The Black Girl’s Guide to Class Consciousness
Your career, your bank account, your decision to read this article; how much of your life is really the result of your own choices? Individual choices matter, but they’re made within a larger social, economic, and political landscape. A landscape that, for Black women, is complex and deeply rooted in historical plight. How can we start to unpack the forces shaping our lives? How can we better understand the opportunities we have or haven’t been given? And how do we make sense of our societal positions as a marginalised group?
Why Does British Summertime Make Us All Feral?
You’re thinking the answer is obvious: because we’re starved of sunshine. You’re not wrong but you’re only scratching the surface. While our infamously soul-crushing environment offers an easy explanation, there’s real (social) science behind why we all go completely batshit during the summertime.
Three Models On Visibility and Identity in the Age of the Algorithm
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The Black Girl's Guide to Class Consciousness
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Lily Hopkins of The Meffs Chats Burn It Down and Touring With Joan Jett
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Debbie Gough of Heriot on Burn It Down Festival
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Pol Mills of BE N!CE Talks Burn It Down Festival and Their New EP
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Why Does British Summertime Make Us All Feral?
girlblog! Lifestyle Editor Tenai Palomino takes us through the reasons why the British people all go a little feral during our currently never-ending heatwaves, and what this means for our changing climate.
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The People We Don't Meet On Vacation
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Four Favourites: June
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CanConnections: A History of Canadian Media
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