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Nobody Is Talking About Male Infertility
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Vicky Spratt
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I’ve Been Running A Vital News Source For Iranian Women — Here’s ...
Lauren Crosby Med...
9 Dec 2022
Abortion
How We Talk About Abortion Needs To Change
Vicky Spratt
8 Nov 2022
Health News
France Is Making The Morning After Pill Free For Everyone
Nick Levine
25 Sep 2022
News
Queen Elizabeth II Has Died At The Age Of 96
Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other sovereign countries and head of the Commonwealth, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has anno
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Refinery29 Staff
Global News
Under Liz Truss, Things Could Be Harder For Women In Britain
Former foreign secretary Liz Truss has won the Conservative party’s leadership contest and beat former chancellor Rishi Sunak in the race for the top job
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Vicky Spratt
Living
These Are The World’s Coolest Streets (& 3 Are In The UK)
Rue Wellington in Montreal, Canada has been named the world’s coolest street by Time Out. The buzzy thoroughfare in Montreal’s Verdun neighbour
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Nick Levine
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Global News
Sanna Marin Has Been Exposed As Human & It’s Good For Us All
What exactly constitutes a scandal in politics these days? Allegedly misleading parliament over what you were up to during the coronavirus lockdowns (Boris
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
A Woman Prime Minister Won’t Necessarily Be Good For Women
It’s British Summer Time and due to climate change a record temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius has just been recorded in the seventh circle of hell (sor
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Vicky Spratt
Unbothered
Mo Farah Bravely Told Us Who He Really Is — Now All Trafficking V...
How do you tell people that you are not actually who they think you are? This week, world-famous British sportsman Mo Farah did so, taking the brave step o
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Banseka Kayembe
Unbothered
As A Black Woman Who Lived In Sweden, #Swedengate Is All Too Fami...
Sweden used to evoke the usual stereotypes: blonde-haired blue-eyed people traipsing through green flowery fields, assemble-by-numbers furniture with simpl
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June Findlay
Unbothered
Why Celebrating Jubilee Weekend As A Second-Gen Immigrant Feels W...
It’s Platinum Jubilee weekend in the UK, marking the 70th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne. But of course, in the UK you
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Michaela Makusha
News
Boris Johnson’s Government Is A Toxic Boys’ Club
Ask Siri to show you what an ‘elite boys’ club’ looks like and an image of No. 10 Downing Street during a coronavirus lockdown will appea
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
“I Had To Use My Daughter’s Nappy As A Pad” – T...
Managing your period is hard enough in the best of situations. For people who already have to worry about food, clothing and housing, period products are l
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Lauren Crosby Med...
LGBTQ+
These Are Europe’s Most LGBTQ+-Friendly Countries
For the seventh year in a row, Malta has been named the most LGBTQ+-friendly country in Europe. Malta finishes top of the annual Rainbow Map and Index by
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Nick Levine
Global News
Banning Online Ads Will Make Sex Work More Dangerous
When the COVID lockdown hit in 2020, Audrey, a sex worker based in Bristol and campaigner for United Sex Workers, found that her client pool shrank dramati
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Severija Bielskyte
Global News
Amber Heard Is Not A ‘Perfect Victim’ Because There...
Over the last few weeks a troubling and at times harrowing picture of Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s marriage has been painted inside Fairfax County Court
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Lucia Osborne-Cro...
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Angry About Roe v. Wade? It’s A Threat To Abortion Rights I...
There is currently a global economic crisis. The cost of essentials like housing, food and energy is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years due to inflati
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
The Treatment Of Angela Rayner Shows Parliament Has Serious Sexis...
Angela Rayner is one of the most powerful women in Westminster. The deputy Labour leader and shadow minister of state for the Cabinet Office has been the M
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Vicky Spratt
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“I Just Want To Live”: A Pregnant Surrogate In Ukrain...
The day before war broke out in Ukraine, 33-year-old Tanya* was visiting a hospital in Cherkasy, a city in the centre of the country, to check on the healt
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Lizzie Cernik
Homepage
How You Can Help The People Of Ukraine
The world has watched on with outrage and horror as the crisis in Ukraine continues to unfold. Last month, Russian forces began invading the sovereign east
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Alicia Vrajlal
Unbothered
Birmingham’s First Black Woman MP Promises She “Won...
When Paulette Hamilton, a former nurse, grandmother of six and “local champion” was sworn in as the new MP for Birmingham Erdington earlier thi
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L'Oréal Blackett
Global News
“I Have To Leave. Right Now”: 5 Women On Fleeing The ...
On Thursday 24th February Russia’s president Vladimir Putin shocked the world by launching a brutal invasion of Ukraine. It has sparked a huge exodus –
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Jessica Bateman
Health News
Abortion In England Has Taken A “Serious Step Backwards”
Women’s health and abortion experts fear anti-choice politicians and anti-abortion campaigners have stopped the government following medical adv
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Vicky Spratt
Global News
More Than A Quarter of Women Under 50 Have Been Abused By A Male ...
More than one in four women experience some form of domestic violence before the age of 50, an extensive new study has found. The global study published in
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Nick Levine
News
Frustrated By The Prince Andrew Settlement? Then You’re Mis...
The story of Prince Andrew, Duke of York’s proximity to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has finally reached a conclusion in the form of a settleme
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
Government Confirms UK Healthcare Is Sexist. Here Are The Key Fin...
These days, it’s hard to keep up with the news. It feels like there hasn’t been a ‘quiet’ week since around 2015, before the EU referendum,
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
Finally We Know How COVID Vaccines Impacted Periods
Since the start of the pandemic there has been much speculation about how COVID-19 impacts menstruation. From the stress of the lockdowns to catching the v
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Vicky Spratt
Alcohol & Culture
The Truth About Drink Spiking At Universities
Introducing Fancy Another? – a weeklong series on what young women’s drinking culture in the UK looks like in 2022, with zero percent judgement.
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Vicky Spratt
Health News
Work Stress Made Me Self-Harm: The Grim State Of UK Midwifery
Leah* is a 27-year-old midwife with six years’ experience. But the stress of the job has forced her to take a step back and she is now studying part-time
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Ellie Broughton
Health News
Think Pandemic Stress Affected Your Period? Scientists Have Some ...
“My periods are all over the place!” “Me too!” “Mine are heavier than usual!” “Mine hurt so much more.”
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Vicky Spratt
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