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Dani Coyle is an artist, photographer, intersex advocate and model living in Berlin. In an essential read exploring the lack of support for those who don’t fit into the gender binary, Dani shares her journey of self-acceptance.
Lala Love is a wardrobe stylist, self-love influencer and model. In 2019, she appeared on Channel 4’s Naked Beach, a first of its kind series that encourages people to love themselves despite their insecurities or ‘flaws’ - she’s a powerful, positive and pink loving naked lady, and we’re here for her!
Jasvinder Sanghera, CBE is a campaigner for those experiencing forced marriages and honour-based abuse. As a teenager, she refused a forced marriage and ran away from home. In later life, she founded the first UK helpline to support victims and successfully campaigned for forced marriage to become a criminal offence. Hers is the ultimate story of rising from shame into glory.
Octo Octa is a DJ, producer, label owner and BBC Radio 1 resident based in New Hampshire. In one of our favourite contributions to date, she speaks to us about the healing power of music, love, performing and kissing under the light of the moon.
Kadeena Cox is a UK based Paralympic champion who has achieved gold medals at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio, the 2015 World Championships in Doha and the 2016 Track World Championships in Montichiari. We spoke to her about mental and physical strength and resilience, and the highs and lows of training and recovery. A real-life superhero.
The Amazon is burning, and the consequences for our planet are dire. But people power is a force! By applying pressure to our elected MP's, we can persuade them to prioritise this issue. Here are the email addresses and example email templates you need to lobby UK and Brazilian politicians to ACT NOW to save the Amazon.
Ibi Meier-Ourituemeka is a natural beauty and wellness expert, creative entrepreneur and founder and creative director of The Afro Hair & Skin Co. For Issue 1 of Ash Magazine, we spoke to her about ‘otherness’ in mainstream beauty spaces and the importance of catering to the specific needs of black women.
Feminists Don’t Wear Pink is Scarlett Curtis’ brilliant, intersectional collection of feminist essays. Packed full of truths, Scar says she made this book for her fifteen-year-old self. We think it’s an essential part of an ever deepening, ever evolving understanding of feminism. Here’s a review from our Editor, Charlotte Ruth.
Via their #MyMorningAfter campaign, EllaOne want to end the stigma, shame and embarrassment that still lingers around emergency contraception. Their inclusive and respectful campaign ignites a conversation that challenges outdated attitudes at a time when women’s reproductive rights are still second-guessed and sometimes openly attacked all around the world. Sophia Moss talks us through the campaign.
Friday November 10, is Equal Pay Day 2018, the day in the year when women effectively start to work for free. Think that sounds sucky? Well, it is. As the Fawcett Society, together with employment law charity YESS Law and former BBC China Editor Carrie Grace, announce the launch of a new Equal Pay Advice Service, we run through everything you need to know.
Investor Lisa Boden explains that the 100 or so she receives every year are almost always from men. Men who want investment to launch a new festival; men who want investment for an impossible app; and men who want investment for the next sure to be Oscar-winning feature film. With only 9% of funding into start-ups in the UK going to women-run businesses, it's about time we demystified investment.
Things are on the move, and the U.K. is finally undergoing puberty when it comes to periods. People are talking about menstruation at a frequency and in volumes never before seen, calling for some serious taboo busting action. It’s about time. However, with every big shift in attitudes, especially when it comes to women’s health, there’s a real danger that, simply because things are moving in the right direction, we forget there’s still a long, long, way to go.
If not Kate Middleton, then who? After learning that the biggest killer for women in the six weeks after giving birth is suicide, Amy Foster questions privilege and the discussion of maternal mental health. The link is in our bio!
Needs is a London based record label and events initiative that uses music as a medium to spread love, unity and the idea of giving back.
It’s unfortunate that we are still living in a time where we immediately think ‘danger’ when we think of a woman solo travelling. You’re going somewhere alone – a restaurant, the cinema, a bar? Madness! Are we programmed to think that holidays should be taken with someone else?
Hannah Philp is a feminist activist and founder of Her Stories, a fundraising initiative, art exhibition, live auction and dinner for three charities supporting London’s most vulnerable women. Roosje Watson got the lowdown on this week's upcoming event..
Do you ever get that feeling that you’re a fraud and you don’t deserve the success that you have so rightly achieved? If you’ve ever had self-doubt creep up on you or felt that: ‘you’re not good enough’ or ‘you’ll get found out’, you too may be sharing your space with the Imposter Syndrome.
I think we’re all guilty of hoarding clothes that we never wear for one reason or another. You hoped you’d slim into it (spoiler: you never do), it itches or it was super trendy last season but now you’re over it.
A true story about how working from your heart and following your intuition can lead to incredible results.
A social enterprise which trains refugee women in floristry, Bread and Roses provides a plethora of practical and emotional support to those on its program.
If we’re talking about positive role models (check our recent hashtag campaign), it’s difficult to think of a better example than Phoebe Montague of 100 Women I Know. Phoebe kindly talked us though the making of her award-winning short film, about better understanding consent, art as therapy and the importance of just putting yourself out there and getting shit done. Essential reading!