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Category: She/Her

Gender & feminism to the individual & wider society

Is romance dead?: An analysis of some male reactions to chivalry

Being in your mid 20s is weird. You’re young but you know you’re not ‘young young’. Like you don’t know … More

2020, 20s, chivalry, corona virus, covid19, dating, femininity, feminism, fragile masculinity, gender, gender equality, gender roles, isolation, love, love life, man, masculinity, men, relationship, romance, sex, simp, social media, societies, tweet, tweets, twitter, woman

The difficulty in watching Love Island as a Black Woman

If tuning in results in me becoming angry and hurt about the experiences of people who look like me, I can’t and won’t be supporting it. 

beauty, black, black women, gender, ITV, LoveIsland, Race, reality tv, Samira, TV, twitter, uk, woman, Yewande

Shave it, Wax it, Pluck it: Our complicated relationship with body hair

Shaved, waxed, plucked. The weird female relationship with body hair and what that means for feminism.

beauty, body, body hair, empowerment, female, feminism, hair, hygiene, laser hair removal, self esteem, self image, shaving, waxing, Willow SMith, women

Why we need to raise our kids differently: A discussion on consent

A guide to consent

Advice, alcohol, assault, body, boundaries, clubbing, consent, current affairs, drugs, gender, harassment, life, rape, self, sex, sexual assault, social media, society, twitter, Uni, university

Is it a cause if it’s not yours? Privilege should have no place in feminism

Feminism is often I topic I try to avoid in my writing due to the raga raga drama I often … More

current affairs, economics, equality, feminism, FGM, first world, gender, history, life, lifestyle, media, news, nigeria, politics, prejudice, priviliege, Race, religion, Reni Eddo-Lodge, school, social movement, society, Sociology, violence, western world, women, work

Why are we ashamed of periods?

The wave of sweat making you question whether you sprayed deodorant that morning. The clenching fist in your abdomen. And … More

feminism, gender, mensturation, periods, religion, shopping, society, support, The Move, The Move Hub, womanhood

Big hair, don’t care

I remember being a little 5/6 year old girl and telling my Mum that I wanted ‘white people’s hair’.

afro, america, beauty, black, blackhair, braids, britain, childhood, curls, ethnic, feminine, growth, hair, health, locks, natural, naturalhair, nature, perm, relaxer, woman

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