The guy doesn’t get the girl: The importance of female friendships in film and literature
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq From children’s fairy tales where the heroine marries the prince, to Hollywood films where the ‘guy gets...
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Gem Kirwan
Aug 28, 20234 min read
Barbie: How the patriarchy’s mascot became a feminist icon
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Barbie was never meant to be a feminist. For decades, Barbie dolls have young girls’ first encounters...
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Grace Murray
Aug 20, 20233 min read
Girl, Eating: A Very Brief History
CW: disordered eating Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq For tonight’s ‘girl dinner’: a meal fit for a cat or a rather peculiar dog. A...
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Aleyna Petts
Apr 5, 20233 min read
EmPOWERMENt: Repurposing survivor-victim language
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq For as long as I’ve been a feminist, I’ve resented the term survivor being used in gender-based violence...
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Amelia Newton
Feb 14, 20234 min read
TikTok’s “that girl” trend: motivational self-help or another capitalist tactic for consumerism?
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq From #Girlboss to ‘that girl’, society has long generated new standards by which women’s social and...
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Jemima Mowlem
May 9, 20224 min read
Finding the order in disorder
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq “If the shoe doesn’t fit, must we change the foot?” - Gloria Steinam In 2021, J.K. Rowling’s menstrual...
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Willow Courtauld
Jan 16, 20223 min read
Hepworth Reconsidered
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Barbara Hepworth, a female modernist sculptor, created abstract forms from the beginnings of the 19th...
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