah Everard, the government reopened its consultation which
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Vicky Spratt
News
Listen To Us: Let’s End Violence Against ALL Women & Girls
Following the national outpouring of grief and anger following the death of 33-year-old Sarah Everard, the government has reopened its consultation which l
by
Vicky Spratt
News
The Stark Reality Of Racism For East and South East Asian Women I...
I have cried approximately 17 times in the past fortnight, sometimes twice a day. I have cried at my desk while working. I have cried in the shower. I have
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Angela Hui
News
Extending Police Powers Cannot & Will Not End Male Violence
On the evening of Saturday 13th March, hundreds gathered on Clapham Common to mourn and express our collective rage at the killing of yet another woma
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Sisters Uncut
News
Where Was The Outrage At Police Violence Last Summer?
The disappearance of Sarah Everard, followed by the discovery of her body last week, shocked the nation. An outpouring of grief, loss and sympathy gave way
by
Jessica Morgan
News
The Reclaim These Streets Vigil In Sarah Everard’s Honour H...
Update: Following the cancellation of the Clapham Common vigil in Sarah Everard’s honour, organisers have arranged a doorstep vigil at 9.30pm on Satu
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Nick Levine
News
She Just Wanted To Walk Home
This week began with International Women’s Day, supposedly a day to celebrate. The theme this year was “choose to challenge”. But towards the
by
Vicky Spratt
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