Period tracking apps are widely used amongst women and people who have periods, but questions remain over how safely they store and share sensitive data. Is our sensitive data being used against us?
No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto, the most recent release from Karol G, is a true breakup album, seeing her explore all aspects of heartbreak and mourning a lost love. In a few short years, Karol G has become one of the most ubiquitous forces in modern Latin music, a status that is seemingly not […] The post Karol G is THE sadgirl matadora – No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto review appeared first…
“This is a whole online community which is essentially taking advantage of and betraying women’s privacy.” A new documentary has found online communities of thousands of men who are trading explicit images of women, taken without their consent. The BBC documentary Hunting the Spycammers, presented by Jess Davies, author of No one Wants to See […] The post “It is unfathomable”: BBC documentary…
Budget Hotel Chain Travelodge has received criticism after a woman known as Lucy was in her room when her abuser attacked her. Lucy describes being “failed” by Travelodge. In a press statement about this case, the hotel chain insisted that these incidents were “very rare”. However, a spokesperson did accept that a long-established policy to […] The post Travelodge faces criticism for providing…
The most popular novels predominantly focus on violence against women, why is this so popular and what does it say about us? Violence against women has become one of crime fiction’s most familiar storylines. Through conversations with authors, readers and a psychologist, this investigation explores why these narratives remain so popular – and where the […] The post Violence against women dominates…
Ravyn Lenae’s third studio album, Blue Island, seeks to redefine the boundaries of R&B through an innovative blend of genres, resulting in an engaging and progressive body of work. I often find that R&B is one of the most misunderstood genres, or at least it is in the UK. For so many people, it has […] The post Ravyn Lenae is redefining the boundaries of R&B – Blue Island review appeared first on…
Charli xcx’s new album Music, Fashion, Film is an introspective and sonically experimental project, as it comments on fame, culture, and impermanence. There is something so bitterly nostalgic when I think back to Brat summer. The world was an altogether more vibrant place; we were yet to have another four years of Donald Trump inflicted […] The post Charli xcx is more real than ever on Music,…
London Trans+ Pride once again hit record-breaking numbers with 150,000 people attending this year’s protest, up from last year’s 100,000-strong attendance. Attendees stressed that unlike June’s general Pride celebration, Trans+ Pride is by design a protest. With limited commercial sponsorship and a theme of ‘’Our Future, Our Fight”, the protest saw thousands marching in the […] The post In…
Website FabSwingers has been mentioned 329 times in police reports across the UK Fifty women have told the BBC they were forced into swinging, in response to Catrin Nye’s investigation into the site FabSwingers. These women told the BBC that they took part in swinging because they feared the consequences of saying no. The podcast […] The post Fifty women come forward saying they were forced into…
Zack Polanski urged Andy Burnham’s new government to block imminent single-sex space reforms which may see trans people excluded from thousands of bathrooms nationwide come August 5th. The Mayor of Hackney, Zoë Garbett, and stars from Tip Toe also attended the press conference that revealed Trans+ Pride would end in Trafalgar Square for the first […] The post Zack Polanski urges Burnham to block…
CW: discussions of mental health, suicide Rudy Loewe is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores socio-political dynamics, drawing upon African and Caribbean folklore and histories to create works that speak to identity, collective memory, culture and resistance. We spoke to them about their latest exhibition launching at the Wellcome Collection: Intimacies of Care – Spaces […] The post If…