Voicebox: Speak Up!

Written by Danni Ruth 

7/11/2019 20:13

Images and observations from the first day of the Extinction Rebellion protests.

The young lady of such global importance we’re starting to call her by her last name only.

Those who know me well know that I cherish the opportunity to educate people on our inevitable extinction if we don’t do something to fix climate change. The Global Climate Strike In London is another great chance for me to decry our preventable doom

This week on Friday 20th September, I hopped over to Westminster to kickstart this weeks Global Climate strike, spearheaded by Greta Thunberg just over a year ago.  

For my unit 1 challenge I have decided to throw my hand in Spoken Word/Poetry writing. I would love to hear your feedback on a couple of my pieces :)

Helping pioneers explore and realise bold new ideas

The arts issue I have chosen is about representation of black people in the arts. I wanted to explore why this is.

"So if Matt and I have officially had sex then why does it still hurt? I still don’t get what’s so amazing about it, how can women even come from it - when is that supposed to happen?"

Friday Night Love Poem, written by Natalia Knowlton, tells a trio of poignant coming of age stories about virginity, pleasure, and identity as three young women discover sexual empowerment for the first time. This brand new play looks at the challenges girls face when they begin exploring their sexuality in a world fuelled by stigma, bad sex education, and internet porn.

Jim talks about his 23 years at The Big Issue, its growth and expansion, and his views on eradicating homelessness

Theresa May’s deal has been voted down again. Now here’s an analogy we can all get behind

I speak to one of the thousands of students who switched assemblies for actions on 15 February