Why ‘anon’ is a woman of colour Online Lifestyle Editor, Amy Butterworth, highlights the value of events like FemSoc’s Women of Colour Poetry Night and the need to decolonise the arts VIRGINIA Woolf famously said that “anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman”. In contrast, the “anon” of today […]
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Students stand in solidarity with striking Polish women
Exeter students took part in a demonstration on Monday to show support for Polish women who are striking against new anti-abortion law proposals. Co-organised by the Feminist and Polish Societies, roughly fifty students wore black in imitation of the #BlackProtest movement in Poland. The mostly female students gathered on the Forum piazza and listened to speeches […]
Feminist Friday: Jennifer Lawrence, Planned Parenthood and the ‘war on women’
After the tragic Colorado Springs shooting in November last year, the non-profit organisation Planned Parenthood has repeatedly made the headlines. As university students, many of the services offered by Planned Parenthood are relevant to our well-being. Students across the country will be using the UK equivalent of Planned Parenthood to get access to birth control or seek advice about […]