Daisy Schofield

A terrifying new chapter for unsafe abortions
Activism

A terrifying new chapter for unsafe abortions

Right to Choose — In the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal, we introduce our series spotlighting the voices of people who’ve been impacted by anti-abortion laws and anti-choice protestors.

Written by: Daisy Schofield and Ben Smoke

My battle with the Home Office to save my sisters fleeing war
Activism

My battle with the Home Office to save my sisters fleeing war

Search for Sanctuary — A Ukrainian living in London describes her struggle to bring her family members seeking refuge from war into the UK due to an uncompassionate immigration system.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

Photos of strippers which celebrate female sexuality
Culture

Photos of strippers which celebrate female sexuality

Money game — Photographer Elizabeth Waterman discusses her project documenting strip clubs across the US and Mexico, and how she managed to create an authentic portrayal of sex workers.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

How to escape the tyranny of work under capitalism
Activism

How to escape the tyranny of work under capitalism

Lost in Work — In her new book, writer and researcher Amelia Horgan explores the many problems facing today’s underpaid, exhausted and disillusioned workforce and why fixing them will mean radically changing the very foundations of society.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

Why we must interrogate the limits of ‘consent culture’
Culture

Why we must interrogate the limits of ‘consent culture’

Tomorrow sex will be good again — Writer and academic Katherine Angel discusses her new book, which urges readers to rethink the concept of consent as the be-all and end-all of a ‘good’ sexual encounter, recognising it instead as a slippery notion.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

The female couriers being denied toilet dignity
Activism

The female couriers being denied toilet dignity

‘It’s dehumanising‘ — The issue of workers being denied toilet dignity has worsened during the pandemic. For female couriers – who are disproportionately impacted by the problem – it’s taking a toll on both their mental wellbeing and ability to work.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

Coded Bias: how AI threatens our civil rights
Film

Coded Bias: how AI threatens our civil rights

Dystopian reality — Director Shalini Kantayya discusses her new film shedding light on the urgent threats machine learning poses to individual freedoms and democracy, and what society must do to combat these sinister technologies.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

Grace Blakeley on how we'll survive the corona crash
Activism

Grace Blakeley on how we'll survive the corona crash

Rebuilding the future — In her new book, The Corona Crash, economist Grace Blakeley sets out the ways we need to radically restructure society in the wake of coronavirus.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

An uncanny portrait of Russia's modern hermits
Culture

An uncanny portrait of Russia's modern hermits

Home alone — In her photo series, Natalia Ershova meets the social recluses from Moscow who have chosen to stay at home, and communicate with the outside world almost entirely online. Amid lockdown, her photographs take on a renewed poignancy.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

Owen Jones: ‘I never wanted a platform’
Activism

Owen Jones: ‘I never wanted a platform’

Story of a movement — In his new book, Owen Jones recounts a turbulent period of British politics, in an attempt to salvage Corbyn's left-wing alternative, without Corbyn. He talks to Huck about a fraught writing process, and what went so devastatingly wrong for Labour in 2019.

Written by: Daisy Schofield

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