The Gender Complex

The Gender Complex Frailty of the fairer sex: A myth or reality? By Wajiha Haider “The history of man’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of the emancipation itself,” Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own The above quote demonstrates two things: Woolf was...

Breaking Bonds

By Salman Latif What prostitution really means. Ever since humans started to live in groups and communities, they began to develop a set of regulations which would govern their way of life. Over millennia, as humanity has evolved, so has its concept of morality. We have come a long way from the moral canons...

The Inclusion of Folklore as Exclusive

By Omri J. Luzon Our Children’s Folklore? Nobody’s talking about Folklore anymore. After all, who cares about a collection of outdated stories and children’s tales? There’s nothing serious about them, and if there ever was, then shame be on the person who thought so. Shame indeed, I argue, shame that...

The Much That Binds Us

By Paul Grant On support for the indie bookshop. “Much Binding” is a small bookshop on the North Norfolk coastline. Tucked away within the folds of a former Victorian seaside resort, it occupies a pivotal position within the current chapters of my life. Its owners are friends and I have, on occasion, had...

The Lazy Man’s Manifesto

By Adam Fisher Technology has improved at an incredible pace, and yet we still live an industrial nightmare. We sacrifice our youth to make more money than we know what to do with, to be used in a future that’s completely unknown. It’s absurd! And for those who don’t make it as far as that distant...

Daring to Whisper

By Sarah Abidi Voices, unheard. ‘I was gullible. They must have picked up on that. […] He said, “We all know about you. We talk about you in the servants’ quarters. You’re the bad boy. You’re the one who likes bad things…” I never told anyone. What would I have said? It was too shameful and...