Are men funnier than women? What is a "punchline gap"? And has cancel culture killed our ability to joke around?
In our new podcast episode, Lazy Selin inte...
A Premenstruációs Diszfóriás Zavart 2019-ben vette fel az Egészségügyi Világszervezet a mentális betegségek listájára, nagyjából a termékeny nők 5.5% érinti, de a mai napig szinte alig zajlik a témában szélesebb körű diskurzus. Ennek járunk most utána!...
Ha a kluboknak megvan a hatalmuk, hogy súlyosbítsák a problémát, akkor bizonyára arra is képesek lennének, hogy javítsanak a helyzeten, nem igaz? A Gólya, Auróra és Fekete Zaj képviselői éppen ezért gyűltek össze, hogy megvitassák ezt a kérdést....
How can create a sexism-free nightlife? In Budapest, representatives of bars and clubs came together to come up with ways in which they can be part of the solution, not the problem....
If you’re a Budapest local, NEM! may already be familiar to you from the stickers and menstrual product donation boxes in the toilets of your favourite bars and community spaces, but the movement’s campaigns extend to the online sphere and the streets of Budapest too. ...
Anyone who’s used dating apps knows it can get pretty exhausting. Lazy Maïté has taken it upon herself to think outside the box, and has come up with some fun, alternative ways to use dating apps other than, well, dating. ...
Shock ripples throughout the world, as the Supreme Court overrules the historic Roe v Wade ruling in a serious blow to women’s reproductive rights in the USA. But what was Roe v Wade, and what are the effects of this overruling?...
Is selflessness the same as altruism? Why are we as a society so obsessed with the idea of 'giving up our selves' for others? Asks Lazy Lilla in this thought-provoking piece. ...
When it comes to relationships discussion in popular culture is often focused on heterosexual romance, however, friendship might be the most underestimated of all human connections. Female friendships are no different - and Elena argues, that this is probably the most complicated one....
A video essay based on messages I received online - from men whom I have never met.
There is an invisible stress factor in most women's lives - one that we ...
Babies. They are everywhere: social media, family pressure, that cousin who is your age and already has 3 beautiful girls, screaming at you that you are somewhat late for all of that magic. Is this how it's supposed to go? ...
Anti-femininity is a phenomenon that poisons the life of girls and women worldwide. Anna, a self-proclaimed tomboy, shares her childhood memories about her first encounters with patriarchy and anti-femininity. ...
The Black Lives Matter movement shook the Western world in 2020, but how does it translate to Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan? Aizada talks us through the popular narratives and implications of the BLM movement in the country. ...
Poland is the latest example of democracy moving backward instead of forward. On the 27h of January the Polish government announced the introduction of a near total ban on abortions. The ruling established that abortion is now legal in Poland only in cases of rape, incest or danger for the mother’s life…. But the Polish people did not intend to sit back and watch in silence. They went back to the streets like they did months before, shouting slogans such as “My body, my choice” and “You will never walk alone”. ...
You shave your legs, suffer over a guy or a girl sometimes, ask for help instead of trying to power through something alone? You wear bras and makeup and you expect the guy to pay the bill on the first date? Have you ever felt that this makes you a bad feminist? In the following personal, yet very relatable piece, Elena Giuliano tells you why you really shouldn’t!
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Anna opens up about her experiences with PTSD, the only available form of time travel, and highlights why PTSD impacts women, both in and out of the military, too. , too....
“The Punchline Gap”. You’ve probably never heard of it, but if you’re female-identifying you have most definitely experienced it. Alison Middleton and Rosalie Minnitt explore the sad but universally acknowledged truth that men often receive more laughs than women - regardless of content and find out what you can do to help level the playing field, both on and off the stage.
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What happens to our bodies when we come off the contraceptive pill, and why is there so little information to help women through the process? Emily Stronach Walker discusses the physical and psychological side-effects of quitting the Pill, and how her own experience left her feeling isolated and frustrated by the contradictory, minimal guidance she found. ...
