by Camilla Beghin Summer 2020, Covid-19 shut the world down. Why not restart dating then? Needless to say, I realised soon that Covid had changed […]
Author: Barbara Jane Elliott
Why do I recommend Beauvoir’s The Second Sex?
by Junyi Xu As a male, it is strange for people to hear me say that I am a feminist. Women are curious about the […]
ââSay good-bye to gender stereotypeââ: how is gender portrayed in the lyrics of pop music?
by Stephanie Pang Music is seen as an expressive tool where individuals can express their emotions. We often use music for many different purposes e.g. […]
Post-Lockdown Femininity Fears: The Return of Revenge Dressing!
by Ellie Gibb Ditch the joggers, switch off the X-BOX, put down the pint and slap on some lippy. Is that how you do it? […]
Gender, the guitar and why people wonât stop calling Wet-Leg âIndustry Plantsâ
by Johnny Hurst Following CPB-Londonâs recent âimagine aâ campaign:[1] picture a guitarist. Are they a man? They shouldnât be. Not only should you not assume […]
Does university rugby culture reinforce hegemonic masculinity?
by Olivia Heathfield âAll the freshers have to down pints⌠eat cat food, and lots of other random thingsâ (Dempster, 2009:490). Hegemonic masculinity is a […]
Incel culture: How a neo-masculinity challenges traditional notions of hegemonic masculinity
by Sophie Houghton TW – Sexual Abuse, Threats of Violence, Mass Violence Source: New America “Misogynist incel men have advocated for the legalization of violent […]
Will a womanâs work ever be done? Not when it involves doing housework and doing gender
by Paula Lovelock Finding myself living in a London house-share with four guys in the mid-1990s, it only took a few weeks before I went […]
âIâm not like other girlsâ
by Paige Parsons …Hmm, not like other girls, or a case of internalised misogyny? Since I was little, I have heard this comment voiced from […]
#MeToo Social Movement and the Improvement of Womenâs Awareness about Gender Equality
by Wenjie Huang Can social media drive a new wave of feminism? I believe that social media has made the new wave of feminism becomes […]