Dead Girls: gender violence and the radical imagination for Book Week Scotland
CW: Gender-based violence As Carolina Orloff, co-founder of Edinburgh-based Charco Press, softly reads the epilogue to Selva Almada’s Chicas muertas (‘Dead Girls’), the effect is piercing. Though panels such as…
The Isolation Series: confessions of a reluctant runner
I want to begin with the disclaimer that for many, coping with mental health is not as easy as stepping out the door. Moreover, exercise is not easily accessible to…
A level-pawing: placing our pets on the same level as family
Sat at my desk, obsessively refreshing news updates and anxiously waiting for emails, I’m suddenly provided with a welcome moment of solace by the nonchalant plodding of ginger paws across…
Equality in enterprise: Avon and the future of women in business
Despite being the brainchild of an American travelling salesman in the 19th century, Avon has evolved to become a company run by women, for women: 99% of Avon’s reps globally…
What The Circle has taught us about online safety and online mainstream acceptance
A lesbian pretending to be straight, a 40-something woman disguised as her son, a model passing herself off as a less intimidating girl-next door and a black girl masked behind…
Small Town Syndrome: Finding Liberation in the City
If you were to type ‘small-town syndrome’ into your search bar you’d be likely to come across one of two rather opposing definitions. The first: an inflated sense of self…
Is exploitation in the fashion industry a feminist issue?
Fashion is historically regarded as a gendered industry with women making up the majority of both consumers and producers. However, in the current climate of body positivity campaigns and protest…
From Nigeria to Norway: can the penal system be done right?
Regarding vastly antithetical prison systems one can look no further than the contrast between Nigeria and Norway. Whilst Nigeria uses its prisons as a means of removing ‘criminals’ from the…