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Peru's Nightmare: Three Months After Castillo

Jessamy Guest

Mar 25, 20234 min read

Peru's Nightmare: Three Months After Castillo

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On the 7th of December 2022, in a national broadcast, the then President of Peru, Pedro Castillo, took a...

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TikTok’s “that girl” trend: motivational self-help or another capitalist tactic for consumerism?

Amelia Newton

Feb 14, 20234 min read

TikTok’s “that girl” trend: motivational self-help or another capitalist tactic for consumerism?

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq From #Girlboss to ‘that girl’, society has long generated new standards by which women’s social and...

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Issy Clarke

Feb 9, 20233 min read

Keir Starmer’s path to No 10

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq On Sunday 15th of January Keir Starmer was pressed by Laura Kuenssberg on her Sunday morning politics...

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Jessamy Guest

Feb 8, 20234 min read

Thank God for the North East!

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq When Brazil’s new president was sworn in on January 1st, the world heaved a sigh of relief. This was not...

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The forgotten crisis: period poverty and the cost of living

Sorcha Tipping

Jan 17, 20234 min read

The forgotten crisis: period poverty and the cost of living

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Period poverty management and education, has worsened in the current economic climate with the...

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Olivia Lee

Nov 17, 20224 min read

Buffer zones: The next logical step

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq With the overturning of Roe v Wade earlier this year, it is no doubt that pro-life groups have been given...

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Hermione Byron

Nov 10, 20224 min read

Turn on, tune in, log out

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq ‘Like’ it or not, social media is reshaping our brains. In more ways than one, the internet influences...

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Beyond the generational battlefield: changing portrayals of older people through activism

Verity Limond

Nov 9, 20224 min read

Beyond the generational battlefield: changing portrayals of older people through activism

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Homeowners. Renters. Xenophobic. Cosmopolitan.Pension. Precarity. Conservative. Progressive....

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Grace Murray

Oct 25, 20223 min read

A coerced narrative

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq “I often find narrative and storytelling to be helpful.” (Margaret Akers, Life Society Meeting, Mon 17th,...

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The role of period tracking apps under the USA’s new abortion laws

Sorcha Tipping

Sep 12, 20225 min read

The role of period tracking apps under the USA’s new abortion laws

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...

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A Game of Two Halves: Football and Male Mental Health

Rosie Harrison

Jul 28, 20224 min read

A Game of Two Halves: Football and Male Mental Health

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Kenny Shiels, manager of Northern Ireland’s national women’s football team, recently drew controversy...

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America, Anti-Choicers, and Bodily Autonomy

Alex Orr

Jul 27, 20224 min read

America, Anti-Choicers, and Bodily Autonomy

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...

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Alex Orr

Jul 26, 20225 min read

Misogyny and the war on … everyone?

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...

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Daniel James

Jul 19, 20223 min read

Rugby, the North, and the Conservatives

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Last month Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, attended an...

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The overturning of Roe v Wade and Republicans’ assault on human rights

Gem Kirwan

Jul 16, 20225 min read

The overturning of Roe v Wade and Republicans’ assault on human rights

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...

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Anti-sex discourse is rife when it comes to abortion debates – and it’s killing people.

Lauren Galligan

Jul 3, 20224 min read

Anti-sex discourse is rife when it comes to abortion debates – and it’s killing people.

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...

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‘Yellow Peril’: the dangers of the subconscious and The Blindboy Podcast

Willow Courtauld

Jul 2, 20224 min read

‘Yellow Peril’: the dangers of the subconscious and The Blindboy Podcast

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I spent the evening of 21st May in a small pocket of Barcelona at the Blindboy Live Podcast. Surrounded...

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What Ricky Gervais’ Super Nature reveals about controversial comedy

Gem Kirwan

Jun 7, 20223 min read

What Ricky Gervais’ Super Nature reveals about controversial comedy

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Comedy is an art form – it may be true that a comedian’s primary goal is to make people laugh, but...

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Goodbye, BMI: the damaging health measurement that needs put to rest.

Rosie Tatham

May 21, 20224 min read

Goodbye, BMI: the damaging health measurement that needs put to rest.

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Medicine and healthcare are undeniably a key part of society, yet there are inherent flaws within our...

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Will the Russia/Ukraine crisis stimulate the transition into renewables?

Willow Courtauld

May 14, 20223 min read

Will the Russia/Ukraine crisis stimulate the transition into renewables?

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the world’s dangerous dependency on Russian oil and gas,...

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