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The House of Commons: "institutionally misogynistic"

Stupid woman: the faux outrage reveals the misogyny at the heart of Parliament

23rd December 201824th December 2018 Megan Howells

2018 marks 100 years since some women in the UK got the right to vote. In those 100 years, there have been a total of 491 women MPs. By contrast, 442 men were elected in the 2017 General Election alone. These simple statistics portray the grave inequality that lies at the very heart of Parliament. […]

Brock Turner lies at the intersection of every kind of privilege – not least, that of the college athlete

6th September 20166th September 2016 Xavier Greenwood

Minimum prison time prescribed by state law for three sexual assault offenses: 2 years Time sentenced to Brock Turner: six months Time served by Brock Turner: three months In a 1958 piece with the anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell on young male athletes, the sports journalist Gay Talese made the assertion that “the athlete in America is […]

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Stupid woman: the faux outrage reveals the misogyny at the heart of Parliament

Brock Turner lies at the intersection of every kind of privilege – not least, that of the college athlete

Union partnership cancelled over Steve Bannon

Can a sugar pill placebo cause more harm than good?

“Tofu never screams”: the mainstreaming of veganism

Exploring Queen’s abandoned underground library

‘A fresh take’ for Doctor Who’s latest reincarnation

An amateur’s quest to conquer a burrito challenge

Peter Hitchens talks Jeremy Corbyn, Brexit and the Tories

Merrie Land: under the spotlight

Living on the edge (of the UK)

A look over the career of Katherine Copeland