Ditch the LabelDitch the LabelLet’s talk about catcalling You’ve probably seen the viral catcalling video of a woman walking around New York for 10 hours experiencing 108 instances of verbal street harassment. The video has rightly been subjected to much criticism regarding its execution, editing and the implications this holds for racial politics as the film concentrates primarily on
...Read More10 myths about femininity debunked 1. Women are born ‘gentle’. Gender doesn’t determine your personality; a woman isn’t born gentle and a man isn’t born strong. Behaviours are learnt and these identities have been constructed for us…but times are changin’ – as a society we seem to be addressing and challenging these traditional notions and
...Read MoreStop telling me to ‘smile’ ‘Cheer up love!’ ‘Smile!’ ‘It might never happen!’ These are just a few of the things absolute strangers have shouted at me walking down the street. On my way to work just the other day, a man I had never met in my life told me to give him a
...Read MoreWe interviewed agender musician and author Rae Spoon DtL: Hi Rae! Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and your journey so far? Rae: I’m a Canadian agender musician and author. I grew up in Calgary, Alberta in a Pentecostal family. As soon as I left school I started playing shows and I’ve
...Read MoreWe interviewed GIRLI, the young, fearless, London-based singer/rapper/producer making rappy, bratty, sugar-dance-pop DtL: Our research revealed that 35% of teenage girls believe that their gender will have a negative effect on their career. What are your thoughts on this, based on your experiences in the music industry? Girli: My gender has definitely had an impact
...Read MorePidgeon Pagonis talks us through their journey of discovering they were intersex DtL: Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your journey so far? Pidgeon: At an early age, my mum told me, “You were born with cancer in your ovaries, and the doctors had to take them out to save your life.
...Read MoreWe interviewed Cardiff City football player Gemma Evans and boxer Charlene Jones DtL: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into your chosen sport? Charlene: I first got introduced to boxing through my dad; he used to box and took me to a local boxing gym. From there I haven’t looked
...Read MoreVesper blogs about identifying as non-binary Life would be easier if it came with a guidebook. If it did, maybe it wouldn’t have taken me 27 years to realise that I didn’t actually have to subscribe to society’s assertion that everyone is either male or female. At the very least, ripping the book to shreds
...Read MoreMelissa Brooks on defying gender stereotypes in rock music DtL: Have you ever experienced bullying? If so what happened and how did you deal with the experience? Melissa: Yes. Until I reached my late teens, I always felt as if I was an outcast. I felt outspoken, and I always stood out from everyone else
...Read More“Gender is not sane. It’s not sane to call a rainbow black and white” – Kate Bornstein (American author and gender theorist) Gender As a Spectrum is a book that challenges the notion of gender binaries and explores the lives of trans and genderqueer people in an intimate series of photographs and interviews. We spoke to photographer Joseph
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