In light of the Black Lives Matter protests, many brands faced criticism of their response. Brands being quick to post black squares with hashtags #BLM and pledging hundreds of thousands of dollars to the movement, we saw usually apolitical brands take a much needed stand. But despite the actions of…

FROM ONE NON BLACK PERSON OF COLOUR TO OTHER NON BLACK PEOPLE OF COLOUR Anti Blackness and colourism is rife all over the world. Many of us non black people of colour are often either complicit in our silence during moments of Anti Blackness or actively participate in Anti Blackness…

In news that surprises no one, but continues to disappoint, anger and harm, we have new scapegoats to blame for the overburden of the NHS: fat people. As if being fat wasn’t already challenging enough, the Conservative government has now directly linked being fat with Covid 19. The narrative around…

There’s a meme doing the rounds at the moment that has brought an incredible amount of internalised misogyny to the forefront. In a bid for equality, it laments that “lazy women” should stop using men as “poverty eradication plans”. We as women or those of us socialised feminine in particular…

There is no queer liberation without trans+ and nonbinary people. — I was disappointed but not surprised to see the formation of the new anti-trans group, the LGB Alliance. …

Roger Hallam is the co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement “that uses non-violent civil disobedience in an attempt to halt mass extinction and minimise the risk of social collapse.” …

If you are doing nothing and you feel that the impending climate crisis is more important and needs to be prioritised over inclusion of all, then you are a climate colonialist. — Firstly, we know that multiple activists of different marginalised intersectionalities have given a huge amount of labour to XR for free already, and have been working with XR to help them solve their problems with intersectionality and inclusivity. …

Coming out as queer to my Muslim family was never a thing I even dreamed possible. I’ve been living a quasi secret queer life away from them for a while. As a non binary polyamorous pansexual political Muslim activist and drag performer, that throws kinky sex parties, I’m not what…

What is Cultural Appropriation? Everyday Sexism: “In short: Cultural appropriation is when somebody adopts aspects of a culture that’s not their own. But that’s only the most basic definition. A deeper understanding of cultural appropriation also refers to a particular power dynamic in which members of a dominant culture take elements from a culture…