Motley Talks to Louize Carroll: Gender, psychology and the bass.
Motley Magazine’s Ava Sommers sits down with bassist, psychologist and all-round badass Louize Carroll. The first time I came across Louize Carroll, I was about fifteen. I was beginning to play bass in a band with my friends, but had only ever heard of male bassists before that. I began looking into iconic female […]
Female Sexuality Depicted in Jane the Virgin
Baneen Talpur discusses the popular television show and how it conquers sex related stereotypes that have plagued women for generations. “Hold the flower in your hand Jane,” Jane’s grandma asks her. “Now crush it and bring it back together, you can’t right? This is what happens when you lose your virginity, you CANNOT GO BACK.” […]
My Brilliant Friend and Female Friendship
Elizabeth Collins reviews ‘My Brilliant Friend’: A vicious full circle of female friendship. I have never found it so hard to articulate my thoughts on a book. At first I questioned whether this was because My Brilliant Friend is part of a four-part series, but it’s not; in my mind, they are one book. I […]
How Bojack Horseman Shines a Light on Women’s Mental Health
Deputy Entertainment editor Chloe Barrett explores how the animated series pulls back the curtain on women’s mental health, with an emphasis on treatment and medication. The side effects of taking medication can be the most daunting part about finally taking the big step towards medicating. The contraceptive pill usually comes with a collapsible leaflet that […]
Fleabag Opening the Floodgates to Menopause
Staff Writer Lisa Ahern writes on Fleabag’s take on menopause. Menopause! A big, scary word that hangs over us young women throughout our lives. For a while, menopause was this unspoken topic that I rarely saw in the media; I had little idea about what was coming for me in the future. Luckily, Phoebe Waller-Bridge […]
Exploring The Empowering Female Queerness of Ellie in The Last of Us Franchise
Staff Writer Jessica Anne Rose examines The Last of Us and its protagonist Ellie through the lens of female queerness. (WARNING: Contains spoilers for The Last of Us and The Last of Us: Part II.) Though fans of The Last of Us franchise today may be more familiar with the HBO television series adaptation, 2013’s […]