Across many parts of the world a women’s menstrual cycle is surrounded by stigma and disrespect and this widespread belief that it’s ‘dirty’ and something to be ashamed of is forcing women to hide and partake in often unsafe practises. Binti are on a mission to dispel any myths surrounding menstruation and ensure that the power...Read More
2016 is sadly shaping up to be a year that will be remembered for division and discrimination. With the UK having voted to leave the EU in July and now the US election looming, a message of togetherness is incredibly important and fervently needed. Describing themselves as “the home for badass women” fashion and lifestyle...Read More
Despite persistent inequality between men and women in our society, the achievement of women’s right to vote was a big step towards bridging that inequality, moving this country away from the sexism, prejudice and bigotry of an aggressively patriarchal society. Women were legitimate people who deserved a say in politics and an opinion on how...Read More
I’ve never believed in God as such, but when I was younger and felt that my life was awful I used to blame an unseen higher force for all my woes. It was easier to have something to aim all my anger at, to assign every misfortune, mistake and problem to a person or being...Read More
The debate around dressing for work hit the headlines last month, with high heels taking centre stage. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) came under fire for sending temporary receptionist Nicola Thorp home for not wearing shoes with the required ‘two to four inch heel’. The debate erupted in the press and on social media, culminating with Julia Roberts leading...Read More
Over the past couple of weeks the internet has been awash with campaigns, tweets and articles urging Disney to give Elsa a girlfriend in Frozen 2. The campaign comes from the growing frustration of a lack of diversity from the production company – instead giving us countless white, heterosexual relationships. Putting this type of pressure...Read More
I’m no extreme feminist, however in the last year or so Twitter has heightened my interest in feminism. After months of observing boys on Twitter making bold statements such as “girls shouldn’t be able to do this or that” or “girls with no tits are basically men”, I started to get a little fed up. I...Read More
The whole tampon tax issue has been in the press for a while now and it isn’t going away. After much lobbying and petition signing last week the government narrowly won a vote to block a call to remove the 5% tampon tax. Currently, tampons are still subject to the EU tax; meaning that us...Read More
When I first heard that Hollywood were investing so much time and money into Suffragette – the story of Maud Watts played by Carey Mulligan, a foot soldier in the war on equality and women’s rights to vote, I was genuinely shocked that it was finally happening. I could feel the excitement building inside of me;...Read More
You may have seen the video that has recently gone viral popping up all over your social media profiles and for once it’s a viral video with an actual message – a message about love, all kinds of love. When people talk about love most people imagine the love they are accustomed to; how could...Read More
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