Amanda Nguyen: Campaigner, Activist, and Aspiring Astronaut

Amanda Nguyen isn’t your average twenty-four year old. She graduated in 2013 with a B.A. in Astrophysics, followed by an external project examining the rights of women with disabilities. From there Amanda interned with NASA as part of their...

Feminism axed from UK Politics A-level Syllabus

In a controversial move by one of the few female led departments in the UK government, Education Secretary and Minister for Women Nicky Morgan has axed both feminism and gender equality from the draft of the new Politics A-level syllabus. The draft, which is in public...

Bird of Dawn: A Filmmaker’s Quest for Equality

In much of the world, amazing advances have been made in the lives of girls. With so many new and exciting opportunities made available to young women, it can be easy to forget that girls in many countries are faced with a stifling lack of choices. Before the 1979...

Film Review: Wadjda

Official Trailer for Wadjda A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to snag tickets to a Saudi Arabian film featuring on the international film festival circuit this year, Wadjda. I tend to find that film festival movies can be hit or miss, but Wadjda turned out to...

A Girl in Ancient Egypt

People tend to think of the past in modern terms and effortlessly make the obvious correlations. Although such a practice isn’t forbidden, it lacks the underlying information needed in order to reconstruct older cultures and societies. According to theoretics,...

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