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Zahra Banday, BA English Photo Credit: Creative Commons ‘Call the Midwife’ actress Jenny Agutter has recently come out criticising victims of the #MeToo movement. Talking to the Radio Times, Agutter discussed how she doesn’t “fully understand” how these women could be sexually assaulted. She stated, “I never fully understood the people who got themselves into […]
Bella Saltiel, MA Middle Eastern Studies India’s #MeToo movement has been gathering momentum. The hashtag has been used to call on perpetrators to account for their sexual misconduct and has primarily been focused on the CEOs of English Language media outlets. Many powerful men have already been asked to resign including the Minister for External […]
Trigger/Content Warning: this article discusses sexual violence and the justice system. The past few weeks have felt like a toxic haze for me where I have been unable to escape the bombardment of news stories, personal accounts and constant thoughts about sexual violence. There are a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I gave consent […]