‘Being a Slut Really Means You Are Untouchable’: On Shame, Power and the Reclamation of Words
Trans Joy is Not Enough: Why it is Time to be Angry About Injustice
Trans genocide is happening. I thought by having unashamedly trans joy would show these perpetrators that they cannot tear us down, but this is not the language they speak. They do not speak of joy, or love, or respect. They speak of hate…
‘We Have a Lot to Celebrate. We Have a Lot to Fight’: My Experience of Being LGBTQ+ and a Teacher
As an English teacher, I often consider myself a storyteller that is limited to retelling the stories of dead white men. I wrote to Heroica to tell my story; hopefully I'll be able to do that with their help. I am going to focus on the everyday life of gender-queer or questioning people in schools. To do so, I want to focus on a recent exchange…
‘The Oppression Dalit Women Face is an Intersectional Issue’: The Modern and Historic Oppression of India’s Women in the Caste System
In South Asian culture, the caste system is used to justify unfair treatment against groups due to a combination of race, gender and class. Although the system itself is thousands of years old, it remains a relevant issue: violence and prejudices are still committed on the basis of caste. Casteism is a form of prejudice that isn’t widely seen as such, and its negative impacts are often dismissed due to it being a cultural structure…