The idea of victimhood is simply a social construct. The Criminal Justice System (CJS), the media and the public all play a part in...

TW: racism, fatphobia, misogyny, mental health, self-harm Stephanie Yeboah is a blogger, Instagram queen and fat-acceptance advocate. In...

TW: sexual assault, murder, prostitution, violence, mental illness. Marsha P. Johnson was an American drag queen and transgender gay...

My biological clock broke years ago. I don’t remember a day in my life I've wanted children. To carry them, birth them, feed them, raise...

Public sexual harassment (PSH) is an invasion of privacy, without consent, period. In the UK, individuals have the right to respect for a...

TW: Sexual Assault, Misogyny, Mental Health, Racism and Grief The adoring critics’ comments and praise on the cover of Bernardine...

TW: Mental Health Discussion In the UK, around 1 in 6 adults and 1 in 10 young people have a common mental health problem. Yet, the...

A few years ago, when I was at university, I went through a phase of being more adventurous than usual in my outfit choices. I distinctly...

Feminism today does make me crack a smile. To see how far we’ve come, looking back through the years, the decades, and even the...

“You look exotic. I like it.” are words that came from my high school crush. Back then I believed it was meant to be a compliment but...

Monday (19th April) marked the beginning of National Stalking Awareness Week, so we’ve put together an Our Streets Now...

‘Do you now condemn what he does?’ On the 26th February 2015, Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow asked the above question to Asim Qureshi,...

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”. This is something I heard countless times growing up. It taught me...

I had the pleasure of emailing Ivy over a couple of days to pose a couple of questions. She is the head of the Our Streets Now Activism...

Henrietta Lacks, born Loretta Pleasant in August 1920, in Roanoke, Virginia, was nicknamed ‘Hennie’ as a young girl. Her mother passed...

TW: Mental Health, Sexual Harassment and Assault UN Women UK released research that highlighted 97% of young women have been subjected to...

When I think about strong cultural representations of older women, it is Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale that I turn...

The Hijab Ban, the Burqa Ban, and Burkini ban! Freedom of speech laws allowing for the mockery of the final prophet and so much more. It...

TW: Sexual harassment and assault. Picture this: you’re on a night out with your friends at the SU (pre Covid, obvs). You all make your...

A personal essay TW: Fat-phobia and misogyny I was often told growing up, by adults, peers and strangers alike, that I was mature for my...