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‘A Veil is Simply One Form of Worship’: Reflecting on Faith and Femininity as a Christian Woman
‘A Veil is Simply One Form of Worship’: Reflecting on Faith and Femininity as a Christian Woman
From Appropriation to Appreciation to Acknowledgement: How to Respectfully Engage with Other Cultures  
From Appropriation to Appreciation to Acknowledgement: How to Respectfully Engage with Other Cultures  
‘Black Because She is not White’: Navigating the Complexity of a Mixed-Race Identity
‘Black Because She is not White’: Navigating the Complexity of a Mixed-Race Identity
HEROICA + Ancestors In Training
HEROICA + Ancestors In Training
‘Class is an Extremely Complicated Subject’: Growing Up Working-Class and Why My Upward Mobility Makes Me Not Want Children
‘Class is an Extremely Complicated Subject’: Growing Up Working-Class and Why My Upward Mobility Makes Me Not Want Children
‘Jacqueline Wilson was My First Special Interest’: Reflecting on My Childhood as a Woman with a Late-Stage Autism Diagnosis
‘Jacqueline Wilson was My First Special Interest’: Reflecting on My Childhood as a Woman with a Late-Stage Autism Diagnosis
Reflections on My Dysfunctional Family
Reflections on My Dysfunctional Family
Pushing Past Homophobia and Islamophobia to Find Queer Muslim Joy
Pushing Past Homophobia and Islamophobia to Find Queer Muslim Joy
‘Sent With a Loving Kiss’: Letter Writing and Platonic Love Across Three Generations of Women    
‘Sent With a Loving Kiss’: Letter Writing and Platonic Love Across Three Generations of Women    
Swapping High Heels for Football Boots: Barbie and the Game of Men’s 5-Aside that Redefined My Feminism 
Swapping High Heels for Football Boots: Barbie and the Game of Men’s 5-Aside that Redefined My Feminism 
‘Can You Really Be a Queer Muslim?’: Intersectionality and the Complexity of Identity
‘Can You Really Be a Queer Muslim?’: Intersectionality and the Complexity of Identity
‘We Are Not Your Stereotypes’: Refusing Cultural Shame and Reclaiming My Narrative as a Balkan Woman  
‘We Are Not Your Stereotypes’: Refusing Cultural Shame and Reclaiming My Narrative as a Balkan Woman  
Love After Care: My Experience of Abuse and Homelessness, and Why We Need to Talk About Trauma
Love After Care: My Experience of Abuse and Homelessness, and Why We Need to Talk About Trauma
‘Consider What Decolonising Gender Can Look Like’: Non-Binary Ways of Being as Anti-Colonial and Abundant 
‘Consider What Decolonising Gender Can Look Like’: Non-Binary Ways of Being as Anti-Colonial and Abundant 
Family, Femininity and Me: How the Generations of Women Before Me Have Shaped My Understanding of Womanhood
Family, Femininity and Me: How the Generations of Women Before Me Have Shaped My Understanding of Womanhood
‘The Feeling of Inadequacy Doesn’t Just Disappear’: How Schooling Has Affected My Self-Esteem as a Neurodiverse Person
‘The Feeling of Inadequacy Doesn’t Just Disappear’: How Schooling Has Affected My Self-Esteem as a Neurodiverse Person
Being a Working-Class Woman at Oxford University and Why It Does Matter Where You Come From
Being a Working-Class Woman at Oxford University and Why It Does Matter Where You Come From
‘God, You’re Not One of Those Feminists, Are You?’: The Filthiest Word in England
‘God, You’re Not One of Those Feminists, Are You?’: The Filthiest Word in England
‘Who Could I Be?’: Growing into Your Power as a Multi-Dimensional Woman  
‘Who Could I Be?’: Growing into Your Power as a Multi-Dimensional Woman  
How My Disability and Queerness Intersect, and Why Marginalised Communities Should Unite and Fight
How My Disability and Queerness Intersect, and Why Marginalised Communities Should Unite and Fight
‘The World Needs to See More Trans Joy’: Using Kindness to Combat Anger and Embrace a Full Life
‘The World Needs to See More Trans Joy’: Using Kindness to Combat Anger and Embrace a Full Life
Calling All My Lipstick Lovers: Janelle Monae’s Sexy New Song is a Black Queer Bop
Calling All My Lipstick Lovers: Janelle Monae’s Sexy New Song is a Black Queer Bop
Commentary
Thinking Outside of the Field of Feminism: Six Female Philosophers You Should Know
Thinking Outside of the Field of Feminism: Six Female Philosophers You Should Know
My Uterus was the Government’s Possession: Danish Neo-Colonial Control of Greenlandic People’s Reproductive Rights
My Uterus was the Government’s Possession: Danish Neo-Colonial Control of Greenlandic People’s Reproductive Rights
How Non-Fiction Gave Me White Male Confidence: Reading as a Tool for Education and Resistance
How Non-Fiction Gave Me White Male Confidence: Reading as a Tool for Education and Resistance
‘Rest Means Thriving’: Rest as Political Resistance is the Alternative to Burnout Under Capitalism
‘Rest Means Thriving’: Rest as Political Resistance is the Alternative to Burnout Under Capitalism
‘Building Each Other Up Allows Our Communities to Build Us Up’: Why Gatekeeping Destroys Our Own Creative Potential
‘Building Each Other Up Allows Our Communities to Build Us Up’: Why Gatekeeping Destroys Our Own Creative Potential
‘Where Young Women are Gathering is Where the Fight is Being Taken’: How Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour is Championing Reproductive Rights
‘Where Young Women are Gathering is Where the Fight is Being Taken’: How Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts World Tour is Championing Reproductive Rights
‘Being a Slut Really Means You Are Untouchable’: On Shame, Power and the Reclamation of Words
‘Being a Slut Really Means You Are Untouchable’: On Shame, Power and the Reclamation of Words
‘Rebellion is at the Core of All Friendships’: How Platonic Relationships Detach Us From Capitalism and Patriarchy
‘Rebellion is at the Core of All Friendships’: How Platonic Relationships Detach Us From Capitalism and Patriarchy
Trans Joy is Not Enough: Why it is Time to be Angry About Injustice
Trans Joy is Not Enough: Why it is Time to be Angry About Injustice
Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version): Why *That* Lyric Change is Not the Empowering Feminist Statement You Think It Is 
Better Than Revenge (Taylor’s Version): Why *That* Lyric Change is Not the Empowering Feminist Statement You Think It Is 
‘The End of the World?’ Youth in the Age of Climate Change and Anxiety  
‘The End of the World?’ Youth in the Age of Climate Change and Anxiety  
What I Learned Going Viral on Right-Wing Twitter as a Trans Person, Educator and Activist
What I Learned Going Viral on Right-Wing Twitter as a Trans Person, Educator and Activist
Rishi Sunak’s War on Trans Children and Seeing the Return of Thatcher’s Britain to Schools as a Teacher
Rishi Sunak’s War on Trans Children and Seeing the Return of Thatcher’s Britain to Schools as a Teacher
‘We Have a Lot to Celebrate. We Have a Lot to Fight’: My Experience of Being LGBTQ+ and a Teacher
‘We Have a Lot to Celebrate. We Have a Lot to Fight’: My Experience of Being LGBTQ+ and a Teacher
‘Even In Death, We Aren’t Safe From Them’: Who Protects Women When Our Emergency Services Are Systemically Corrupt?
‘Even In Death, We Aren’t Safe From Them’: Who Protects Women When Our Emergency Services Are Systemically Corrupt?
It’s Time to Regain Power Over Digital Representation: A Look at AI ‘Art’ Generators and Predatory Image-Making
It’s Time to Regain Power Over Digital Representation: A Look at AI ‘Art’ Generators and Predatory Image-Making
‘How Women Brought Peace to Northern Ireland’: Remembering the Legacy of Women on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
‘How Women Brought Peace to Northern Ireland’: Remembering the Legacy of Women on the 25th Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement
‘Not One More’: Reflecting on Poland’s 2020 Abortion Ban Three Years On
‘Not One More’: Reflecting on Poland’s 2020 Abortion Ban Three Years On
‘To Save Women, the World Needs Women to Lead the Way’: How Climate Injustice and Gender Intersect
‘To Save Women, the World Needs Women to Lead the Way’: How Climate Injustice and Gender Intersect
‘The Oppression Dalit Women Face is an Intersectional Issue’: The Modern and Historic Oppression of India’s Women in the Caste System
‘The Oppression Dalit Women Face is an Intersectional Issue’: The Modern and Historic Oppression of India’s Women in the Caste System
‘Toilet Cubicles are a Strange Hybrid’: Graffiti as a Medium of Political Action
‘Toilet Cubicles are a Strange Hybrid’: Graffiti as a Medium of Political Action
‘Rat Infestations, Mould and Poor Plumbing? Sounds Like a You Problem’: How Landlords Exploit the Inexperienced Position of Student Renters
‘Rat Infestations, Mould and Poor Plumbing? Sounds Like a You Problem’: How Landlords Exploit the Inexperienced Position of Student Renters
Wellness
Catastrophising Causes Chaos: The Power of Perception in Transforming My Mental Health
Catastrophising Causes Chaos: The Power of Perception in Transforming My Mental Health
An In-Depth Conversation About Abortion: One Month After
An In-Depth Conversation About Abortion: One Month After
Borderline Personality Disorder in the Capital City: My Journey to Finding Clarity in the Chaos of London
Borderline Personality Disorder in the Capital City: My Journey to Finding Clarity in the Chaos of London
‘I Felt Ashamed and Unworthy of Love’: My HPV Diagnosis and Overcoming Internalised Misogyny and STI Stigma
‘I Felt Ashamed and Unworthy of Love’: My HPV Diagnosis and Overcoming Internalised Misogyny and STI Stigma
‘You Can Still Do What You Love’: Learning to Adjust to Life with an Early-Onset Arthritis Diagnosis   
‘You Can Still Do What You Love’: Learning to Adjust to Life with an Early-Onset Arthritis Diagnosis   
‘Progress is an Irregular Path’: Chronic Fatigue and Learning to Live Life Slowly
‘Progress is an Irregular Path’: Chronic Fatigue and Learning to Live Life Slowly
Mood Swings, Hormone Imbalances and Dangerous Dieting: My Eating Disorder Journey
Mood Swings, Hormone Imbalances and Dangerous Dieting: My Eating Disorder Journey
‘Finding the Beauty in Abnormality’: My Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome   
‘Finding the Beauty in Abnormality’: My Diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome   
‘Grief Comes with Any Long-Term Chronic Illness’: Learning to Slow Down and Live with Autoimmune Disease
‘Grief Comes with Any Long-Term Chronic Illness’: Learning to Slow Down and Live with Autoimmune Disease
Happy Girl Winter: How to Overcome Seasonal Depressive Disorder
Happy Girl Winter: How to Overcome Seasonal Depressive Disorder
How Using a Menstrual Cup Reconnected Me with My Body and Period as a Non-Binary Person
How Using a Menstrual Cup Reconnected Me with My Body and Period as a Non-Binary Person
‘More Than Just Social Connections’: The Power of Female Friendships as a Source of Strength, Empowerment and Understanding  
‘More Than Just Social Connections’: The Power of Female Friendships as a Source of Strength, Empowerment and Understanding  
‘I Didn’t Have My Anchor Anymore’: Navigating Parental Loss in your Twenties and the Power of the Present Moment in Processing Grief
‘I Didn’t Have My Anchor Anymore’: Navigating Parental Loss in your Twenties and the Power of the Present Moment in Processing Grief
‘Chronic Pain Does Not Acknowledge Deadlines’: Work-Life Balance and Redefining Success To Accommodate Illness and Disability
‘Chronic Pain Does Not Acknowledge Deadlines’: Work-Life Balance and Redefining Success To Accommodate Illness and Disability
‘Women are More Likely to get Thyroid Disease, Is that Why it’s Overlooked?’ My Experience of Primary Care Mismanagement
‘Women are More Likely to get Thyroid Disease, Is that Why it’s Overlooked?’ My Experience of Primary Care Mismanagement
Did My Peace Lie in Spirituality, Religion or Science? Trying to Cope with the Death of a Friend
Did My Peace Lie in Spirituality, Religion or Science? Trying to Cope with the Death of a Friend
‘Nobody Deserves To Be Convinced Into Silencing Their Body’s Pain’: My Endometriosis Story
‘Nobody Deserves To Be Convinced Into Silencing Their Body’s Pain’: My Endometriosis Story
‘My Adolescence was Dictated by Epilepsy’: Looking Back at My Illness and Learning to Face My Fears as an Adult
‘My Adolescence was Dictated by Epilepsy’: Looking Back at My Illness and Learning to Face My Fears as an Adult
‘Complacently May Be Comfortable, But It’s A Trap’: Why Growing Up and Growing Apart Should be Celebrated, Not Side-Stepped
‘Complacently May Be Comfortable, But It’s A Trap’: Why Growing Up and Growing Apart Should be Celebrated, Not Side-Stepped
‘To Experience New Motherhood is to Experience a Type of Grief’: How The Birth of My Daughter Made Me Think About Death
‘To Experience New Motherhood is to Experience a Type of Grief’: How The Birth of My Daughter Made Me Think About Death
‘I Thought Recovery was Supposed to be Permanent’: Mental Health Is Not Binary, Fixed or Linear 
‘I Thought Recovery was Supposed to be Permanent’: Mental Health Is Not Binary, Fixed or Linear 
Body, Mind and Soul: Meditations on Authentic Alignment for a Lighter Life
Body, Mind and Soul: Meditations on Authentic Alignment for a Lighter Life

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