There is still a stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS that is accepted and shared widely in the general public. The lack of education and awareness on this means that our modern society remains a toxic place for people who are HIV positive.
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Boshemia designer and newly-Parisian-by-adoption Lauren sat down for a discussion with Mathilde Maire, better known as The Purrisian. Mathilde is a self-defined ‘crazy cat lady’ and book-hoarding librarian who is an up-and-coming illustrator in based in Paris.
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There’s no doubt that rejection is painful. We can all recall the desolation of unrequited love, but why are we so accepting of men who refuse to accept that the end is really the end?
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When it comes to human issues, I dislike statistics. They can easily be manipulated to support a particular bias. Facts can be entirely invented and published online as truth. This is why stories are so important. Girl, Woman, Other does this in a way that isn’t boring or biased. The book’s eclectic characters are fleshed out, flawed, sometimes brutal, always independent.
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I come from a large British family, and while I cannot say that the idea of family bonds is not important, it is often with a focus on independence from each other, rather than connecting as a unit. A little over two years ago I made the decision to move to Australia to be with my partner. The experience has certainly cracked open my own perceptions of family and the anchors we need in life to feel connected.
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Boris Johnson gave a speech at 18:00 outside Downing Street that appeared to be announcing nothing, leaving everyone asking: What the fuck was that!? Allow me to tell you what the fuck that was.
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Queering the classroom can be nothing more or less than an act of existence that does not necessitate a certain mode, reaction, or action toward or against a gender presentation binary, or an understood queer normativity.
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Last week the Home Office tweeted out the launch of their #knifefree initiative, which involves printing stories warning young people of the danger of knife crime on takeaway chicken boxes. When the government makes targeted campaigns such as this, it alienates and villainises people of colour.
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Brexit may have caused a huge divide in our country, but the divide between left and right runs deeper and longer. The argument against a Corbyn led emergency government is that the Tory MPs don’t like him. To that I say, good.
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Dyin’ to make it in the glitzy pictures of yesteryear? Just follow these steps and stick with me kid, we’ll turn you into a star.
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This season, Love Island set out to answer one very simple question: why are men such trash? Throughout the season, there have been three men who have fuckboy’d their way through. They’ve been rude, inconsiderate and “chaldish”. While we’re all basking in the glow of Gregg and Amber, let’s have a look back at the top three fuckboys of Love Island.
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After the Queer Big Bang in Appalachia, still we must ask the question: where can we all pee?
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For Peak Wedding Season, we present you a brief guide on some basic Do’s and Don’ts to help you get through someone else’s big day.
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Are you feeling blue now that the end of Pride month is upon us? Well don’t pack up your rainbows just yet! Boshemia’s Staff and contributors got together to discuss the ways we keep the spirit of Pride alive all year long. Here’s some of our thoughts.
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Really the most upsetting part is that every time a story such as this one hits the news, it becomes painfully, undeniably clear that we are not being listened to.
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What actually makes a good ally? At the apex of Pride Month, amidst the Taylor Swift buzz, the (all LGBTQ+) Boshemia team figured it was a good time to consider this question ourselves. Here are our thoughts.
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It’s a fine line to tailor to the gays without coming off as pandering, or a privileged white girl who saw season 6 of RuPauls Drag Race for the first time on a plane. Anyway, here’s the new Taylor Swift song.
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Wealthy, middle aged, white men continue to control the future of our country. In short, we’re fucked.
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I haven’t left this river bed in six days.
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For some inexplicable reason, I feel an intense kinship with Bourdain. I suppose Bourdain feels like my own cautionary tale.
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