Articles
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The Benefit Panopticon
Amid the UK government's proposed intensification of technological surveillance for benefits claimants, Kai Charles talks to privacy experts, disability advocates and claimants to present the already dire violence of state scrutiny.
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How austerity and benefits policies punish grieving people
The pain of grieving a loved one is intensified when those mourning are also cut off from the welfare and benefits payments they need to survive. With personal experience of this, Kai Charles explores how UK welfare policy and the legacy of Austerity Britain hurts the poor, disabled and marginalised.
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‘Are you coming to the drag?’: how trans-majority drag created community in Bristol
‘A crowded room, smoke heavy in the air – two undercover police stand surrounded by swaying bodies. Men dance with men as the lights periodically cut out. Gasps ring out amid the brief darkness.’
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Bristol’s queer communities are taking the fight against pinkwashing genocide
Pinkwashing, when powerful entities adopt a veneer of supporting LGBTQIA+ rights, has been a prominent PR tactic used by Israel to gloss over its brutal occupation of Palestinian territories. Queer communities are pushing back.
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The Issue with the Force-Based Model of Rape: Consent, Autonomy and the Failure of European Sexual Violence Legislation
‘In March of 2020, following several divisive cases and years of work by women's rights advocates, the Spanish government introduced a new bill that set it on a course to become the 13th country in Europe to legally define rape as sex without consent.’
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Reducing Harm | Combatting the danger of drugs
‘I'm sitting outside my house, smoking, when I get the call. On the other end my friend's voice sounds exhausted, 'I nearly died last night' he says.’
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Banksy to Boris: reactionary art in the age of Brexit
‘Brexit seems defined by uncertainty, division, and instability, and in recent years, has influenced artists and dominated the art world.’
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The Price of Support
‘The intersection of disability and poverty already places a greater strain on a student’s shoulders, the lack of support they are able to access as a result only worsens this issue.’