Women’s rights

On this workshop we focused on the historical and ongoing struggle for gender equality in the UK, tracing the evolution of legal protections and the persistent fight to overcome systemic barriers facing women today.

For the men of the manosphere who spend their evenings watching nature documentaries

by Mira Mookerjee

As day gives way to dusk your eyes glisten,
A tab swapped with another as David Attenborough’s voice fills your room,
The natural green of your laptop screen reflects off your face,
But you do not focus on the documentary,
Instead, phone in hand, you scroll through Reddit,
Then flick back again to OnlyFans,
The white rhino is close to extinction,
An email notification alerts you to another failed job application,
And two blue ticks stare back at you from a message left on read, 
More than 150 million tonnes of plastic are drifting in the world’s oceans,
That familiar feeling travels up through your gut,
And sits spiralling in your chest,
But you are a man, and grief is not a luxury allowed to you,
So instead, you beat down your innocence, 
And bury it under a blanket of anger and ego,
As you cycle back to self-improvement videos, 
Ready to learn how to rebrand numbness for strength, 
And take without giving.

WHAT IS SUFFRAGE?;

by Jane Gregory

I am the whale, the data-carrier,
The chartist, the fragile water carrier,
The robust Creature to carry the balance forwards,
To say what it is before we lose it,
To carry forwards the balance that is All woman.
I am accountable for her,….. her voice, her frame,
I am carrying the truth forwards,…..for everywoman
Who does not play the game. who speaks out-of-time,
Always` out of line`.

I am carrying that trust forwards,
I will stand by me, UPSTANDING!
I am the elephant-in-the-room,
I remember every modicum,
To excavate the ancestral truth of my blood-line,
To get to the bottom of my understanding……
not withstanding…… there is no win,..without raising voice.
We will stop at nothing,…THAT is our sacrificial choice.