A big fat shame: how we castigate people based on their weight and what lies behind our fat hatred?
Instagram and its parent company Facebook are due to update their policies on nudity. The reason? To help end discrimination against plus-size bodies on its platforms and to ensure all…
‘Savage x Fenty’: the future of fashion
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Naomi Wolf originally published her ground-breaking book, The Beauty Myth, in 1990. In it, she described how women in their continued push for equality are perceived as…
Mansplaining WAP: the misogynistic response to women’s sexual empowerment
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson From Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, two indomitable rappers at the top of their game, comes WAP. If you, like me, listened to it on repeat,…
#PublishingPaidMe and racial inequality in the publishing industry
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Following the surge in the Black Lives Matter movement, calls for change across the world have been frequent and loud. However, you may be unfamiliar with the…
Why I’m not expecting black people to talk about race
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson In her seminal work Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge conveys her frustration at her attempts to explain structural racism to…
Biden has to prove he is capable of making the promises of change a reality
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson Following George Floyd’s death, and the subsequent protest marches, the US has become even more divided– between those fighting for change, versus those fighting to sustain the…
White silence is no longer an option
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson The murder of George Floyd has seen people across the world mobilise in acts of solidarity on an unprecedented scale. It has managed to create greater awareness…
The UK Government’s deafening silence is complicity of the highest order
Illustrations by Hannah Robinson On Sunday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab decided to change the job description of one of the Great Offices of State, in order to appease a racist. When…
What can we learn about COVID-19 from the 430BC Athenian Plague?
Illustration by Felix Pawlyn This time round, will the pandemic be a case of survival of the fitness or the richest? The 430BC Athenian plague is our earliest ever record…
Is whiteness integral to the name of Bond?
Recent popular speculation that James Bond might soon be portrayed by a black man has met a surprising and disappointing amount of resistance. The arguments put forward by the members…
White people need to listen in Black History Month
Black History Month was originally started as “Negro History Week” in 1926 by historian Carter G. Woodson. Initially, it was intended to be taught only in black schools, as an…
The eye opening limbo of ethnic ambiguity
Being pale and mixed-race, you see interesting manifestations of racism. This was foregrounded to me this week when a comment was left on my article about the Warwick rape threats,…