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Sharon Chau
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My Body, My Choice?
To what extent should we modify our bodies? This article was published in The Isis HT24: Strip For Us, April 2024. The slogan ‘my body,...
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Sharon Chau
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Feminist titans in conversation: Judith Butler and Amia Srinivasan
This article was published in The Oxford Student on 2 May 2024. On the 18th of March, significant queues formed outside Oxford Town Hall:...
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Sharon Chau
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Mind the Gap!
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column. For all the laudable progress made by the...
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Sharon Chau
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‘Ladies first’ no more: Bumble’s relaunch
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column on 20 May 2024. Ten years since launching its...
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Sharon Chau
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TikTok’s ‘Tradwives’: feminist nightmare, or left-wing utopia?
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column on 3 May 2024. A new trend has taken over social...
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Sharon Chau
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The urgent need for reforms to sex education in Hong Kong
This article was published in EJ Insight on 11 Apr 2024. Nearly one in every four university students (23%) in Hong Kong has been...
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Sharon Chau
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To be, or not to be? On Alabama’s IVF ruling
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column. Just last week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled...
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Sharon Chau
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2024 Election Psy-op (Taylor’s Version)
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column. Ever since the beginning of Taylor Swift’s...
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Sharon Chau
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Was it Ken-ough? On Barbie’s Oscars snub
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column on 9 Feb 2024. Oscar nominations have finally...
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Sharon Chau
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Is Saltburn a Feminist Film?
This article was published in The Oxford Student as part of my 'Womansplaining' column on 22 Jan 2024. TW: EDs and suicide Labelled the...
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Sharon Chau
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The curse of the eldest (Asian) daughter
This article was published in The Oxford Student on 20 Jan 2024. Image description: three young girls sitting on some grass Taken...
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Sharon Chau
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Suella Braverman - the trap for women (of colour) in politics
This article was published in Cherwell on 23 Nov 2023. It has been a spectacular fall from grace for the Home Secretary, Suella...
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Sharon Chau
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Porn vs Erotica
This is part of a series I call 'daily espressos', where I write down a stream of thoughts on a random topic! I’ve made a summer...
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Sharon Chau
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Review: The Right To Sex By Amia Srinivasan
Coined by Judith Butler as a ‘major new work of feminist philosophy’ that ‘opens up debates about sex, pornography, justice and liberty’,...
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Sharon Chau
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Why I dreamt of becoming a housewife
When I was 16, my life aspirations were pretty simple. I wanted to be a housewife. I wanted to graduate from a good uni, get a good job...
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Sharon Chau
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Should feminists advocate for men’s issues?
This article was co-authored with Uri Shine and published as a debate piece in The Oxford Student on 26th May 2021. Link:...
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Sharon Chau
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Being a "Slut"
It all happened last Sunday night, when my mother came home from a dinner with some other parents. She was sobbing. I tried asking her...
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Sharon Chau
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100 Years of Women at Oxford
Image Credits: St. Hugh's College This article was published in Cherwell on 14 Dec 2020. Link: https://cherwell.org/2020/12/14/100-years-...
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Sharon Chau
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Let's Talk About Sex II: Porn
In debate training a long time ago, I was with a team several years my senior. A motion about porn came up, and inevitably, the giggles...
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Sharon Chau
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Must-Reads for Feminists
Below are short descriptions of some feminist books I have really enjoyed, including Invisible Women, Lean In, A Brief History of...
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