Not every trans person is, wants to be, or has to be a beacon of visibility or activism. Nikkie, just like most, just wants to live in the right identity, quietly and unremarked for it. Trans people don’t owe anybody anything; not explanations, not knowledge, nothing.
Read MoreGreta Gerwig’s Little Women is, above all, a love letter to sisterhood and girlhood. It is lovingly crafted and gorgeously shot, and carries all the genuine energy and fervour of a houseful of little women navigating a world which they individually realise does not hold space for them.
Read MoreColumnist Emily Blair brings you her hottest takes on queer identity in 2019.
Read MoreI want to believe there's consolation in reminiscence, that mourning can be cleansing when it's set against green and red lights and holiday songs and a sense of impending renewal. But when time never moves forward for us, it can never be properly marked and peacefully released. Instead we are the ones marked. Holidays repeat endlessly.
Read MoreBy the next election, the two main reasons people didn’t vote Labour will not exist. And the bad news: the billionaire owned media will continue to demonise the Left. So what can you do? Accepting the reality we live in doesn’t mean giving up. Here’s what you can do.
Read MoreFor the third time in five years, the UK is having a general election. Again. We have more general elections than Marvel has female-lead superhero films. The rate of us having general elections is higher than the rate of Frank Ocean releasing albums. We have so many general elections, everyone in the UK has a chronic case of tinnitus.
Read MoreAt the end of every year Spotify presents you with a playlist of your top 100 most listened to songs. Boshemia staff have taken their top 10 to combine and make a playlist that reflects our vibes across the year. We’ve ruminated on how our top tracks ended up so and shared our thoughts.
Read MoreWith the false veil of oppression starkly lifted by our parents’ easy love and acceptance, I am forced to confront my perceived identity as a marginalized person.
Read MoreWhat if your parents want to talk about The Wall? Or The NHS? What if they offer their unsolicited opinions on Elizabeth Warren or AOC? It’s too late to turn back, so enjoy these tunes as you drive towards an inevitable argument.
Read MoreI’m still trying to absorb it. It felt so odd, intrusive, illusionary to see this (beautiful, though wrongly and overly beautified in many ways) image of these people — I’ve spent so many hours considering them, thinking of them, imagining, evoking.
Read MoreYou Must Remember This started as a passion project in April 2014. “I heard what it would sound like, and I was not really happy with my professional situation at the time. And so, I just thought “I can hear what this podcast sounds like in my head. Why don't I try to make it?" So, I did.”
Read MoreMillennials are burnt out, in shitty underpaid jobs and many of us still trying to crawl out of generational poverty. Here are some straight-up useful resources for those who are short on cash.
Read MoreIf we are truly committed to sustainability, it needs to be accessible for all, or else fast fashion will retain its hold on those of us who don’t fit slow fashion’s desired consumer template.
Read MoreWhether strikingly scary or glaringly glamourous — which Queen would snatch the crown and reign as Hallow’s Eve Monarchy?
Read MoreAnyway here’s our list of tried and true (well, mostly) suggestions — from the (s)experts at Boshemia.
Read MoreGive Joker a skip — not just because Joker is a misogynistic, racist, incel manifesto that will incite violence, but because it’s bad. Joker bad.
Read MoreThe collection begins now, a digging / the excavation of her pomegranate hips.
Read MoreIf The Handmaid’s Tale explored the concept of freedom and freewill, The Testaments explores accountability. Each time one of the characters in this book are faced with a choice between bravery and self-preservation, the reader must ask what they would do with that choice.
Read MoreCan any of us eat intuitively in a society in which nothing about a woman’s natural body is respected, honored, or trusted?
Read MoreIt’s Sexual Health Week, which means you should probably be thinking about booking your next trip to the clinic or ordering your free online testing kit, and having open and honest conversations with your partners about your sex life. While these are very important things to be thinking about (and Googling), it’s also sometimes important to take anonymous advice from someone who knows nothing about your life (or, indeed, about astrology).
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