Kate Middleton Mania: A Symptom of A Society’s Obsession with Tragic Women

21st March 2024

On the 16th January 2024, Buckingham Palace released a statement that Catherine, Princess of Wales, had undergone a planned abdominal surgery, and that the Princess herself was going to be recovering out of the public eye until Easter. However, despite the princess acting much as this original statement detailed, the internet, news outlets and people across the globe seem apparently obsessed with discovering the ‘true’ reason for Kate’s ‘disappearance’ – only exacerbated by an incident of dodgy photoshop.

Kate Middleton Mania: A Symptom of A Society’s Obsession with Tragic Women

‘Damsel’: I was in Distress

15th March 2024

On International Women’s Day this year, Netflix graced our screens with a brand-new film ‘Damsel,’ featuring Millie Bobby Brown, ostensibly a film of feminist subversion and empowerment for young women. The movie follows the story of Princess Elodie, set in some suitably vague Ye Olde Kingdom, who is married off to a prince, before the revelation that the marriage is a sham, set up so Elodie can be part of a ritualistic sacrificial pact with a dragon that terrifies the kingdom.

‘Damsel’: I was in Distress

Myth-busting Women’s Prisons

15th March 2024

There are many misunderstandings circulating about the criminal justice system and the prisoners which inhabit it. For example, as a young child you may have learnt that prison makes society safer: somewhat true, but also very much not. As part of the HMP Downview partnership, which focuses on educating ourselves and others about women in the criminal justice system, we are here to help bust some of common myths about prisons.

Myth-busting Women’s Prisons