Andrew Tate, Donald Trump and Witchcraft: anti-feminism in the media
Jade Barnes gives a commentary on the demonisation of women and the rise of anti-feminism in the mainstream media.
History
Power or femininity: Why can’t women have both?
Josie Oatley explores the historical and modern obstacle that femininity has played in women's acquisition of power.
Cambodia’s curse: Pol Pot’s reign of terror
Phoenix Woolnough traces Cambodia’s harrowing experience of violence and authoritarianism following the Second World War, challenging a simplistic rendering of the Cold War period.
Geographies of violence: The intersection of race and class in France’s banlieues
Phoenix Woolnough explores the politics of race and class in France’s banlieues. As sites of social segregation and violence, these areas underscore the country’s pervasive hierarchies and institutional discrimination.
The surprising history of Malta
You may think of Malta as simply a popular tourist destination but this masks a fascinating history during which the island can be seen as a microcosm of global events…
You wouldn’t celebrate a massacre, so why do people celebrate Thanksgiving?
Jade Barnes gives a commentary on the false Thanksgiving narrative and how the erasure of injustices against Indigenous people continue to affect Indigenous societies today.
‘A bundle of silences’: The power of history-teaching
Phoenix Woolnough explores the inherently political practice of history-teaching in British schools – one that is intertwined with questions of power, exclusion, and epistemic domination.
US involvement in the Salvadoran civil war: who is to blame for the atrocities?
Jade Barnes comments on US involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War
‘Breakfast of champions’ – a brief history of doping in sports
Earlier this week, major news outlets reported that multi-Grand Slam winner Simona Halep has been temporarily suspended from tennis after yielding a positive drugs test at the 2022 US Open.…
Re-evaluating ‘Barbarianism’: Is the term problematic?
Josie Oatley explores this historic issues surrounding the word 'barbarian'.