Not every trans person is, wants to be, or has to be a beacon of visibility or activism. Nikkie, just like most, just wants to live in the right identity, quietly and unremarked for it. Trans people don’t owe anybody anything; not explanations, not knowledge, nothing.

At the end of every year Spotify presents you with a playlist of your top 100 most listened to songs. Boshemia staff have taken their top 10 to combine and make a playlist that reflects our vibes across the year. We’ve ruminated on how our top tracks ended up so and shared our thoughts.

You Must Remember This started as a passion project in April 2014. “I heard what it would sound like, and I was not really happy with my professional situation at the time. And so, I just thought “I can hear what this podcast sounds like in my head. Why don't I try to make it?" So, I did.”

If we are truly committed to sustainability, it needs to be accessible for all, or else fast fashion will retain its hold on those of us who don’t fit slow fashion’s desired consumer template. 

Whether strikingly scary or glaringly glamourous — which Queen would snatch the crown and reign as Hallow’s Eve Monarchy?

This season, Love Island set out to answer one very simple question: why are men such trash? Throughout the season, there have been three men who have fuckboy’d their way through. They’ve been rude, inconsiderate and “chaldish”. While we’re all basking in the glow of Gregg and Amber, let’s have a look back at the top three fuckboys of Love Island.

After the Queer Big Bang in Appalachia, still we must ask the question: where can we all pee? 

It’s a fine line to tailor to the gays without coming off as pandering, or a privileged white girl who saw season 6 of RuPauls Drag Race for the first time on a plane. Anyway, here’s the new Taylor Swift song.

Writing about Camp is the least Camp thing we can do. But for your edification, we’ll dip our toes into the controversial.

Lizzo is visibly, meaningfully and unapologetically shattering the glass ceiling to sexy, and she’s doing it so effortlessly.

Boshemia considers the womxn who inspire us.

Q appears on Raw Print podcast to discuss diversity in magazines.

A look into the legacy of Eliza Haywood, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Anaïs Nin.

Pop girls using women of colour – in particular, black women – isn’t exactly a novel idea.

It’s not punk or edgy or cool to hate on other women just for the hell of it; it’s internalised misogyny.

It's possible sexbots were created for a straight white male audience who are realising they are no longer the centre of the world. 

Early periodicals became the site of the stirrings of women’s resistance.

Discussions about serial killers have a tendency to glamorise the murderer.