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The Met Gala 2021: How women are changing politics one dress at a time

The Met Gala, an exclusive, annual event that marks the opening of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Fashion exhibit in New York. If your name is on the invite list, you’ve made it. New, bright faces appear each year, alongside household names such as the Kardashians, the Jenners, Rihanna, Whoopi Golberg – all hoping to be named best-dressed.

It is obvious that this event has become an opportunity for celebrities to push the b

Black Mums Matter: Why black women are five times more likely to die in childbirth

The narrative of British motherhood has neglected the majority of black mothers across the UK. A recent enquiry into UK maternal deaths has found that black women are five times more likely to die during or shortly after birth than white mothers. Why are black women dying, and will anything actually change?

Neglected by our health care system, women like author Candice Brathwaite have begun to share their trauma

Will covid change our attitude towards women’s health?

As Covid-19 vaccinations continue to be rolled out across the UK, the sound of claps for the NHS fade away and society begins its journey back to normality. Yet, for some, the effects of covid are here to stay.

Post-covid syndrome (PCS), otherwise known as long covid, is the persistence of covid symptoms after 12 weeks from testing positive. According to the Office of National Statistics, PCS affected over 1 million people in February this

As part of its controversial Separatism Bill, the French government is currently pushing forward a new ban that will not permit anyone under the age of 18 to wear a hijab. The Bill is supposedly a reaction to the increasing number of terrorist attacks in recent years. It aims to eradicate extremism and uphold the value of secularism – a key aspect of French society.

The Bill has attracted skepticism from those who claim Emmanuel Macron is succumbing to pressure from the right, particularly popu

*Trigger Warning: this article mentions rape and sexual assault throughout*

We are currently in the middle of a global migration crisis. Approximately 65 million people have left their homes to embark on a dangerous journey across borders trying to find a safe place to continue their lives. The biggest migration shift since the Second World War. A large majority of these people are making their way to two major migration points – across the Mediterranean to Europe or the Mexican-US border.

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You may be more versed in the darker corners of the internet than I, but I only recently heard of Involuntary Celibates, or as they liked to be called, ‘Incels’. I would describe myself as a particularly knowledgeable person when it comes to patriarchy or misogyny – let’s just say I’ve done my research -but it wasn’t until a few nights ago when my auntie rang me saying she was genuinely scared for my life that I was introduced to Incel culture. She went on to explain how she had watched a docume