class Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/class/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:17:58 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 It’s Time To Get Rid Of Outdated Class Categories https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/its-time-to-get-rid-of-outdated-class-categories/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/its-time-to-get-rid-of-outdated-class-categories/#respond Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:17:58 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=68307 Olivia Hughes The class system has been ingrained into the UK for centuries, impacting cultures, communities and identity, but is it time to ditch the labels? The difficulty with the class system in the UK is that it is hard to define. According to Easy Sociology, class hierarchy is determined

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/its-time-to-get-rid-of-outdated-class-categories/feed/ 0 Is “Accent Bias” In Britain Still Far From Eradication? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/is-accent-bias-in-britain-still-far-from-eradication/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/is-accent-bias-in-britain-still-far-from-eradication/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2022 16:46:17 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=33686 Everyone has a telephone voice: high-pitched, smart and formal. But what if this extended beyond the phone and permeated your everyday life to the point where you feel that you have to alter who and what you are in order to ‘fit in’? This is the reality for many people with northern or regional accents, who feel that they have to tweak or mould themselves to fit in, to be taken seriously, or to get the job... For many, it becomes a performative daily dance, treading the fine line between conforming and stripping back parts of your identity.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/is-accent-bias-in-britain-still-far-from-eradication/feed/ 0 Love Island: Critiquing Reality TV Snobbery https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/love-island-critiquing-reality-tv-snobbery/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/opinion/love-island-critiquing-reality-tv-snobbery/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2022 10:01:56 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=29630 Chit-chatting about my latest writing endeavours, a male friend enquires about the pieces I’m working on at the moment. I take a deep breath before I answer him with those dreaded words: “Love Island!”.

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