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the curse of respectability politics in reality tv
respectability politics works to force women into socially acceptable boxes, Ronita Awoonor-Gordon explores the role of respectability politics for black women in reality TV.
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Goodbye and by
Cassandra Wright writes a couplet about de-coupling. accompanied by original artwork by Sophia Lobanov-Rostovsky.
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Pitter Patter
Bindu Devereux’s poem which takes inspiration from the #MeToo movement and the countless number of individuals who have been affected by sexual assault.
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Women Appear: The Price of Beauty
in the final instalment of her selfhood series, Katie Buckley questions the value our society places on conventional beauty.