As the conflict in Ukraine intensifies again in the east, and with an estimated 5 million people now estimated to have fled the country, humanitarian aid efforts continue. We’ve been… Read more »
Singer-songwriter, performance artist and actress Solange announced last week—via her Saint Heron foundation—that she would use the organisation’s site to host a free digital library of rare works by Black… Read more »
Death threats and bookshop fines: Hungary faces scrutiny over anti-LGBTQ ruling
In 2020, Hungary passed a law preventing citizens from legally changing their gender. Later that year, they decided to ban same-sex couples from adopting children. Only last month, a law was passed in parliament… Read more »
Four inches. 10.16cm. The minimum width of a standard football goalpost. In global terms: an incredibly small distance. At Wembley Stadium on Sunday night, as the Euro 2020 final between… Read more »
Here, then, is how you do the work. Instead of blithely turning their logo rainbow-coloured and making vague noises about inclusivity, skin, hair and body care company Aesop are putting… Read more »
‘Kung fu’ children’s book pulled after author apologizes for racist content
Selling over 80 million copies worldwide and with a DreamWorks film to its name, the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey is a much loved and lauded series of children’s… Read more »
Racist colouring book distributed publicly by far right German political party AfD
Alternative for Germany (AfD) was only formed in 2013, but it has become the third largest political party in Germany. Eurosceptic and right-wing populist, it is supporting increasingly far-right views and is now, first and… Read more »
Gay’s the Word bookshop is an institution and a pioneer. The UK’s first gay and lesbian bookstore (and one of only two LGBT bookshops currently in the UK), last year… Read more »
Would you call causal transphobia “cheerful vulgarity” or inexcusable discrimination? Writer Gareth Roberts has discovered the consequences of oversharing on social media when tweets he made back in September 2017… Read more »