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Instagram’s prison chefs are cooking up a storm
Activism

Instagram’s prison chefs are cooking up a storm

‘Food is therapy‘ — Prisons are failing inmates when it comes to food. But using a kettle and whatever supplies they can find, inmates are getting creative and showcasing some of their most impressive culinary creations to devoted social media followings.

Written by: Jake Missing

Uni ‘confession‘ pages: a space to discuss sexual assault?
Activism

Uni ‘confession‘ pages: a space to discuss sexual assault?

Speaking up — Liberated by anonymity, students across the country are sharing stories of sexual assault online – but just how effective are these spaces in helping survivors overcome their trauma and addressing systemic misogyny?

Written by: Serena Smith

The sex workers fighting Bristol‘s strip club ban
Activism

The sex workers fighting Bristol‘s strip club ban

‘It‘s slut shaming‘ — As Bristol prepares to become the biggest city in the country to ban lap-dancing clubs, adult entertainers are calling out the move’s blatant whorephobia and the threats it’ll pose to their safety and livelihoods.

Written by: Sophie K Rosa

The internet’s substitute mothers are here to help
Culture

The internet’s substitute mothers are here to help

r/MomForAMinute — As the pandemic leaves people feeling scared and vulnerable, Reddit users are seeking out stand-in mothers for advice, love and comfort – but some experts suggest it might not always be the healthiest coping strategy.

Written by: Jessica Lucas

The Mitchell Brothers, British rap’s forgotten duo
Culture

The Mitchell Brothers, British rap’s forgotten duo

Geezers with skills — In the early noughties, Owura “Tony” Nyanin and Kofi “Teddy” Hanson were signed to Mike Skinner’s label and two of the UK’s most influential MCs – then they disappeared. Now reunited over a decade later, the pair say the world wasn’t ready for them.

Written by: Sam Davies

Can being a musician make you sick?
Culture

Can being a musician make you sick?

Facing the music — We speak to the authors of a new book which interrogates why musicians are three times more likely to have anxiety or depression.

Written by: Jeremy Allen

It's time for football to reckon with its carbon footprint
Outdoors

It's time for football to reckon with its carbon footprint

A common goal — With the game only growing in popularity and excess, football's impact on the environment continues to balloon. But an increasing number of people involved in the game are trying to change that.

Written by: Rosie Hewitson

How QAnon is weaponised against sex workers
Opinion

How QAnon is weaponised against sex workers

The real threat — Adult performer and writer Sovereign Syre explores how sex-trafficking conspiracy theories such as QAnon are really just a rehash of age-old anxieties wielded against sex workers.

Written by: Sovereign Syre

The teens behind a landmark climate lawsuit
Activism

The teens behind a landmark climate lawsuit

Futures before fossil — A group of teenagers from Australia are suing the government over a coal mine extension. Win or lose, it’ll make a profound difference across the world to similar cases fighting to make climate change a children's rights issue.

Written by: Lucia Osborne-Crowley

#BollywoodSoWhite: fighting anti-Blackness in South Asia
Activism

#BollywoodSoWhite: fighting anti-Blackness in South Asia

Battle over Beyoncé — After uproar towards a Bollywood song with a racist lyric about Beyoncé, South Asian youth are confronting deeply entrenched colourist beliefs and the ingrained sense of anti-Blackness in society.

Written by: Jeevan Ravindran

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