Anora is a refreshing depiction of sex workers as part of the working class
Anora isn't a vulnerable girl waiting to be saved from sex work by a rich man. Plus: win tickets to our preview screening of the film.
Feeling hot is a mentality for feminist funk band Revulva
In our new series Coat Check, lead singer and badass bassist Phoebe Johnson shares the band's tips for looking as sexy as they sound.
I'm happy being sad: a defence of sad girl literature
As the climate changes and wars escalate, do we really need any more stories written by white women about white women's problems?
Gen X and the path to financial enlightenment
Aren’t we all meant to be cashed up, confidently investing, and mortgage- free by now? Aren't we meant to be feeling good about money?
The allure of the domestic goddess: Tradwives, Nara Smith and Gen Z
Complex gender implications aside, the rise reveals a collective yearning for stability and simplicity – regardless of how illusionary.
Why Kelechi Okafor won’t stop preaching pleasure
"As black femme identifying people, pleasure is our birthright," says the writer, actor and 'tour de force'.
100 years on, Katherine Mansfield is still a literary punk icon
The author's radical life is as inspiring today as it was more than a century ago.
Unboxing the complex cultural influence of dolls
The Ensemble team unbox their obsession, and complicated childhood history, with Barbie, Sindy, Bratz and more.
Dua Asim hikes for her 15-year-old self
“I don’t want to be recognised as ‘the face’ of Muslim women hikers, but I am a face and that helps.”
Hey Reshma, you have good hair
Like her music, the bold singer's tresses speak volumes about who she is.
Are you there Judy? It’s us, Ensemble
In a moment of heightened attention for Judy Blume, we revisit our personal connections with the formative author and her works.
The essentialist gender views of transphobes places limits on all of us
The essential gender ideas of TERFs are wrong, harmful, grotesque - and outdated
