Real voices
Maddy Power, author 'Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain', discusses some of the negative aspects of foodbanks, and the structural issues that jeopardise their inclusivity. …Read more
On Transforming Society, Lisa Wheildon champions UN Women’s 16 Days of Activism to end violence against women and girls. We need to build on the progress in reducing gender-based violence and accelerate change by institutionalising transformation.…Read more
On Transforming Society, Amy E. Hodel, Sarah Barron and Anca Miron discuss why people lie to family members with dementia. …Read more
This University Press Week, our Digital Marketing Manager Jess Miles celebrates how we help our authors and other contributors to #SpeakUp and make a difference on Transforming Society.…Read more
The authors of a recent article in Emotions and Society share their research into white supremacist beliefs and ask how you deradicalise someone whose racist views are based on intuitive or emotional pathways.…Read more
Henry Tam calls for a top-priority programme to reform our broken democratic infrastructure so that it can support sustained cooperative interactions. …Read more
The authors of a recent article for the Journal of Gender-Based Violence conducted surveys with festival attendees to see the extent of safety at music festivals. These findings revealed that women consistently reported a distressing normalisation of unwelcome attention, harassment, invasive touching and violence.…Read more
Brian Gac, Hanna D. Yakubi and Dorie E. Apollonio examine opioid overdoses in the US which have led to over one million deaths and highlight how the pharmaceutical industry often overstates the benefits while understating the risks.…Read more
Tom Boland and Jody Moore-Ponce consider the limits of self-examination and ‘confessional critique’ in recent antiracist writing. This liberal, individually focused critique rarely translates into effective political action. …Read more
Victor Porto, Guilherme Benzaquen, Simone Gomes and Roxana Cavalcanti explain how Bolsonaro’s far-right government impacted activism in the Brazilian Amazon. …Read more