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Gem Kirwan

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...

Niki Cleland-Hura

Revisiting Dada’s Women

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Dada – an early 20th-century art movement often dubbed ‘anti-art’ or ‘absurdist’ – emerged as a reaction...

Manon Jenkins

“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...

Anna Hall

An open letter to my TERF neighbour

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq I was minding my own business about a week ago, when my flatmate sent me a picture of a window containing...

Gem Kirwan

What the response to Turning Red reveals about attitudes towards women

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Pixar’s latest film Turning Red is an exploration of periods, puberty and growing up, depicted through...

Rachel Slater

‘Birds’ of a feather … are revolting

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Birds are little, fragile, and inconsequential. They flutter, they nest, they squawk and they don’t do a...

Karolína Kubičková

Turmoil in Poland: pro-life policies lead to death and unrest

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq Worldwide, there is a growing movement to restrict women’s sexual and reproductive health, creating a...

Elena Timoshuk

A decade after launching the Istanbul convention,

its anniversary looms over a steep decline in women’s rights and safety. Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq 2021 marked 10 years since the...

Gem Kirwan

16 Facts on Gender-Based Violence for the 16 Days of Activism

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The 25th November until the 10th December marked the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence....

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