phone a friend: a conversation with canvas magazine's issy carr
essential reading for budding writers, editors, and creatives, Mxogyny’s editor Dalia speaks to Issy Carr about her recent role as editor of Canvas, the challenges that arise in curating a zine, and the effects of your surroundings on fostering creativity.
level with me - a new journal representing the under-represented
Poppy and Cam from Level With Me talk about their new journal focused around working-class and state-educated student communities, specifically at the University of Edinburgh, and are seeking out submissions now!
international women's day 2020 x sanitree: menstrual products are a right, not a privilege
this International Women’s Day, Amy Goodman and Martha Aroha from Edinburgh/India based social enterprise, Sanitree, write about the group’s recent hard work pushing for Scotland’s free period products bill.
our girls: a short film about women and education
Mxogyny presents a short film by Olivia Nielsen which aims to start a conversation about women and education. In watching it, we try to try and imagine what our lives would look like without education, as that is the reality for so many girls around the world.
featured artist: mxogyny x ludmila leiva
Mxogyny interviews illustrator Ludmila Leiva to talk artistry, feminism and the depiction of femme physiques in her work.
seminar reflections: the gendered perceptions of occupation
co-president Yasmin Kanaan reflects on a recent seminar hosted by the Edinburgh University Palestinian Israeli Dialogue Society (EUPIDS), where speakers addressed the key issues of gender, society and intellectual analysis in respect to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict through Dr Buch-Segal’s presentation, a Q&A session and a discussion circle.
talking research: dissecting sexual violence with asmita sood
Asmita Sood discusses her new podcast Talking Research which aims to make academic research on sexual violence accessible by featuring interviews with prominent academics.
the girl up edinburgh campaign
the President and Vice President of Girl Up Edinburgh, Molly Little and Ellie Shimmin, outline the annual aims of the United Nations-led project against gender-based violence and discuss how they will be campaigning on-campus this year. Pictured is the campaign’s artwork which was designed by Tabby Carless Frost.
interview with erin bennett: a female medic’s research on the menstrual cycle
Saffron Roberts conducts an interview with Erin Bennett, a female medical student with special interest in menstrual-centric medical issues.
mx interviews edinburgh’s disabled students’ campaign
Mxogyny’s Maisie Palmer interviews Ellen Blunsdon, the leading officer of the Disabled Students’ Campaign at the University of Edinburgh, to investigate what action she is taking on behalf of disabled students on-campus.
mxogyny x screen queens
This week, editor-in-chief of Mxogyny, Maisie Palmer interviews Chloë Leeson, the founder of Screen Queens - a blog with a strong focus on the exposure of women-centric and women-made films.
interview with contradeception
Mxogyny’s Leonie Hodgkin interviews Gaia Ahuja and Lizzie Perkins, the creators of Contradeception, a piece of digital theatre sharing the unheard voices and opinions of the contraceptive pill.
conversations with grandma: part 3
Erin Laidlaw’s final instalment of her Conversations with Grandma series. Original artwork by Melanie Grandidge.
conversations with grandma: part 2
In the second instalment of her Conversations with Grandma series, Erin Laidlaw reveals her Grandmother’s experience of love and loss during World War Two. Original artwork by Melanie Grandidge.
conversations with grandma: part 1
This week, Erin Laidlaw interviews her grandma (Patricia O’Ryan, née McGrath) about her younger years as a nurse, following her emigration from Ireland to London. The interview is accompanied by Melanie Grandidge’s original artwork.