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The Treatment Of Angela Rayner Shows Parliament Has Serious Sexism Problems
Vicky Spratt
28 Apr 2022
Unbothered
How I’m Saving Myself From Burnout While Fighting For Change In The UK
Evie Muir
18 Apr 2022
Global News
“I Just Want To Live”: A Pregnant Surrogate In Ukraine Speaks Out
Lizzie Cernik
16 Mar 2022
Somos Latinx
Even if She Doesn’t Become President of Colombia, Francia M...
Born in Colombia’s gold-panning river town of La Toma in 1982, Francia Márquez Mina grew up amid poverty and armed conflict, with few prospects ahead of
by
Christina Noriega
Homepage
How You Can Help The People Of Ukraine
The world has watched on with outrage and horror as the crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold. Last month, Russian forces began invading the sovereign east
by
Alicia Vrajlal
Unbothered
Birmingham’s First Black Woman MP Promises She “Won...
When Paulette Hamilton, a former nurse, grandmother of six and “local champion” was sworn in as the new MP for Birmingham Erdington earlier thi
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L'Oréal Blackett
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Health News
Abortion In England Has Taken A “Serious Step Backwards”
Women’s health and abortion experts fear anti-choice politicians and anti-abortion campaigners have stopped the government following medical adv
by
Vicky Spratt
News
Frustrated By The Prince Andrew Settlement? Then You’re Mis...
The story of Prince Andrew, Duke of York’s proximity to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has finally reached a conclusion in the form of a settleme
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Vicky Spratt
News
When You Are Constantly Being Lied To, How Can You Hold Onto Your...
It was Mark Twain who said: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” Well, regardless of whether you’re lying or not,
by
Vicky Spratt
Health News
This Good News About Abortion In England Is A Game Changer
Today, the government made an announcement that abortion campaigners have long hoped it would make. It will allow at-home early medical abortion (also know
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Vicky Spratt
Coronavirus
My Fiancé Died Alone From Cancer While I Obeyed Lockdown Rules
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lotte Bowser (@lottebowser) On 20th May 2020 – a sunny, late spring lockdown afternoon – the leader of our
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Lotte Bowser
Health News
Government Confirms UK Healthcare Is Sexist. Here Are The Key Fin...
These days, it’s hard to keep up with the news. It feels like there hasn’t been a ‘quiet’ week since around 2015, before the EU referendum,
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Vicky Spratt
Alcohol & Culture
The Truth About Drink Spiking At Universities
Introducing Fancy Another? – a weeklong series on what young women’s drinking culture in the UK looks like in 2022, with zero percent judgement.
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
Work Stress Made Me Self-Harm: The Grim State Of UK Midwifery
Leah* is a 27-year-old midwife with six years’ experience. But the stress of the job has forced her to take a step back and she is now studying part-time
by
Ellie Broughton
Politics
What Student Sex Workers Want You To Know
“If you don’t like the idea of students having to sell sex, we have a suggestion for you! Fight for cheaper rents, the return of grants, and higher
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Cerys Turner
Feminism
The Lingering Impact Of The ‘Hysterical Female’ Trope...
Sitting by the pool with a group of friends, my crush spits on my face. As a 16-year-old who watches too many Jesse McCartney film clips, he meets all my c
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Nicole Singh
News
A Young Woman Refugee On What It’s Actually Like To Cross T...
It was after midnight on Christmas Day 2018. Zainab Sadat Hossaini, who was then just 17 years old, stood on a freezing cold beach, likely near the village
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
The Great Morning After Pill Rip-Off
The high street giant Boots faces a backlash after putting emergency contraception (or the morning after pill) on offer for Black Friday. Instead of chargi
by
Vicky Spratt
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LGBTQ+
I Made A BBC Doc About Trans Teens. The Company’s Transphob...
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Charlie Craggs (@charlie_craggs) I’m Charlie Craggs, the author of To My Trans Sisters – an anthology of e
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Charlie Craggs
News
Why Ubers Are Harder To Get & What This Means For Women’s S...
Ubers are harder to book than ever thanks to a lack of drivers, fuel shortage and increasing demand. And it’s making young women in the UK feel unsafe. &
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Sadhbh O'Sullivan
Health News
The Shameful Reason Young Women Are Being Forced To Pay For The Pill
NHS contraception waiting times are driving women to buy oral hormonal contraception privately when they could be accessing it for free via the NHS where t
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
How The Pandemic Has Exacerbated The Threat Posed By Incels
In the wake of the Plymouth shootings in August 2021, experts from the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (
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Vicky Spratt
Living
Cities Are Sexist & Aren’t Designed To Keep Women Safe. Her...
Could urban planning help keep women safe? Are cities sexist? Unless you are a housing nerd like me, these are probably not questions that you’ve ever se
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Vicky Spratt
News
The Lasting Trauma Of Being Raped In My First Term At University
All this week on Refinery29 we are looking at the ongoing problem of sexual assault at UK universities and giving a platform to the students calling for ch
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Anonymous
News
Sharking: The Grim Practice Where Older Students Prey On Freshers
All this week on Refinery29 we are looking at the ongoing problem of sexual assault at UK universities and giving a platform to the students calling for ch
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Cerys Turner
News
Toxic Environments, Nonexistent Support & Factories Of Trauma: It...
All this week on Refinery29 we are looking at the ongoing problem of sexual assault at UK universities and giving a platform to the students calling for ch
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Vicky Spratt
News
Women Aren’t “Forgetting” To Have Children. The...
Here I am. A 33-year-old woman with two degrees and something resembling “a career”, sitting at my laptop and trying to write this article for
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Vicky Spratt
News
It’s Easy For Young Women To Not Want To Live In The UK Rig...
Did you follow the government’s annual get-together at Conservative Party Conference? No? Let me fill you in. Boris Johnson convened his mostly male cabi
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
Sisters Uncut: The Police Do Not Protect Us & It’s Time To ...
On Wednesday 29th September 2021, five months after Wayne Couzens murdered Sarah Everard, Sisters Uncut gathered outside the Old Bailey where he was being
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Sisters Uncut
News
“The System Is Rotten To The Core”: What Will It Take...
It is haunting. We now know, because of details from her murderer’s sentencing hearing, that the abduction which led to Sarah Everard’s death happened
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Vicky Spratt
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