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TW: Mentions of sexual assault and detailed depictions of drink spiking At university, everyone seems to know someone who’s been spiked. The phenomenon hangs in the air at flat parties and lingers about the bathrooms of student bars, yet remains grossly stigmatised. Following
Last Saturday, almost 200 Otago Uni students organised a peaceful sit-in at the lower Octagon to protest the overturning of Roe v Wade. The hour-long protest included speeches, music and (of course) TikToks. On June 25, the United States Supreme Court announced the overturning of Roe v Wade, a
TW: sexual assault, harassment, femicide. Sarah Everard followed all the rules women are taught from birth. She spoke to her boyfriend as she walked through a park home at 9pm on a Wednesday, she wore comfortable and warm clothes, and shoes made for running. Still, it didn’t save her. She was killed on March 3 2021. A police officer is on trial for her murder. In the month since Sarah was murdered, women around the world have been united in mourning, fear and maybe most prominently, rage. In London, a vigil for Sarah at Clapham Common — the site of her murder — was met with a heavy-hand...