Settling into Feminism (and my adult brain) – IWD 2023

Four years ago I wrote a blog post for International Women's Day entitled 'Celebrating Angry Women', where I encouraged everyone to embrace the rage of feminism, to not be shocked or embarrassed but emboldened by it. At the time I was studying in my 3rd year at University and was in the process of discovering …

6 Books that shaped my Feminism (IWD 2022)

For the fourth year in a row, I am dedicating a blog post to my forever favourite day: International Women's Day. To everyone who celebrates, happy IWD 2022. I hope it is a positive day for you filled with love, hope and happiness. For me, IWD is a time to remember the foundations of my …

IWD 2021: Looking inwards and onwards

Happy International Women's day everyone!!! Every year I try to write a blogpost to commemorate my favourite day, and 2021 is no different. There are big changes coming for me at the end of this month, some set in stone, and some still undecided, but they have got me thinking about what I want my …

Justice for Katherine Howard (International Women’s Day 2020)

Happy International Women's Day everyone! As more and more people begin to celebrate IWD in small, different ways, it is starting to become one of my favourite days of the year. My social media is filled with declarations of love for womankind. For an entire day, I get to scroll through artwork, poetry, articles and …

Celebrating Angry Women (Happy International Women’s Day)

Today is International Women's Day and I am simultaneously full of love and full of this immense anger. I have so much adoration and respect for all the women I know and admire, and yet I am constantly furious at all the ways women continue to be mistreated and discriminated against. This is not just a …