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"Nunca más sin nosotras": Chile's fight for women's rights - by Camille Saunders

"Nunca más sin nosotras": Chile's fight for women's rights - by Camille Saunders

by Camille Saunders TW: mentions of gender based violence, death and rape In 2020, “Nunca más sin nosotras” (“never again without us women”) captioned the wave of unrest gripping Chile’s streets, with more than a million women protesting for equal rights. La Coordinadora Feminista 8M, the country’s largest

Canada 32 years after the École Polytechnique Massacre - by Camille Saunders

Canada 32 years after the École Polytechnique Massacre - by Camille Saunders

TW: mention of domestic violence, non-explicit Fourteen beams of light, one for each victim of the École Polytechnique Massacre, was shone into the sky above Mount Royal in Quebec on Monday night, commemorating the anti-feminist mass shooting of the 6thof December 1989. Having entered the École Polytechnique de Montréal, the

What does the Italian Hate Crime Bill really mean for personal freedom? - by Camille Saunders

What does the Italian Hate Crime Bill really mean for personal freedom? - by Camille Saunders

by Camille Saunders Last year, the Italian parliament’s lower house approved a progressive bill that would classify all acts of violence based on gender, sexual orientation or disability as a hate-crime. This was nicknamed the Zan bill, after Alessandro Zan, who is both a lawmaker for the Democratic Party

The #metoo backlash: the latest brand of gaslighting survivors into silence - by Camille Saunders

by Camille Saunders NB: this article speaks in cis/heteronormative terms, but the victim-survivor can be of any gender, as can the perpetrator, and all situations are equally valid and harmful both to the individual and society Since the Year of the Woman in 2018, women’s rights have repeatedly

.docx My emotionally ab*sive relationship - Bianca St Pierre

.docx My emotionally ab*sive relationship - Bianca St Pierre

by Bianca St Pierre NB: .docx is a segment where writers can express their true experiences to encourage others to speak about their own. Readers are advised to continue at their own discretion and heed trigger warnings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TW: emotional ab*se, s*icide references Usually, when I write I

Femininity in "All About My Mother" - by Camille Saunders

Femininity in "All About My Mother" - by Camille Saunders

Please keep scrolling for the original Spanish below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Pedro Almodóvar’s film ‘Everything About My Mother’ [1999], femininity and the lives of women are some of the work’s key themes. Not only do they reflect the female psyche, but also the social scars of the Franco dictatorship

Women and work: how the washing machine paved the way for women's liberation - by Tessa Todd-Hinton VII

Women and work: how the washing machine paved the way for women's liberation - by Tessa Todd-Hinton VII

There is a lot of debate around how technology and new inventions changed the lives of women; some people cite the popularisation of contraception, the legalisation of abortion, or the ability to go to university, as the most crucial factors for women’s liberation in the US. However, in a

Seven Lives and a Dream: capturing feminism in 1980s India - by Aaniya Vaswani

Seven Lives and a Dream: capturing feminism in 1980s India - by Aaniya Vaswani

During the late 1970s in India, a woman named Hardeep Kaur was murdered, burnt alive, at the age of 21. She was one of 200 brides-to-be that year who were murdered, victims of dowry deaths. Dowry deaths are a phenomenon still present in India and other south Asian countries today,

The Paradox of the Internalised Male Gaze - by Ash Prabaharan

The Paradox of the Internalised Male Gaze - by Ash Prabaharan

“You are a woman with a man inside of you. You are your own voyeur.” - Margaret Atwood The term ‘internal male gaze’, pioneered by film critic and feminist Laura Mulvey in her essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, has revolutionised the way women define and view themselves. The male

The rise (and fall) of the GirlBoss - by Esmee Brooke

The rise (and fall) of the GirlBoss - by Esmee Brooke

In 2014, Nasty Gal founder and self-made businesswoman Sofia Amoruso published her memoir, entitled “#Girlboss”. According to Amoruso, a “girlboss” is “someone who has big dreams and is willing to work hard for them.” [https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a12716/nastygal-sophia-amorusa-girl-boss/] The term went viral on twitter, becoming a

No Grammar is Neuter - by Maddie Stoll

No Grammar is Neuter - by Maddie Stoll

“There’s not a man I meet but doth salute me. As if I were their well-acquainted friend.” The Comedy of Errors, Act IV Scene II - by William Shakespeare This quote from The Comedy of Errors has a lot to say about the power of grammar. In a couple

Blanche duBois is a weak, vulnerable and, ultimately, passive victim - by Camille Saunders

Blanche duBois is a weak, vulnerable and, ultimately, passive victim - by Camille Saunders

Vivien Leigh as Blanche duBois in "Streetcar Named Desire" leaning against a doorframe in a lacey dress, smokingTo agree with this comment is to wholly misjudge Williams’ intentions when writing the character of Blanche DuBois, and instead perpetuates the cruel impassivity and total lack of empathy so emblematic of the

How the lyrics of Jorja Smith reflects Carter's ideas of female identity - by Camille Saunders

How the lyrics of Jorja Smith reflects Carter's ideas of female identity - by Camille Saunders

Jorja Smith applies red lipstick, taken from the music video for her song "Beautiful Little Fools"In both “Beautiful Little Fools” by Jorja Smith and “The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories” by Angela Carter, female identity is seen as being quenched by male superiority, for example by the oppression of

Essi Siamevi - Bilingualism, colonialism and feminism: what's the link? - by Camille Saunders

Essi Siamevi - Bilingualism, colonialism and feminism: what's the link? - by Camille Saunders

Keep scrolling for original French interview below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Firstly, regarding French, how would you say bilingualism has helped you, for example at work? I would say that speaking French helped me mostly when I was working in France, not so much when I started working in England, but in any

A Competitive Edge: COVID-19 is Transforming the Way We Think about Female Leadership - by Sukhi Suresh

A Competitive Edge: COVID-19 is Transforming the Way We Think about Female Leadership - by Sukhi Suresh

5 female leaders stand smiling and giving speeches, including Jacinda Ardern and Angela MerkelPicture 1, Source: The Guardian During these unprecedented times, we are witnessing a change in our perceptions about what constitutes a powerful leadership strategy. Countries with female leaders have suffered six times fewer confirmed deaths from the