‘Being a Slut Really Means You Are Untouchable’: On Shame, Power and the Reclamation of Words
‘Even In Death, We Aren’t Safe From Them’: Who Protects Women When Our Emergency Services Are Systemically Corrupt?
‘Even in death, we aren’t safe from them.’ This is a comment left on an account on TikTok titled Feminism4everyone. It didn’t take long for the ‘them’ to register as men, and although I am aware of the violence against women men can perpetuate, nothing could’ve prepared me for the story the comment was referring to. Be warned, the next paragraph is very distressing…
Ratifying The Istanbul Convention into Law: What This Means for the Prevention of Violence Against Women in the UK
In July of this year, then Home Secretary Priti Patel ratified the Istanbul Convention. After ten years of delay by our government, with effect from the 1st of November 2022 the UK agreed to update its legal and global position on the prevention and protection of women in the UK from all forms of violence and, crucially, domestic violence…