Opinion
Privileged kids need to stop fetishising working class culture
From Where I Stand — Artist Hetty Douglas' offensive Instagram post about blokes in construction gear having few GCSEs has pissed off a lot people, but it's reflective of a wider trend: people embracing working class culture while also showing contempt for working class people, writes Dawn Foster.
Written by: Dawn Foster
Another royal baby? This privileged third child will get benefits but ours won't
From Where I Stand — Will and Kate are having a third baby, and unlike the rest of us they’ll be entitled to plenty of benefits for their spoilt third sprog.
Written by: Michael Segalov
L'Oréal firing Munroe Bergdorf isn't championing diversity, it's centring white fragility
From Where I Stand — Munroe Bergdorf this week made history, becoming L'Oréal's first transgender model. Now they have fired her simply for speaking out about racism, and it's a disgrace, explains Travis Alabanza.
Written by: Travis Alabanza
I agree with Laura Pidcock – Tory MPs aren't friendship material
From Where I Stand — Newly elected Labour MP Laura Pidcock hit the headlines this week when she said she didn't want to hang out with Tory women in Parliament. The criticism raised against her misunderstands both the role of Conservative politicians and the fundamentals of friendship, argues Abi Wilkinson.
Written by: Abi Wilkinson
The Tories tried to launch a right-wing Momentum and it's just embarrassing
From Where I Stand — Activate? More like absolute_state.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Pride is a protest, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise
From Where I Stand — After the arrest of five protesters in Glasgow Pride this weekend, it is important to remember that the fight for LGBTQ rights must not be commodified and repackaged for the sake of mainstream comfort.
Written by: Biju Belinky
Are left-wing sexists really worse than right?
From Where I Stand — On Saturday, Labour MP Jess Phillips declared that “well-meaning Left-wing men” were actually the “worst sexists.” Megan Nolan explains why that will never be the case.
Written by: Megan Nolan
Trump has reminded LGBT people how fragile our rights really are
From Where I Stand — His banning of trans people from serving in the US military is a wakeup call: The fight for our freedoms is far from over.
Written by: Michael Segalov
'Death here and promises of more': On police brutality and the fight we must win
From Where I Stand — This weekend 20-year-old Rashan Charles was killed by police in Hackney. It's hard to swallow the idea that Britain is a 'post-racial' utopia when black bodies meet their end on our streets.
Written by: Otamere Guobadia
If Corbyn's Labour wants to call itself pro-worker, it must be proudly pro-migrant too
From Where I Stand — The press might be hyping up an off the cuff remark from Corbyn about migration hurting workers, but Labour must stick to a principled, pro-migrant stance, argues Eleanor Penny.
Written by: Eleanor Penny
