Content warning: explicit descriptions of sexual harassment and assault Ask any girl group if they’ve experienced sexual harassment and you’ll be bombarded by a plethora of stories, ranging from anecdotes of catcalling to Trump-style...
Content warning: mention of mental health and suicide. Former Love Island contestant Mike Thalassitis was reported to have died in a North London park on 15 March 2019 Thalassistis is the second contestant to have allegedly died by suicide,...
No. A simple word that inspires so much fear for young adults. There seems to be constant pressure from friends, family, university, and work to do it all: socialise and study and work and sleep and exercise and look happy all at the same time. Of...
Unicode announced that they are releasing 59 new emojis this year, including a drop of blood representing periods. The emoji was fought for by Plan International UK, a global children’s charity who ran a survey in 2017 to find out how much shame...
The original name that was given to HIV was Gay-related Immune Deficiency (GRID) and was based on the assumption that only gay men could contract it. This name did not stick, but the myth did. Although HIV does disproportionately affect men who...
According to a recent BBC article, around three million women across the UK have not attended their NHS-recommended smear test. A 2017 survey found that 35 per cent of women were too embarrassed to go because of insecurities surrounding their body...
Content Warning: mentions of a diet restriction and disordered eating. Intermittent fasting: the cool, new kid in the world of dieting. With the popularity of the body positivity movement and the increased awareness of the dangers of dieting,...