Opinion
The scariest thing about Obsession isn't the monster. It's the comments section.
What the male reactions to a horror film about possession actually tell us about a century of cinema, consent, and the women who don't get to say no.
Argued. Researched. On the record. The pieces that say the thing nobody else will, with the receipts to back it up. Strong views from women who have done the reading.
What the male reactions to a horror film about possession actually tell us about a century of cinema, consent, and the women who don't get to say no.
Women grow up all of their lives learning how to stay safe from men. This has been the norm, but it shouldn't be. Instead of the responsibility falling onto women, what are men being taught to not harm women?
The number of women killed by men in the UK has held flat for sixteen years, through MeToo, new laws, and every awareness campaign in between. What a stagnant crisis looks like when nobody treats it as one, and why the coverage still hasn't caught up.
On the media's quiet tolerance of violence against women, and what we refuse to be quiet about.
A short history of a phrase that has been deliberately misread, and what it asks of us now.
"A position taken in public is a position that can be argued with. Good. Argue."Issue 01 · May 2026
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