2025 Blog Prizes
Article by Dr Maisie TomlinsonIn another geopolitically turbulent year, the need for thinking across social issues at a global scale is more important than ever, and this year’s cohort of students explored interconnected global crises, including corporate power in the...
The Great British Myth: The Illusion of Meritocracy and the Persistence of Privilege
Article by Annabel HayesPhoto by Vadim Sherbakov on Unsplash“You’ll never live like common people. You’ll never do whatever common people do.” Thirty years on, and Pulp’s Common People still rings true. Britain, the polite nation of tea, football, queuing, and...
The glass ceiling of equality
Article by Ella MorrisPhoto by Rapha Wilde on UnsplashIf current trends continue, more than 340 million women and girls—an estimated 8 per cent of the world’s female population—will live in extreme poverty by 2030[1].The twenty-first century was meant to be an era of...
Gender inequality around the globe, why is it so hard to talk about?
Article by Jade NealPhoto by Wanman Uthmaniyyah on UnsplashWhy does the conversation on gender and gender equality cause such a conflict? Around the world, the mention of gender almost immediately causes a shift in people’s attitudes with many getting defensive before...
Religion: Fuel to the Flame of the Right Wing Anti-Gender Agenda
Article by Leah Lipsey SwarbrickPhoto by Neto Torres on UnsplashWe live in a rampant forest fire of gender warfare, where the far right seek to burn down the gains of women and the LGBT communities in pursuit of traditional Christian beliefs. The gender culture war is...
From Beijing to Seoul: How has East Asia mobilised against the anti-gender movement?
Article by Ruby LawrencePhoto by Igor Sporynin on UnsplashThe anti-gender movement, fostered by neoliberalism and religious extremism, poses a threat to gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights. Anti gender ideology has grown rapidly since the 2000s, which has challenged...
Is anti-gender politics really protecting our children- or is it a myth?
Article by Lucy JonesPhoto by James A. Molnar on UnsplashIt could be thought that anti-gender politics protects children through preventing potential bullying within schools and supporting the traditional family ( argued by some sociologists as the most secure, stable...
Right-Wing Populism: Patriarchy, Racism and Homophobia Disguised as Protection
Article by Beatrice AitkenPhoto by Vlad Zaytsev on UnsplashWith the rise of right-wing populism, we are seeing an increase in the rhetoric of protecting women and families. At first glance, this may be interpreted to align with feminist ideals by emphasising women’s...
How Financial Crises Harm Marginalised genders
Article by Amira-Nadia JannehPhoto by Austrian National Library on UnsplashThe wall street crash of 1929, 1970s stagflation, the 2020s cost of living crisis; all at different points in time but all revealing the recurring cycle in society that has yet to be broken....
Destructive Power: Climate Change, Capitalism and the need to act
Article by Joseph CoxPhoto by Markus Spiske on UnsplashIn Paris, in 2015, almost 200 countries agreed to attempt to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C above ‘pre-industrial’ levels and to keep them below 2C. 10 years on from the Paris Agreement only a third of...
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