Month: December 2021

Sexual Assault & Memory: Upending Common Narratives In Rape Culture

“All I really remember is retching in the street afterwards,” says Lee*, 29. “And being absolutely terrified that he was going to pull me into the car.” Leaving her house in Sussex on a sunny Saturday afternoon, she hadn’t thought twice when a car pulled up at the kerb and […]

Of Course Succession Fails Its Black Women Characters — It’s Succession

Of Course Succession Fails Its Black Women Characters — It’s Succession

This story includes Succession season 3 spoilers.  If you’ve ever been a Black employee in boardroom full of white executives — truly, my least favourite place on earth — you know that watching HBO juggernaut Succession is like getting a perverse peek into what horrible things those horrible bosses say […]

Black Women Gamers Aren’t Unicorns — They’re The Future

Black Women Gamers Aren’t Unicorns — They’re The Future

Many people still think that being a gamer and a Black woman is a juxtaposition. It’s not. We’re not unicorns. Just like in any other industry, there are content creators, industry professionals, and consumers, and Black women can be found in all of these categories — but they’re often overlooked, […]

LGBTQ+ Streamers Still Need Answers After This Summer’s Hate Raids

LGBTQ+ Streamers Still Need Answers After This Summer’s Hate Raids

DashDividers_1_500x100 In early August, LGBTQ+ Twitch streamers began sharing clips of a growing and frightening phenomenon: hate raids, in which mass bot accounts would spam offensive speech and threats to active streamers in their chats. Raids were designed to be a positive way for streamers to direct their viewers to […]

Resetting The Game: How The Unbreakable BrookeAB Took Her Life Back

Twitch streamer BrookeAB can’t stop smiling. The gamer lights up the studio as she walks onto set, having traded in her hoodie and biker shorts for a carrot-coloured top, sheer cropped jacket, and white biker skirt. A swath of flaming orange eyeshadow dances across her eyelids while tiny tangerine orbs […]

The New Era Of Fashion

The global fashion industry has experienced a whirlwind of change since the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a new era of fashion consumption and online activism. What are the new trends in fashion that have emerged and who are the tribes of consumers shaping this new era? In this exclusive insights […]