Author: Antonia Langford
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“I am deeply Mancunian on a molecular level”: Speaking to Natalie Morris
We spoke to journalist and writer Natalie Morris about her game-changing book Mixed/Other, what Northernness means to her, and what a diverse and equal media landscape would look like. Natalie Morris is an engaging, charismatic and tenacious voice in the UK media scene. I came across her at first through her Metro lifestyle reporting, which…
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The Survivors Trust UK: Issue 2 Charity Spotlight
CN: sexual assault, violence, abuse and harassment, r*pe culture, sex, brief reference to Sarah Everard When we chose to base our second issue on intimacy, love, sex and the body, we were acutely aware of the sensitivities and difficulties that would be involved in producing art around these themes for so many people, but disproportionately…
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Free Period Products Reveal How Bodily Autonomy is Limited by Socio-Economic Factors
Background After extensive grassroots campaigning, Scotland has become the first nation in the world to provide period products for free to all who menstruate. While the practice of providing free period products in public buildings has been widespread for at least two years, the Period Products (Free Provision) (Scotland) Act will impose a legal obligation…
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Reproductive Rights and the US’ History of Forced Sterilisation
CN: This post contains reference to forced sterilisation, racism, xenophobia, homophobia, sexism, classism and ableism Background Many harrowing allegations of forced hysterectomies and other unnecessary gynaecological procedures at an ICE detention centre in Georgia have been alleged by a whistleblower this month. The whistleblower alleges that many of these surgeries were performed on Spanish-speaking female…
