“In Western consumer culture, women are routinely objectified, that is, their value is reduced to the appearance of their body parts and/or their sexual function. However, little is known about how young adult women, socialised in this culture to self-objectify and adopt an external viewer’s perspective of their own body, Read more…
After a year like no other, it was lovely to see everyone at our student socials on the 27th and 28th of May, laughing, chatting, and enjoying some amazing live music! We hope that everyone had a wonderful time and we wish you all the very best luck for the Read more…
Mental Health Awareness Week at YSJ Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 begins on 10 May and this year’s theme is nature. At York St John University, our environmental wellbeing team have taken inspiration from our biodiverse campus and the incredible organisations we know and work with to provide our University community with events, resources, tips and support. Across the week, join us by Read more…
My mother because she gave birth to me and has been my rock ever since
I have been influenced in so many ways by so many women: families, friends, colleagues and women who I have never actually met. Professionally one woman who stands out is my first headteacher Cath Lawson at Hexthorpe First School. She employed me as a NQT and saw something in me Read more…
Miss Palmer – a secondary school teacher, who taught English and Drama at Northfield Comprehensive, Billingham. She got our class to transcribe TV adverts for ‘domestic’ products then act them out with the gender roles ‘reversed’. That activity gave us enough to talk about for a whole year of classes: Read more…