Words by Immy Patron We’re spending more time than ever before familiarising ourselves with our own facial expressions on video calls, but what does this mean for those searching for romance? Immy Patron reflects on how her impromptu Zoom date held up a (rather revealing) mirror to her instinctive resistance to finding love online. I…
Words by Stefanie Ferguson and Florence Reeves-White For centuries women have been called ‘hysterical’. From Salem to the Suffragettes, women’s feelings have been invalidated and ridiculed in the name of silencing them. The ‘psycho ex’ trope is repeatedly cemented in public discourse, with the bunny boiler in ‘Fatal Attraction’ providing an iconic example of how…
In a tale all too frequently told — in an age of throwaway culture and dismal divorce rates — my father left the family home when I was a baby, and responsibility for my care was left to my mother. Alone with a boisterous bundle of snot and incontinence, who had a stubborn unwillingness to…
FEMME FATALES 