Quiet Quitting: Why millennials strive to protect their work-life balance
“Quiet Quitting” What is it and how has it become one of the most talked about online trends of the year? So much so that Collins Dictionary has added it to their ‘words of...
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Gender Reform in Scotland: Conflicting views across the UK
As the Gender Recognition Reform Bill reaches the final voting stage in the Scottish Parliament, the UK and Scottish governments are divided on their attitudes towards gender identification. The erasure of transgender people from...
The UK’s increasing queer population has not bettered its discriminatory attitudes
50 years after the UK’s first pride march – the LGBT community remains ‘outnumbered by the people who look at us with disgust’, according to UK charity. Stonewall, a UK LGBT+ rights charity, surveyed...
New Glasgow Custody Unit in Maryhill: The start of humane prisons?
A new all-female custody unit due to open soon in Maryhill, Glasgow could be the start of ethical prison systems. Prison systems globally are overpopulated and function as they appear – concrete locked, and...
Leslie Kern’s Feminist City: You’ll never look at your city in the same way
In her latest book, Leslie Kern, a professor at Mount Allison University, invites readers to take a second look around themselves and ask questions about the city they live in. Even though Feminist City...
COP27 agreed on “historic” deal. But is this really going to make a change?
After long and difficult negotiations, the COP’s 27th conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, ended on Sunday, 20th November in both an epic and a tragic tone. A text meant to provide assistance to poor...
I tried BeReal, and this is what happened
Since its launch in 2020, the photo-sharing app has gained incredible popularity among college students. Its goal? Spontaneity, ruled under one photo-per-day principle, “without any staging”, its founders say. In other words, the app...
If You Want Us To Have Babies, Fix The World
For people in their 20s, It’s hard enough to imagine still being alive in 2050, let alone imagine their children growing up. The future is distant and bleak, and a baby shortage will only...
The Lipstick Effect and You
By TescoPLC https://www.flickr.com/photos/122099374@N07/14336411625 As a sign of countrywide money troubles, your mind might stray towards soaring petrol prices and cold houses. For some people, their first thought is something entirely different and – to...