female empowerment

Hannah Bentley Content warning: mention of sexual assault and transphobia JK Rowling, author of the hugely successful fictional book series Harry Potter, has made headlines again after it was announced in December 2022 that she has founded a ‘women-only’ support centre for victims of sexual assault, violence, and abuse...

Cora-Laine Moynihan Women of Nottingham marched through the city on the evening of Saturday 22nd October in solidarity to protest violence against women and girls and to reclaim the streets that many fear to walk alone at night. Impact’s Cora-Laine Moynihan reports. The Reclaim the Night march, organised by the...

Daria Paterek tells us about her campaign 'Nottingham on Ecosia', and how you can do your part in saving the planet, one tree at a time!...

Nieve ODonnell reviews Poorna Bell’s ‘Stronger: Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s Strength’ for May's Book Of The Month, a brilliant, perspective-changing and empowering book about female health and fitness. ...

Throughout March we have been celebrating International Women’s Month and to commemorate this,Lucy lists her favourite female-owned style, makeup and skincare brands!...

Emily Ash Emily celebrates the positive impact feminist game critic Anita Sarkeesian has had on her life. A lot of negativity has been published about Anita Sarkeesian’s video essay series Tropes vs Women in Video Games (TvW); there was negativity at the time, and there’s still negativity now. So,...

A romantic-comedy about cheerleaders in short skirts. Sexist, I hear you say? Bring It On (2000) is the film that (literally) flips these stereotypes on their head (because they are cheerleaders, duh). The film’s opening scene satirises the common assumptions about cheerleaders, with them singing the lines “I swear...