The NHS, the UK’s top employer, is a service that cares for people from cradle to grave, but what if women are getting lost along the way?
Amy Rawlings
Hi, I'm Amy, I am particularly interested in women's healthcare and improving the system and I have done pieces on period poverty and abortion rights. Scarlet Threads to me is the opportunity to work with my team in connecting women together by their experiences and exposing the nightmare in normality.
The silent epidemic: How eating disorders are impacting women
Eating disorders are a silent epidemic in women, which is why no one is talking about it. Meet the women who are.
Forced to give birth even if it kills you, the detrimental impact of Texas’s abortion laws
Texas’ abortion laws are killing women. So why isn’t anything being done?
The man giving dignity to North Carolina’s women in his wife’s legacy
Tom Morgan is helping women across North Carolina in his wife’s legacy after she passed in 2021, but more must be done.
Lush Cosmetics takes a stance against the new trans Supreme Court ruling
A retail assistant at one of the UK’s biggest natural cosmetics companies has spoken out against the new Supreme Court ruling.
Period poverty: not just a non-Western phenomenon
Period poverty is often a phenomenon associated with developing countries. However, this isn’t the case.
Keep Sweet, Pray, and Run Away: The women who escaped the misogyny of the Mormon church
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), more commonly known as the Mormon church, is one of the wealthiest religions worldwide, with an estimated fortune of 265 billion dollars, but it has been at the forefront of scandals regarding its treatment of women, and its numbers are dwindling.
The censorship of women under Trump
Donald Trump, a man whose attitudes towards women has been questioned many times throughout his career, is now one of the most powerful people in the world. When he won his way back into office in November 2024 there were concerns over how women would suffer from it, but nobody expected him to strip it down to the core and censor language.
Why Trans Women are Women
New Supreme Court ruling under The Equality Act says that under the law, a woman is now solely defined by biological sex. While some women see the news as a huge triumph, others are devastated and feel that the law has a darker side, including Daniella, trans women, and a drag queen known as Empress Dynasty.
What could healthcare look like if we copy the USA’s abortion agenda?
For women in the USA, the abortion dystopia started in 2022 when Roe versus Wade was overturned, but the question is, what does this mean for women in the UK?
Leaving your career at the door and stepping into the 50s: what is a Tradwife?
Traditional Wives (tradwives) is a term that refers to women who encompass traditional gender roles, wife duties, and fantasize about a 1950s-style life. Social media influencers such as Nara Smith and Ballerina Farm have taken the internet by storm, and the number of women choosing to leave their careers at the door and convert to this lifestyle is growing. But what is a tradwife? An anonymous social media account dedicated to sharing tradwife content answers some of our questions.
OPINION: What is happening to women in Afghanistan is like The Handmaid’s Tale but worse
Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale is set in the fictional Republic of Gilead, a dictatorial government in the USA. While Atwood’s work is often lauded for its stark warning against authoritarianism and the erosion of women’s rights, the reality unfolding in Afghanistan today surpasses fiction in its severity. For some, it feels less like a prediction of the future and more like a grim reflection of the present.