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Photo Credit What is a feminist? If you believe the trolls in the comments section of the Daily Mail, a feminist is a hairy cow who hates men and deodorant in equal measure. If you look it up in a dictionary, however, you’d find that it’s actually someone – anyone! Man or woman! – who […]

Photo credit: Anthony Pepitone Here’s five of the best songs from that most neglected of genres, folk! Peggy Seeger – Gonna be an Engineer This original feminist anthem makes the listener laugh with the catchy lyrics about a tomboy-turned-engineer not content with the path laid out for her. Written in 1972, the themes of the […]

Photo: Peter Morgan  There’s nothing we Brits do better than the cuppa-biccy combo. Soft and chewy or robust and crumbly, everyone has their favourites. Even Gordon Brown. However, even though the range in most supermarkets is enough to drive a suger-crazed toddler into a rampage, there are a few staples missing. Here are our favourite […]

Today (May 28th) is Menstrual Hygiene Day, and to raise awareness of the difficulty of maintaining menstrual hygiene (or as we all know it, staying clean when you’re on your period) for women without regular access to water, charity Water Aid has released a series of satirical adverts designed to amuse, but also to make […]

Loads of us have always dreamed of playing in a band, or having our own Youtube channel. Learning the guitar is one of people’s top new year’s resolutions (right after stopping smoking, losing weight and getting out of debt). The problem with the guitar, however, is that it’s complicated. Big and unwieldy, it’s heavy to […]

We all know the score. Fashions change quickly so the industry can make as much money as possible, while everyone trying to stay on trend spends more money and gets more confused as to what’s in and what the new black might be. At b**p, however, we want to shout out to all our fellow […]