Category: Opinion


  • We belong here: thoughts on female sports fandom

    When I first read the Financial Times article about female ice hockey fans, I had to pause halfway through. As a Nottingham Panthers supporter, I felt an immediate sting – not because I was surprised, but because I was tired. Tired of seeing women’s genuine love for sport reduced to something superficial or sexualised. The suggestion that…

  • Finishing university is supposed to feel like a triumph. You hand in your final piece, get ready for the ceremony and all the pictures you can post to your LinkedIn, and suddenly, the world is wide open. That’s the story, anyway. In reality, for a lot of us, it feels a bit more like stepping…