women
Josh White / 03 Apr 2023
The Other Britain
The Rise and Fall of gal-dem
The first British magazine for women and non-binary people of colour is gone. After eight years of publishing, gal-dem shut down due to intractable financial difficulties.(...)
Joel Schalit / 20 Feb 2023
Retro World
The Battleground’s Spring Books List
Protests and war belong together. Not because they reflect each other but because conflict stirs the pot. Not just about itself but everything else.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 14 Dec 2022
The Sexism of Everyday Life
Jeanne Dielman, Directed by Chantal Akerman
When Sight and Sound’s once-a-decade poll about the greatest films of all time was published two weeks ago, people were shocked to see Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles at the top.(...)
John Foster / 08 Jul 2022
Stupid and Dangerous
The Starmer Project: A Journey to the Right, by Oliver Eagleton
Boris Johnson has been a dead man walking for months. His resignation has been more of a relief than a shock.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 22 Dec 2021
Hip-Hop Spring
Jolfa, by Alexie Ivanovich
People often speak of a need to express themselves in music. But few in the West contend with the difficulties that face Iranian hip-hop artist Alexie Ivanovich.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 14 Jul 2021
Disorienting the Middle East
Medieval Femme, by Fatima Al Qadiri
On her spacious and subtle new album Medieval Femme, Fatima Al Qadiri returns to London’s Hyperdub label to ask forceful questions about the relationship between margin and centre.(...)
Fausia A. / 13 Apr 2021
Mistreating Minority Women
Austrian Healthcare Apartheid
Abortion is legal in Austria within the first three months of pregnancy, after consultation with a doctor. And every year, around 30,000 abortions are performed in the country. Women of colour make up for more than a third of those who undergo an abortion, and nearly half of them are foreign-born. Why is this?(...)
Natalie Sarkic-Todd / 11 Jan 2021
Up Close and Privileged
Entitlement and Public Service
Recent political events in the UK have shattered preconceptions and questioned our values. Who are we? What do we stand for? Where do we belong?(...)
