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Opinion – Bimini Bon Boulash is shaking up fashionβs gender norms
Bimini Bon Boulash announces their signing to model for Next and remains a much needed voice for Gen Z. Despite still not having fully recovered from the disappointing finale of Drag Race UK season two, I wasnβt surprised when last Monday Bimini Bon Boulash announced their signing to the Next modelβs main bookings list. Bimini Bon Boulashβs insane trajectory during the competition will be difficult to forget. In the first episode...
Egyptian womenβs rights groups rise up against oppressive bill
A grassroots feminist movement in Egypt has risen up to protest a βshocking draft lawβ that would require women to gain the consent of a male guardian to get married or travel abroad. Lawyer Entissar El-Saeid has argued that the new law βcalls off the rights women have acquired over decades of fightingβ. The draft personal status bill would require male consent for a woman to get married, register a childβs...
How Bobi Wine is pushing for Ugandan change
Despite the obstacles to his success, Bobi Wine continues to fight for change in Uganda. Bobi Wine is somewhat of a legend in Uganda. Primarily known as a reggae artist, his lyrics are permeated by narratives of social change that focus on the high levels of suffering prevalent in Uganda. Much of the population is able to identify with the inequality and deprivation that Wine brings to life in his music, which...
Glass Animals back Save the Sheaf Campaign
Glass Animals are the latest group to join the Save the Sheaf campaign as the UKβs live venues face closure as a result of the pandemic. A campaign to save the last grassroots gig venue in Oxford has gained new momentum after the backing of indie band Glass Animals. The Save the Sheaf campaign was created in response to the owners of The Wheatsheafβs application to convert the first-floor gig venue...
Celebrating Transgender icons for Transgender Visibility Day
To celebrate International Transgender Visibility Day, weβve put together a list of five transgender heroes making history around the world right now. International Transgender Day of Visibility was started in 2009 by activist Rachel Crandall, who was disappointed in the lack of positive representation for transgender people in mainstream media. Crandall recalled that anytime she heard about the trans community, βit to be due to Remembrance Dayβ and about β...
3D printing could be the future of education
Combining architecture and technology is a great hope for expanding educational access in deprived areas, and thereβs no better example than 3D printed housing. A quarter of a billion children do not have access to education worldwide. Thinking Huts is at the forefront of combatting this huge injustice - and is using the once fictional method of 3D printing to do so. Maggie Grout started Thinking Huts when she was...
Do Meat-Free Mondays really make a difference?
Meat-free Mondays is a campaign that aims to highlight the environmental impact of meat consumption and animal agriculture, but does it actually make a difference? If youβve never heard of βMeat-Free Mondaysβ, the campaign first launched by the famous McCartney family all the way back in 2009, then you may want to get clued up - especially if youβre concerned about the way meat products are produced and sold. Itβs exactly...
How you can help reduce period poverty in the UK
A government scheme to fight period poverty in schools was launched in 2021, but less than half of all schools and colleges have opted in. Hereβs what you can do to help. Period poverty is an issue that affects women and girls across the country (and the globe) who are unable to access period products. 1 in 10 students in the UK are unable to afford period products, which has...
Remembering Nawal El Saadawi: incendiary, relentless feminism
Described as the βSimone de Beauvoir of the Arab Worldβ, Nawal El Saadawi, who died last week at the age of 89, never wanted to be silenced. Nawal El Saadawi has died at 89 years old. During her fierce career as an activist, writer and doctor, she communicated her thoughts with uncensored passion and dedication. Second of nine children, Saadawi quickly understood that, despite her parentsβ encouragement to pursue education...
Opinion – There should be no technology for tyrants
Technology is a tool that is increasingly being used to criminalize the poor and marginalized. Mijente helps us fight back. For many, the Internet provides a space for organisation, activism, communication and entertainment. It is a safe space where connections can be made on a local and global scale. When in the wrong hands, however, the Internet can also prove to be oppressive and damaging to vulnerable populations. As demonstrated...
