When Helen Steel was a young environmental activist in England in the 1990s, she was deliberately manipulated and deceived into having an intimate relationship with a man she knew as John Barker. Steel says she believed she was part of a loving relationship, but shortly after Barker told Steel thatContinue Reading
Polls have found that feminism has been declared unappealing and irrelevant to young women. NakoPhotography/Shutterstock On December 9, debate began to simmer on social media over the resemblance of two popular women’s empowerment books released in 2020: Chidera Eggerue’s How to Get Over a Boy (published in February by QuadrilleContinue Reading
PV Sindhu recently pulled out of the Denmark Open in October.© AFP The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday approved Olympic silver medallist and world champion PV Sindhu’s request to allow her physio and fitness trainer to accompany her during three tournaments in January next year. The 26-year-old Sindhu,Continue Reading
IND vs AUS Live: Pat Cummins dismissed Ravichandran Ashwin and Mohammed Shami on Day 2 in Adelaide.© AFP India have been bowled out for 244 on Day 2 of the opening Test in Adelaide. The visitors ended the opening day with a score of 233 for six, following a collapse triggeredContinue Reading
The CAS banned Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin from attending the Olympics.© AFP Russia’s Olympic Committee on Thursday said that a Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to bar the country’s high-ranking officials including President Vladimir Putin from attending the Olympics was “unacceptable”. But the committee’s president StanislavContinue Reading
ARFID sufferers have an inherent fear of food and the act of eating. Photographee.eu/ Shutterstock Most of us are picky about some foods – and that’s normal – but for some people, pickiness can be dysfunctional. A little-known eating disorder – called avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) – canContinue Reading
Protester holding a transgender flag sign encouraging social distancing at Trans Pride 2020 in London. JessicaGirvan/Shutterstock Young trans people face numerous challenges in life. These can include social discrimination, bullying, harassment and family rejection. It’s maybe not surprising then that trans youth are also at much higher risk of self-harmContinue Reading
Jeanette Virginia Goh/Shutterstock Method, analyse, conversely. These words are more useful than you think. These and other “academic” words are used in writing and speech at school and other educational settings without being specific to any discipline. They can be used, among other things, to describe research (method, analyse) andContinue Reading
Australian football legend Tim Cahill, who is an ambassador for the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy charged with organising Qatar 2022, believes that having the football World Cup in Qatar is as close as it can get for India and the hundreds of fans in the country. Asked aboutContinue Reading
“Protect the NHS” has been a recurring message that has shaped the UK’s response to COVID-19. The danger that the pandemic could overwhelm the NHS has never been far out of sight. As we approach the five-day relaxation of restrictions for Christmas, the question of whether the NHS will beContinue Reading
