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Category: Feminism
Powerfully Bald: Controlling the rules of femininity through hair
By Jodie Warren The deadline for our final year project proposal was getting eerily closer. Dissertation or a Performance as Research? I couldnât fathom writing […]
The Career Dilemma of Chinese women: Discrimination in Recruitment
By Dongyu Zhang A joke circulating among young Chinese female netizens is âBeing born a woman is already hard enough, but if you are unlucky […]
âRed Lips for Hot Tipsâ: Should Erotic Capital be used in the workplace?
By Ciel Chaussy Itâs a Friday night and my colleagues and I are getting ready for a busy âRed Lips for Hot Tipsâ service. Standing […]
The Good the Bad and the Ugly Truth About âPretty Privilegeâ
Webb, Constance Perhaps one of the most unnoticed social injustices has been staring us straight in the face: âpretty privilegeââŚSo, what is it? The buzz-phrase […]
Girl Boss: How does gender impact on how staff memebers feel about their bosses?
Bamsey, Lillie At the age of sixteen, I became employed at a local pub in the kitchen as a KP. My boss, a middle-aged man, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]