News·1st March 2013Why men ‘need’ feminism Lewis Evans The past few weeks in Oxford have seen a multitude of talks, events and PR aimed at raising the profile...Read More
News·7th August 2013Robin Thicke’s unrated ‘Blurred Lines’ blurs boundaries Emily Bootle Since its release in the spring, the ‘unrated’ version of Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ (for the full music video, see...Read More
College NewsNewsUniversity News·23rd March 2015St Benet’s Hall to admit female undergraduates for 2016 Following the acquisition of a second building at Norham Gardens, students of all sexes will be able to apply to...Read More
News·7th February 2017Under-Recognized: The Rise of Men’s Fashion Sonja Geldermans When you hear the words ‘fashion week,’ typically the first image to pop into your head is one of the...Read More
Comment·21st February 2018The President’s Club fiasco shows a need for change Adithi Shenava I think it’s fair to say that we are no longer shocked. But we are definitely repulsed, outraged and, most...Read More
Comment·8th March 2018International Women’s Day: China’s #MeToo Edwin Audland October 2017 was a month that certainly took the world by storm. It was a month in which a popular...Read More
Science and Technology·17th May 2018Do it #LikeaLadyDoc: Promoting Gender Equality in the NHS Workforce Jessica Prince In 1865, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson made history as the first women to qualify as a physician and surgeon. Since then,...Read More
Features·9th November 2018A manifesto for anti-racism Guo-Sheng Liu Image Credit: Flicker Guo-Sheng Liu was formerly co-chair of the SU LGBTQ+ Campaign, BME Representative of the LGBTQ+ Society, LGBTQ+...Read More
Pink·2nd February 2019Undoing colonialism: Angola lifts ban on homosexuality Guo-Sheng Liu On 23rd January, Angola adopted a new penal code, its first since its independence from Portugal. The former penal code...Read More
Pink·27th November 2020LGBTQ+ internationalism beyond 2020 Robert Macilraith Image description: pride protest march at night Globally, 2020 has been a historic year for LGBTQ+ people. Alongside the Pope...Read More
College NewsNational NewsNews·2nd August 2013OED to include same sex unions in definition of “marriage” Nick Toner The Oxford English Dictionary is to change its definition of marriage after a law authorising same-sex weddings passed its final hurdle...Read More
College NewsNews·19th February 2015Somerville and Oriel launch joint ‘Equaliweek’ events Mary George Somerville and Oriel students are hosting ‘Equaliweek’ this week, a series of talks and events that aim to promote diversity...Read More
Profile·16th June 2016Profile: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy James Chater In 2015, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became the first Pakistani filmmaker to win two Academy Awards with her documentary A Girl in...Read More
Comment·7th November 2017Jared O’Mara: sexism, the Labour Party, and the gauging of true repentance Katrina Gaffney When I saw that Jared O’Mara had been suspended from the Labour party I felt a rush of relief. My...Read More
Comment·6th March 2018Gavin Grimm: the case for gender neutral toilets Sophie Kilminster My college, Somerville, was recently in the national press for our initial failure, and then (to use a favourite phrase!)...Read More
Features·11th May 2018Bahá’í: religion for the modern world Jess Rutherford Bahá’í is what we might consider to be a ‘new religious movement’, because it has only come about within the...Read More
Comment·10th June 2018Why Oxford is not doing enough to improve access Nikita Khandwala and Kyra Leyland We are two undergraduate students studying at Hertford College, Oxford, both heavily involved in the Widening Participation sphere within and...Read More
CommentUniversity/Local Issues·2nd February 2019Opening up women-only scholarships undermines the fight for equality Meg Howells Image Description: four female students from Lady Margaret Hall. Last year, the Joanna Randall MacIver junior research fellowship, which was...Read More
Profile·18th October 2019Jessica Searle, Merton Gender Equality rep, on gender inequality at Oxford Molly Archer-Zeff Image description: Jessica Searle, Merton Gender Equality rep Jessica Searle is a 2nd year Mertonian studying Politics, Philosophy, and Economics....Read More