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Gender and Feminism
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Feminism: A post-match interview
Interviewer: Jordan, there have been a few tears obviously, but how do you sum it up in the end? Jordan: [less intelligibly than suggested here] It was an experience for…
Academics oppose GRA reform
‘Academic Freedom’ or something more? Six UCL academics were among the signatories of an October 2018 letter published in The Guardian. They expressed reservations about proposed changes to the Gender…
UCL Boat Club Plan Meeting to Solve The Patriarchy… No Women Invited
In the ongoing struggle against the old dog of misogyny, Soc Bitch has learned that two valiant young men from UCL Boat Club have decided that they, single-handedly, know what’s…
“Zero Tolerance is just a marketing scheme”: Union hypocrisy fails sexual assault victims
“They make you run around in circles until you give up.” Imagine having a drink with a friend in Phineas. All around are posters and T-shirts advertising the Union’s ‘Zero…
My Island: A Pill Rather Hard to Swallow
We decided something, along with a couple of friends: not taking the pill is the new feminist struggle. It was after one of them got in a fight with her…
Geography Department sorry for sexist PowerPoint slide
Some lecture slides are impossible to decipher, some contain poor puns, and then there are those which are simply tone deaf. This Tuesday in a lecture given to the Masters…
UCL Netball & Rugby host Playboy memorial for Hugh Hefner
In honour of the death of his majesty and fabulous lord Hugh Hefner (their words, not mine), UCL Netball are putting their best foot forward and helping womankind end the…
Only 22% of UCL’s Highest Earners Are Women
“UCL was the first university in the UK to admit women” – surely this has been forced down every fresher’s throat by now? What they don’t put in the brochure,…
The tragic story of how UCL fails victims of sexual assault
“They push you around the system until you give up. There is no system to help”. These are the words of a UCL medical student who was raped in her…