Warwick Enterprise, in collaboration with Film and TV department, has supported an FTV student-led initiative as part of the Innovation 2022 Campaign to empower students and promote innovation in the department.

Maddison Dawn, a student of the FTV, has started the initiative by forming a group of inspired students to create a feminist magazine that spotlights stories and issues facing women.

Maddison said that the main reason for launching this magazine is: ‘to educate people (and ourselves) on the social, political, and economic nuances of intersectional feminism and to create a community of individuals who share a common goal ‘.

In 1986 The Boar, the on-campus newspaper, released cobwebs. Said to be developed from the “general air of disillusionment with the opportunities that women have from written representation”, Cobwebs wrote about feminism both off and on campus, allowing space for ‘women’s issues. Since its disbandment in 1987, no similar publication has existed on campus.

Maddison said: ‘’ we plan to change this’’. A team of 63 volunteers was created and worked together to launch the magazine. This magazine is not only to provide well-researched and innovative stories but to convey the feeling of fears, anger, passions, and desires they have.

This group of passionate youth does not stop creating the magazine but also collaborates with a non-profit organization to donate and support them; the team puts efforts into choosing the entity to partner with to make sure the money will go in the right direction. The first issue of the magazine has generated +200 pounds as a donation which was transferred to the Albert Kennedy Trust, which supports queer youth in the UK.