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My Trauma Was Unlocked In Lockdown

Sophie Wilkinson

PPE Doesn’t Fit Women & It’s Putting Them At Risk

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These Young Women Are Being Forced To Go To Work Despite Coronavirus

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Fame, Fortune, No Control: Jade Goody's Uneasy Relationship With ...

In early summer 2002, dental nurse Jade Goody was sitting at the hairdresser’s in Bermondsey, south London. A TV producer called her, demanding she not r

by Sophie Wilkinson

9 Reasons Why You Need A Workout Wife In Your Life

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Annie Mac On Her Greatest Life Lessons: Love, Parenting and "Liki...

Annie Mac is a busy woman, performing to sellout crowds from Iceland to Ibiza and hosting her eponymous Radio 1 music show every weekday at 7pm. Meanwhile,

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This New Horror Film Shatters The Fairytale Illusion

Once upon a time, on an island far, far away, a woman kept imprisoned by a combination of sibling rivalry, her wicked mother and a dark secret, met a brood

by Sophie Wilkinson

Why My Mum Took Me To Princess Diana's Funeral When I Was 9

On 6th September 1997, 2.5 billion people watched Princess Diana’s funeral on TV. One million people turned up to watch her coffin be transported by cort

by Sophie Wilkinson

My Strange Crush: Ian Hislop

I have never seen into Ian Hislop’s eyes. But I can see into his soul, and I know he’s a good man. A grumpy chestnut mushroom of a man, with a receding

by Sophie Wilkinson

Why 'Kidulthood' Is A Lifestyle That Works For Men And Not Women

Following the news that one in 11 kids’ toys purchased in the UK last year was bought by and for an adult’s use, and that most of those adults were men

by Sophie Wilkinson

Meet The French Film Director Making Her Audiences Faint

Having grown up with two doctors as parents, French screenwriter and filmmaker Julia Ducournau understood that flesh, like life, is a mess. While the anima

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The Harmful Myths Perpetuating FGM Worldwide

Editor's note: This story contains content that some readers may find upsetting.Women and our bodies have long occupied a mythical status. We starred

by Sophie Wilkinson

Are Penis-Shaped Vibrators Really The Best For Orgasms?

Millennial social media users’ deployment of the aubergine emoji as code for dick, sex, dildos, that sort of thing, has been around since we all got

by Sophie Wilkinson

Why Ed Balls Is Dancing All Over My Heart

I’ve spent a lot of my rapidly-declining 20s googling photos of Ed Balls. Despite me being pretty much gay, and him a portly, stern-lipped ex-Labour

by Sophie Wilkinson

New Stats Reveal Sexual Harassment At Work In The UK Is Rampant

Lucy* was just trying to do her job at the advertising company she worked for when her MD told her, in front of their client, that “Good client servi

by Sophie Wilkinson

Meet The Heroic Campaigners Making Cities Safer For Women

Editor's note: At the time of publishing, the news of the four women stabbed in a supermarket carpark in West London had not been reported. New resear

by Sophie Wilkinson

Why Aren’t More Women Getting Smear Tests?

The finer details of Jade Goody's appearances on various reality television shows have been more or less forgotten but Goody, who died in 2009 at the

by Sophie Wilkinson