Owen Abbott

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Could 50,000 Emojis Save a Life? The Digital Hypervisibility Paradox. Author: Grace Fadahunsi

Posted on 26 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

On my cracked phone screen, I see a low-quality video of a Palestinian teenager asking for a ‘watermelon chain’. They, of course, don’t have any use for the red-and-green emojis, […]

Borders, Privilege and Scapegoating. Author: Summer Darwent

Posted on 16 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

What are borders? Borders are a social entity, which have been gradually illustrated through history, created by the social values of a community. These are ‘imagined communities’ (Anderson 2016) formed […]

Endometriosis and Medical Misogyny. Author: Daisy Tilley

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Endometriosis has existed in records since 1825 B.C.E. (Lindeman, 2023: 51), yet it still cannot be cured. Worse, there is still no understanding on what exactly causes it, even though […]

Private School and Education Inequality. Author: Emily Brown

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

In recent years private schools have come under particular scrutiny, with the implementation of a 20% rate of VAT on school fees used by Keir Starmer as a headline policy […]

Confronting the gender health gap. Author: Ffion Jones

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Across 59 countries, it has been revealed that women continuously claim poorer health than men, despite their longer life expectancy (Boerma et al, 2016). This has recently exposed the alarming […]

The Dangers of Women in Extremism. Author: Grace Geake

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Today, we are witnessing an epidemic of women being manipulated so aggressively that they are handed a match and demanded to light it under their freedoms, mocking their rights that […]

When Misogyny Goes Viral: Andrew Tate, Algorithmic Masculinity, and the Crisis of Contemporary Manhood. Author: Isabelle Schlich

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Andrew Tate is a modern-day example of how patriarchy is reinforced in contemporary society. This manifesto explores how a powerful public figure like Tate exerts a significant influence on the […]

Denying Palestinians the Permission to Narrate: The BBC’s Biased Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. Author: Kitty Welsh

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

“When this conflict is over, and Palestinians have a state they so richly deserve, this period will be looked back on as the Western liberal media's darkest hour”– David Hearst, […]

Blackpill Ideology. Author: Sabeyah Zaman

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

In 2014, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured 14 others in a shooting spree in Isla vista. He left behind a manifesto and YouTube videos expressing deep resentment toward […]

A Manifesto that explores the crisis of hope and moral complacency in response to collective violence. Author: Isra Isse

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Silence is a hidden threat, it buries sorrows under rubble, it does not shriek or explode. It is what a massacre sounds like, fading sufferings, vanishing every time we do […]

The Manosphere: Social Media as a vehicle for violence against women. Author: Lucy Butcher

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

A new villain/victim narrative has risen: In an age where women are constantly under threat from the harmful and violent acts of men; where women's lives are being taken at […]

Borders of Perception. Author: Hyunsoo Cho

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

In 2015, Syrian swimmers Yusra and Sara Mardini successfully pulled a stalled refugee boat across the Aegean Sea for three hours, saving the lives of all 18 passengers (Shah 2022). […]

“AI Took My Job!”: AI, Bullshit Jobs and Why We Need More Welfare. Author: Marcus Stansbury

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

“ would very likely look at what you do and I do and say, ‘that’s not real work’.” This is what Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, had to say when […]

A Call for Mental Health Support and Policy Reform for Rural Agrarian Communities in Wales. Author: Rhea Price

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Agricultural land makes up ninety percent of Wales and forms the backbone of rural communities here. The scaring legacy of mine closure demonstrates how industry underpins community, and its loss […]

From Moron to Misogyny Master: Social Media and the Conflation of Entertainment and Education in the Radicalisation of Young Boys into Anti-Women Ideology. Author: Marie Guthrie

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

TikTok, Instagram, Reddit: it is seldom that one will meet a young person that does not have any involvement with social media apps just like these, with 95% of 13–15-year-olds […]

Transness or Trans-not: The Expectation Paradox. Author: Emmett Dawson-Smith

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Four months ago, I was walking along the beach, angry at myself and the world. I’d just broken up with my partner because he couldn’t bring himself to accept my […]

Man or Bear – Reclaiming Masculinity from Andrew Tate and the Manosphere. Author: Anais Reynolds

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Following a social media debate, women are asked if they would prefer to be stuck in the woods alone with a man or a bear. “Man or Bear?” (Greer et al.,2025) they […]

Expectation vs Reality Surrounding Men’s Mental Health. Author: Callum Griffin (2025)

Posted on 9 January 2026 by Owen Abbott

Each day in the UK, thirteen men board a bus that never arrives. They will never return to their families, their friends, or their lives. This is not a metaphor […]