Madeleine Williams explores the trending hashtag #notallmen. Did this hashtag derail a necessary conversation about women’s rights or is it (as WIkipedia notes), a social movement against generalisations?
“If you want to work like a slave there’s work, otherwise, you’re out”: The invisible migrant workforce behind Europe’s vegetables
The Almeria province in Spain produces around 3.5 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables per year, with over half of this being exported. The region has been branded ‘sea of plastic’ due to the abundance […]
Stockpiling: We’ve all gone bananas
Over the past few weeks, empty shelves have become an accepted feature of our everyday lives. Toilet roll, flour and pasta have become more valuable than ever before. The chances of securing an online delivery […]
COVID-19 is no deterrent for paparazzi
This long Easter Weekend has been a bombardment of messaging instructing the ‘masses’ of the necessity of staying home. This is a necessary, if not somewhat condescending, message to the vast majority of people abiding […]
COVID-19: The Return of Eco-Fascism
At a time as bleak as this, it’s only natural to look for a ray of hope. For many of us, that appeared when photos surfaced on Twitter of dolphins and swans returning to canals […]
COVID-19 confirms a shift in politics – but not to the left
On 23rd March, Steve Baker, the Conservative MP for Wycombe, delivered one of the most important parliamentary speeches of the last fifty years. In it, he argued that the “lockdown” of the United Kingdom was […]
Has COVID-19 ushered in the epoch of data surveillance?
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.” -George Orwell, 1984 The obvious lesson that has emerged so far in what are the early […]
Beyond International Women’s Day
Last International Women’s day, I sat, overwhelmed by the gravity of everything that had led up the 8th March 2019. The space I inhabit, the breadth of it, the freedom within it, shaped by the […]
Classic Dom: How Long Can Cummings’ No. 10 Power Grab Continue?
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.” – Sun Tzu, The Art of War. Dominic Cummings is known to be a fan of Sun Tzu, but the events of […]
You Have To Stop Flying – The Climate Won’t Wait
In two weeks time I am due to fly to Rome for a weekend away. At first I was really excited but as the trip has approached I have felt increasingly guilty over the flight […]
Here’s Why Slang Should Not Be Verboten
Schools across the country, mostly in urban areas including London, have being prohibiting students from using slang such as ‘peng’, ‘calm’ and ‘fam.’ Immediately, I remembered my first day at my new secondary school in Sheffield […]
COP25: Discussions In The Face Of A Climate Emergency
At the 2015 Paris Agreements, it was decided that the planet could only survive a 1.5 degree rise in global temperature. Any higher and experts warned of the catastrophic impacts. Five years later, as world […]