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.
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.
Motherhood is often framed as a woman’s ultimate purpose, yet for many it becomes the greatest barrier to freedom, ambition, and self-actualization. The Motherhood Mistake: A Cautionary Tale for Women With Dreams challenges the cultural myth that children complete women, exposing instead how motherhood can consume their futures—unless entered from a position of independence and wealth. Drawing from lived experience and feminist critique, this piece serves as both testimony and warning: women with dreams must protect their autonomy first, or risk surrendering it to the unrelenting demands of motherhood.
Stop blaming her libido. This blunt guide puts responsibility on men: safety first, then desire. Learn how consistency, emotional labour, clean leadership and real aftercare switch her body from “guard” to “open”. Ditch jealousy games, repair fast, praise precisely, and design scenes she can choose—so the queen you cherish becomes the freak you meet in bed.
Bonnie Blue’s story isn’t about porn, empowerment, or liberation. It’s about capitalism at its most ruthless — a business model where the product is a person, escalation is the strategy, and the body is the collateral.
From £2 million a month to nothing overnight, from diamond necklaces to bloodshot eyes, from notoriety to genuine danger… This is the race to the bottom. And the end.
Gaslighting is everywhere. In therapy sessions. On TikTok. In political debates. In messy breakups posted online. But most people using the word have never seen where it came from—or felt the raw weight of its original meaning.
The term didn’t come from a psychology manual. It came from a story. A 1944 film called Gaslight. In it, a husband methodically convinces his wife she’s losing her mind—moving objects, dimming the lights, and denying reality until she doubts everything she knows.
Watching the film is like stepping into the suffocation itself. You feel the erosion of confidence, the rewriting of truth, the calculated isolation. It’s not just a plot—it’s the anatomy of abuse.
Before we dilute gaslighting into a buzzword, we owe it to ourselves—and to survivors—to go back to where it began.
Blurred Lines: Bonnie Blue, Female Empowerment and Whore Culture explores the sharp divide between authentic female empowerment and the commodified spectacle often mistaken for liberation. Using the viral Bonnie Blue phenomenon as a cultural touchpoint, the article examines how whore culture packages sexual availability as empowerment—while true sexual confidence is rooted in self-respect, discernment, and power. This is a call to redefine female empowerment beyond performance, reclaiming sexuality as intentional, self-possessed, and free from the false promises of whore culture.