How to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic
These unprecedented times are wreaking havoc with small business and independent brands, but there are ways you can help soften the blow. Coronavirus has meant that for many of us, life over the next few months will not be what we probably expected in the lead up to summer. Nearly...
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COVID-19: concern mounts for the world’s refugee camps
Calls for action to prevent an impending medical disaster in densely populated migrant camps grow shriller. As time spent in the infectious stage of coronavirus goes on, experts warn that the world’s most populated refugee camps are merely biding their time before a catastrophic outbreak. In the Aegean islands of...
How Gen Z could shape the ‘internet of things’
The interconnectivity of smart devices, whether they be lightbulbs, trucks, or anything in between, may have sweeping ramifications for our lives in the future - particularly for Gen Z. If you’ve ever asked Alexa to play a song or set up a smart device, then you’ll have already used the...
The influencer telling women to dump their boyfriends
Florence Given is the 20-year-old illustrator combining fashion with feminism, her tote bags and slogan t-shirts fast becoming some of the most wanted items on Insta. At just 20 years old, Florence Given has amassed a whopping 315,000 followers on Instagram and has celebrities obsessing over her quirky designs. The...
Why women are disproportionately affected by climate change
Increased danger for women in conflict ridden states, and the overrepresentation of women in poverty, are colliding in alarming ways with the effects of climate change. As if women were in the market for any more handicaps in the game of life, new research from the UN shows that we...
No, that’s not heartwarming, that’s just capitalism
How the feel-good stories the media is feeding you actually expose the deepest flaws in our society. In January this year, a young boy from Vancouver, Washington sold keychains in order to pay off his peers’ lunch debts. The story hit international news. 8-year-old Keoni Ching, spurred on by the...
Fast fashion and why it’s a feminist issue
Fashion may empower the women who wear it, but it needs to start empowering the women who make it too. A quick google search of ‘feminist clothing’ yields about 38.5 million results. Most of these are shopping posts, linking you to slogan tees with phrases like ‘woman up’ and ‘smash the patriarchy’ on them. My personal favourite is a black tee with white writing ‘quoting’ Rosa Parks – ‘Nah’. These tees...
#BoldMoves: the new campaign changing the way we think about sexual assault
The Californian Coalition Against Sexual Assault has launched a public awareness campaign that hopes to teach a new generation how to tackle sex abuse. ‘Sexual violence is a cancer on society’ announces a new video by The Californian Coalition Against Sexual Assault; ‘You have the power to do something about it.’ #BoldMoves is a new social media based awareness campaign that provides the public with small tips and actions to...
Dear female artists: stop apologising for winning awards
The Grammys once against proves that women have a humbleness problem. Does anyone remember when - and this is a long shot because it was a while ago - in 2007 Eddie Murphy stormed out of the Academy Awards after losing best supporting actor to Alan Arkin? Okay how about something more recent: when acclaimed director Spike Lee also stormed out of...
The young developer sparking mental health conversations in gaming
At the age of just 17 Emily Mitchell has already won a Young Games Designer BAFTA and has spurred vital conversations concerning mental health in the gaming community. The stigma surrounding mental health has largely been eradicated in recent years thanks to a constantly expanding consortium of specialist organisations and initiatives. People today are more aware, accepting, and crucially are more willing to partake in vital conversations than ever...
