In the UK, suicide is the biggest killer of men under 50. But the explanation is often reduced to one thin phrase: men do not talk. This article looks deeper, exploring how male suicide rates are shaped by masculinity, shame, economic pressure, relationship breakdown, social isolation, substance use, access to lethal means and the crisis of identity that can emerge when men feel they have failed at being men.
Women are asking the same question: how would I know if something happened while I was asleep? This article explores the real signs of drug-facilitated sexual assault within relationships, why it is so difficult to detect, and what to do if you suspect something isn’t right.
War has long been framed through the language of heroism, sacrifice, and national glory, yet for women its realities are often far removed from the battlefield. From sexual violence and displacement to the collapse of healthcare and the burden of survival, women have historically endured some of conflict’s most intimate and devastating consequences. This article explores the hidden toll of war on women throughout history and examines why the promise of “liberation” so often fails to reflect the lived reality of women in war zones.
Since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Afghanistan has undergone one of the most extreme rollbacks of women’s rights in modern history. Girls are barred from secondary school, women are excluded from universities and most employment, and public space has been redefined as male territory.
But what exists today is not merely discrimination. Increasingly, legal scholars and UN experts are calling it something more precise: gender apartheid — a system of institutionalised domination that may meet the structural threshold of a crime against humanity.
This article examines how Afghanistan’s new legal framework, including the revised criminal code, has reshaped both public and private life for women — and what this means for future generations.
Matriarchy is usually imagined as the female version of patriarchy – women ruling over men. But anthropology tells a very different story. Drawing on matrilineal and matrifocal societies from around the world, this article shows how matriarchy is centred on social regeneration, kinship and moral authority, rather than domination. Understanding this difference radically changes how we think about feminism, power and governance.
Hair is never just hair. From Kurdish braids cut as trophies, to girls punished for afros, to women in Iran cutting their hair in revolt, this essay explores women’s hair as the most intimate site of feminist resistance—where power meets the body, and the body answers back.
What happens when motherhood feels like a living death? Drawing on Orna Donath’s Regretting Motherhood, this essay confronts the taboo truth of maternal regret, the erasure of women, and why every woman deserves to know the cost before becoming a mother.
A newborn taken within the first hour. A mother told she failed a culturally biased test. Decades after the Little Danes experiment, Greenlandic children are still being removed by the Danish state. This article exposes how Europe’s newest Stolen Generation is being created — and why the world must pay attention.
When The Way of the Superior Man was first published in 1997, it offered men a spiritual roadmap to purpose, love, and sexual integrity. But over time, it has divided readers — hailed by some as timeless wisdom, dismissed by others as poetic patriarchy. This essay explores both the brilliance and the blind spots of David Deida’s work, tracing its origins in the 1990s men’s movement, its tantric underpinnings, and its enduring influence on modern masculinity.
Based on a true story, the film Carrington profoundly changed how I understand love, identity, and LGBTQ+ acceptance. Through the unconventional bond between Dora Carrington and Lytton Strachey, I came to realise that love doesn’t follow rules — it simply finds the soul it recognises. This reflection explores how one film helped me walk in another’s shoes and redefined what it means to love and be loved.