‘Can You Really Be a Queer Muslim?’: Intersectionality and the Complexity of Identity
‘Class is an Extremely Complicated Subject’: Growing Up Working-Class and Why My Upward Mobility Makes Me Not Want Children
I’m not even sure if children are something I’ll want. And maybe the fact that the idea of my children having more privilege or advantage than I did does not fill me with joy is a sign that I shouldn’t have them. My socio-economic beliefs and politics are so passionate that the thought of having children who are removed from that experience, who never have to scrimp and avoid any form of waste, repels me…
Being a Working-Class Woman at Oxford University and Why It Does Matter Where You Come From
Competition is high, and the work culture is unhealthy. All of that is difficult to deal with, but all of it is reasonably expected. The issue at hand is that, on top of the academic adjustment that all students have to undergo, working-class students, specifically working-class women, have to undergo an entire additional social and cultural scathing…
‘Feminism Isn’t Feminism Unless It’s Intersectional and Representational’: How Japanese Literature Reignited my Feminist Flame
Some people think that because we had a female prime minister and it’s generally frowned upon to catcall, we live in a post-feminist era. A worrying number of people seem to agree women are more equal than they were before (yes, in some parts of the world) and so feminism is no longer a pressing issue. Immersing myself in the world of contemporary Japanese women helped me realise just how far we have to go to achieve genuine equality for women everywhere…