A multimedia collaborative project exploring health justice and beyond. Through essays, artwork, and reflections, we reimagine how stories of health are told—inviting you to listen, share, and create with us.
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Intersectionality theory is a concept birthed from black feminist tradition. Officially coined by law professor Kimberle Crenshaw in the context of legal studies, it is a vital theory and politics of liberation that unveils the multidimensional nature of social identities alongside equally multifaceted experiences of discrimination under prevailing systems of power. The ubiquity of intersectionality…
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Being an external medical student who had the opportunity to intercalate at UCL over the past year, SIHS has definitely been one of the most insightful learning opportunities I have been a part of throughout medical school. I would like to reflect particularly on my experience with the Changemakers programme. Before, I felt that I…
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I took each step alone. Afraid. Afraid to wander far, To stumble, and risk putting my foot overAn edge that I could notSee. But you have to be willing to imagine. What the world could be,And what that would mean. With that realisation, the ground shifted – I fell. No,I dove right in,To the dirt, the roots, the seeds. I chose to see beyond the…
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This blog is our baby, although up until this point it had only been mine. And I can say this with such certainty because although it’s out in the great world wide web now, (and open to submissions from UCL students and staff with a society membership) I have placed a great deal of emotional…
