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A poem— even with the prettiest words i couldn’t describe you the way you should be. Feeling Blue— I want words to come out of my mouth...
Kailasha Wagemans
Sep 28, 20221 min read
Breakfast at Nine & If I saw her with the ginger man I'd remember
Breakfast at Nine Saliva dominates, Her salt washed skin brushes the beads of bubbles Glistening between my hairs, She moans — the type...
Priya Basra
Sep 14, 20221 min read


The role of period tracking apps under the USA’s new abortion laws
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...
Sorcha Tipping
Sep 12, 20225 min read


“I am not a beauty for you”: Russia’s use of sexual violence as a weapon of war against Ukraine
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Across the Ukrainian city of Lviv, red posters and billboards have appeared depicting a woman standing...
Manon Jenkins
Aug 7, 20223 min read


A Game of Two Halves: Football and Male Mental Health
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Kenny Shiels, manager of Northern Ireland’s national women’s football team, recently drew controversy...
Rosie Harrison
Jul 28, 20224 min read


Mixed signals: why strikes are the least of the railway’s problems
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The die is cast. Today, and on Saturday, railway workers across Britain will strike. Three unions will be...
Sam Stevens
Jul 27, 20224 min read


America, Anti-Choicers, and Bodily Autonomy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...
Alex Orr
Jul 27, 20224 min read


Misogyny and the war on … everyone?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...
Alex Orr
Jul 26, 20225 min read


The history of early abortion bans in the United States
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...
Amy Hendrie
Jul 22, 20226 min read


Constitutional and Christian dogmatism
How Roe vs Wade’s overturning has placed the woman below the weapon Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's...
Willow Courtauld
Jul 20, 20224 min read


Rugby, the North, and the Conservatives
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Last month Nadine Dorries, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, attended an...
Daniel James
Jul 19, 20223 min read


The overturning of Roe v Wade and Republicans’ assault on human rights
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...
Gem Kirwan
Jul 16, 20225 min read


C’apt Tom’s less charitable legacy
Everyone remembers good ol’ Sir Captain Tom Moore, who raised almost £39 million to fund the NHS when the government found itself short...
Will Penkethman-Carr
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Portrait in Pain
Portrait paintings were Frida Kahlo's pain-things. Her labours of love hang as trophies of control and mocking devotion: desperate...
Hermione Byron
Jul 9, 20221 min read


Anti-sex discourse is rife when it comes to abortion debates – and it’s killing people.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq This article is part of The Broad's short series in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to...
Lauren Galligan
Jul 3, 20224 min read


‘Yellow Peril’: the dangers of the subconscious and The Blindboy Podcast
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I spent the evening of 21st May in a small pocket of Barcelona at the Blindboy Live Podcast. Surrounded...
Willow Courtauld
Jul 2, 20224 min read


New Brighton (2022): A Review
Image permissions from Helen Trevorrow and Red Dog Press We are grateful to Red Dog Press for giving us the opportunity to review New...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20223 min read


In conversation with Helen Trevorrow, author of 'New Brighton'
We are grateful to Red Dog Press for giving us the opportunity to review New Brighton and putting us in touch with Helen Trevorrow. Thank...
Flora Leask
Jun 27, 20226 min read


Encanto: Columbia gets the Disney Treatment.
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq When Disney’s Encanto was released in 2021, I was deeply curious to watch it. Having witnessed first-hand...
Flora Leask
Jun 26, 20223 min read


What Ricky Gervais’ Super Nature reveals about controversial comedy
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Comedy is an art form – it may be true that a comedian’s primary goal is to make people laugh, but...
Gem Kirwan
Jun 7, 20223 min read
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