The author made a request to remain anonymous. The definition of period poverty includes not having access to supplies and information regarding menstruation. Period poverty also includes the stigma around menstruation stemming from cultural and social views. As a consequence of this lack of education and stigma around menstruation, many girls are not adequately knowledgeable…
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Palestinian Displacement: from the perspective of women
The author made a request to remain anonymous. Palestinian women have experienced conflict, resisted the oppressive Israeli government all whilst maintaining their household and worrying about their families’ safety and stability. For the past 67 years, Palestinians’ house and village demolitions have become widespread. Forced evictions are related to ethnic cleansing and associated state crimes…
Gendered impact of War in light of the recent Russia-Ukraine war
The author made a request to remain anonymous. News headlines and social media highlight the recent aggression Ukraine is experiencing. Russia has been launching rockets and bombs within Ukrainian cities where civilians are situated in, and additionally, places of target have been essential facilities such as hospitals- a maternity ward in Mariupol was attacked and…
Women are being left behind, but they are the key to battling Climate Change
Sofia Lopez Simpson is a second year International Relations student. Her hobbies and interests include playing the guitar and spending hours making spotify playlists. Climate change is inevitably affecting everyone’s lives, though it should be noted that women and men experience it differently. Climate change is also affecting the poorest communities the most, as unpredictable…
Decolonising The Creative Act
Laura Contreras Sauquet (she/her) is a final year Politics student from Barcelona, Spain. She is interested in the effects of colonialism and misogyny on the arts, how ideologies affect policy making, and questions of national identities. She enjoys drinking coffee in sunny corners, having long walks around any park in London, and listening to podcasts…
Post Separation Abuse: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
Kaylene is a first year LLB Law student from Malaysia. Her interests are politics, feminism and racism against Asians. Outside of university, you can likely find her in a Waterstones or exploring London. Amid a continuing global pandemic, the start of another war in Europe, and the continuation of warfare around the world, why should the…
Ni Una Menos: the feminist movement for livable futures
Julia Marszalkowska is a final year student of International Relations at King’s with interest in human rights and transitional justice. She is passionate about applying gender analysis to all aspects of life and crazy about her cat. “It’s like a virus,” remarks Veronica Gago, professor at the University of Buenos Aires and one of the…
‘Are men still allowed to be men?’
Milou Klein is The Clandestine’s Column Editor. She is a third year Politics student, originally from the Netherlands. Welcome to the Clandestine’s column, Children of the Patriarchy! Here we will be posting columns on anything and everything patriarchy related. Whilst most of us are already painfully aware of the patriarchal structure surrounding us, we often…
The Current State of Afghanistani Women’s Rights
Loura Al Anezi is a Politics (BA) student. She is from Kuwait, and she reports the topics of poverty, mobility, security and conflict. Her hobbies include reading books and painting. Afghanistan women’s rights are not guaranteed due to the recent Taliban governmental takeover. The biggest indicator of the downfall of women rights in Afghanistan was…
Facing the Impostor Within Us
Research suggests we can take on more than one of these types of impostors, sometimes at the same time.
“You Don’t Look Like a Lesbian”: The Reality of Femmephobia and Femme-Invisibility
I’m not sure if I’m safer with hair long enough to pull, or if a shaved head would make them want to prove my woman to me
TikTok, The Simulacrum Available for iPhone – The Impact of Making Gender-based Violence A Virtual Reality
Taimi Vilkko is a second year International Relations student. She is particularly interested in intersectionality and feminist perspectives on security. [Photo: UN Women/Ryan Brown Source] On TikTok, we have seen it all being romanticized. Emotional abuse, unhealthy relationship dynamics, sexual violence, to name a few. Most recently, the “vanilla-shaming” phenomenon on the platform has gotten…