Priya Thethi

Feminism has been gaining more and more prominence in mainstream media due to the success of projects such as Laura Bates’s Everyday Sexism and the popularisation of feminist writers like Caitlin Moran. Despite this, the movement towards equality seems to be constantly hindered by incidents of lad culture, most...

Recently, a video surfaced of a small number of mostly faceless people chanting sexual and explicit phrases that could be construed by some as misogynistic. Publications including Impact, the Guardian and the Daily Mail have published articles on the subject, giving rise to a debate about lad culture on...

It’s the buildup to the 2015 general election and Big Questions are beginning to fly around. For me, one which particularly needs answering is this – why on earth has Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP, been given a place to speak at the televised leaders debates before next...

For most students, the University libraries are a vital resource, and it can often seem that we are not getting much else for our £9,000. When using the library we have probably all been frustrated at some point by two things: people not returning books on time and being...

On 20th September 2014 Emma Watson delivered a speech on gender equality at the United Nation’s headquarters in New York. It was a loaded speech that was as moving as it was inspirational. The Daily Mail’s response? A headline with no mention of the speech whatsoever, but, ironically, with...

As national elections are fast approaching, the main political parties are stepping up their campaigns. Currently it’s conference season – and conferences matter. In 2015 a new parliament will emerge, and clues as to which party it may be can be found in the party conferences. However, what impact...

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