A Brief History Of Gender Non-conformity

28th January 2022

A common defence of those who abstain from using they/them pronouns is that they are part of some new-fangled ‘trend’ and are far too sudden and transient for anyone other than ‘The Youths’ to use, along with the argument that using ‘they’ in the singular form is grammatically incorrect. However often these claims are used, both are wrong. ‘They’ in the singular form has been in use since the 14th century by prolific writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales, 1386), William Shakespeare (Hamlet, 1599) and Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice, 1813); and the concept of gender-nonconformity has been around a far longer (ancient Mesopotamia, to be precise).

A Brief History Of Gender Non-conformity

The US 2nd Amendment is outdated

28th January 2022

The 2nd Amendment in the US Constitution has often been a topic of divided debate, often regarding the moral question around arms and weaponry. However, regardless of moral implications behind guns, there is a strong argument to be made that this Amendment is quite simply outdated in modern society.

The US 2nd Amendment is outdated

The toxicity of glow up culture

28th January 2022

‘You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman’. That’s it. That’s the article. No, I’m only joking – unfortunately I’m going to elaborate on what Margaret Atwood said so well. Whether you like it or not, we’re going to begin by taking a trip down memory lane – back to lockdown number 1! Many strange things happened during this time, in particular the three categories people seemed to inevitably fall into…

The toxicity of glow up culture