Tag: politics

• Farage’s New Year Message Claims vs. Local Action

  Dec 31

  Farage’s Promises vs. Reform UK’s Reality in Local Councils In his New Year message, Nigel Farage painted a picture of national decay, pledging that Reform UK would restore pride, slash… more ›

• Women’s Roles: From Trad Wives to Workforce Participation

  Dec 30

  Introduction From the post-war period through to the late twentieth century, women’s social roles in the United States and the United Kingdom underwent profound structural change. In the 1950s, married… more ›

• The Link Between Conspiracy Theories and Political Beliefs

  Dec 29

  Discussions about politics often become heated, especially when intelligence or psychology is mentioned. Many people assume that research claiming links between right-wing views, conspiracy theories, and racism is about insulting… more ›

• The Ghost of the Blackshirts: Which Modern Politicians Echo Oswald Mosley?

  Dec 28

  Image generated by Sora AI (2025) In periods of political uncertainty, historical analogies often resurface. Few figures are invoked more frequently in British political discourse than Sir Oswald Mosley, founder… more ›

• Understanding Functionalism: A Blueprint for Misogyny

  Dec 28

  Why an old sociological theory is driving today’s culture wars on X Spend any time on X, and a familiar argument appears again and again. Society is supposedly “falling apart”… more ›

• Why Donald Trump Targets Somalia and Somali Americans: Populism, Race, and the Politics of Fear

  Dec 11

  Donald Trump’s rhetoric about Somalia and Somali Americans has long been a flashpoint in American political life. From describing African nations as “shithole countries” to repeatedly singling out Somali communities… more ›

• Trump’s Higher Education Changes: Implications for Nursing from a Feminist Perspective

  Nov 29

  The U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration has proposed revisions to graduate student lending that will significantly change how students finance advanced degrees. These changes classify eleven fields,… more ›

• Nativism Then and Now: William Poole’s 19th-Century America and Modern British Anti‑Immigration Movements

  Nov 16

  I was watching the film Gangs of New York and could not help but notice the comparisons with today’s politics. So I decided to do some research. The film’s violent… more ›

• After Katie Fox: Making Britain’s Cities Safer for Women at Night

  Nov 13

  Introduction: A Tragic Reminder On a busy Friday evening in November, 34-year-old Katie Fox was fatally stabbed at a Birmingham city centre bus stop. The attack appeared completely unprovoked –… more ›

• Weaponising Safety: How Nigel Farage Uses Women’s & Girls’ Safety as a Voting Strategy, and Yet Systematically Dismantles their Protections

  Nov 8

  “Women’s safety” has become one of the most emotionally charged slogans in modern British politics. It evokes fear, empathy and outrage, and rightly so, given the persistent epidemic of male… more ›