AFTER WEINSTEIN

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national, Perspectives and tagged #metoo, activism, Alice Kessler-Harris, bell hooks, equality, exploitation, featured, feminism, feminist movement, Harvey Weinstein, health insurance, Jordan Peterson, low wages, margaret thatcher, maternity pay, me too, Milo Yiannopoulos, movement, pension, sexual harassment, Susan Faludi, theresa may, time person of the year, unsafe working conditions, victim, Weinstein, white, womens equality, workforce, workplace, World Bank.

by Scott Mclaughlan

Content warning: article mentions sexual harassment, violence against women, exploitation

According to bell hooks feminism is for everyone; it’s a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. Remarkably, given the stream of allegations of sexual harassment and violence against women, triggered by the exposure of sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, today’s popular media appears to have moved on.Continue Reading

IT’S A GIRL!

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged acting, actor, arts, bbc, casting, Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who, equality, gender, Jodie Whittaker, Mary Shelley, media, parity, Peter Capaldi, Rey, role model, scifi, sexism, showrunner, star wars, Steven Moffat, TARDIS, time travel, TV, white, whovian, women.

by Paige Selby-Green

“They’ll never do it,” I said, with total certainty. “I mean I’d love it – if it wasn’t Stephen Moffat writing it, at least – but they’ll never do it.”

I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to be so wrong.

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OXFORD’S PUBLICITY STUNT WON’T CLOSE THE UNIVERSITY CLASS GAP

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged bill clinton, Boris Johnson, buzzwords, capitalism, class, consumerism, degree, discrimination, diversity, education, elitism, employability, employment, family, graduate, graduate employment, graduate jobs, graduate unemployment, higher education, history of art, inclusivity, language, law, learning, lower income backgrounds, margaret thatcher, marketisation, middle class, module guides, nss, NUS, Phillip Hammond, politics, pressure, publicity stunt, student as consumer, student debt, student experience, student life, student loans, student satisfaction, students, students' unions, SU officers, Sutton Trust, teaching, tef, theresa may, tony blair, transferable skills, tuition fees, UCU, university, university management, University of Oxford, white, working class, working class students.

This month Oxford University, in conjunction with the Sutton Trust, launched a summer school aimed at attracting more “white, working class boys” to the university. While this has received praise from some sectors of society, it does not address the real reasons why working class people (not just boys or men) are not attending universities like Oxford.

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CULTURE FOR (WHITE) FASHION

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged African, Afropunk, appropriation, art, bindi, biro, culture, culture for fashion, design, face paint, fashion, indigenous, Mexican, native american, non-binary, original art, peace, spirit, tattoo, tribal, visual art, white.

by Asia Patel
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EDUCATION AND COLOUR: THE IMPORTANCE OF BME STUDENT COMMUNITIES

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Student and tagged #Oscarssowhite, #rhodesmustfall, academia, aspirations, black, black professorts, black students, BME, campus, Cecil Rhodes, Community, degree, diversity, education, ethnic, feminism, gender, IFS, inequality, minority, minority households, minority students, Omar Khan, Oxford, POC, Preventing Prevent, privatisation, race, racial inequality, racism, Runnymede Trust, safe space, scholarship, social platform, student, student loans, students, UEA, university, white, Why is my Curriculum so White?, Womanist Society.

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by Candice Nembhard

From #oscarssowhite to #rhodesmustfall, a spotlight has been shone on the lack of diversity and positive representation for POC across numerous institutions. Although these discussions have been catalysed in online spheres, the implications of these hashtags reference the real experiences of silencing and downplaying the importance of solidarity among BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) people — particularly in student environments.

In 2015, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) conducted a study that suggested more BME students as opposed to White British students were enrolling in university — despite statistically ‘underperforming’ in academia. A general consensus made by researchers was that students from minority households have higher aspirations regarding education than their white counterparts, even with the increase made to tuition fees and the potential privatisation of student loans at hand.Continue Reading

OSCARS 2016

Posted on January 31, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged #Oscarssowhite, academy, art, arts, awards, black, Chris Rock, discrimination, diversity, film, media, movie, MSM, original art, original design, Oscars, race, racism, recognition, representation, visual art, white.

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