It’s a sad reality, and the impact even more devastating in a global recession: women are being financially ripped off – still.
The Pink Tax: Why being a woman is getting even more expensive
25th September 2020
The Breakfast Club? I prefer lunch: Why I’ve never enjoyed watching this movie.
17th September 2020
The Breakfast Club is seen as one of the most iconic films from the 80s. This coming of age classic explores the experiences of five teenagers forming an unlikely friendship in detention despite their obvious popularity differences and separate cliques. Breaking their high school stereotypes through dance breaks and sincere conversations, finally seeing each other as equals. And I hate it.
A feminist critique of Frozen
17th September 2020
Frozen was lauded as a feminist breakthrough for Disney when it finally voiced what audiences were thinking: ‘You can’t marry a man you just met’. But to what extent does the cultural feminism we understand today in advocating for a woman’s romantic agency translate into the feminist critical practice pioneered in the 1960s?
Why gender reveal parties are harmful
17th September 2020
10,000 acres of land on fire. Over 1000 firefighters at the scene. This may sound like the result of a natural catastrophe or a terrorist attack, but the disastrous El Dorado fire was actually caused by a gender reveal. A family in California used a pyrotechnic device to reveal their baby’s gender. It was supposed to release coloured smoke, but instead it destroyed six homes. Many will say that this instance is not representative of gender reveals as a whole. However, destruction like this has happened several times before.
Top Stories: 18th September
17th September 2020
Have a flick through this week’s biggest stories, curated by Cara Hene