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Across more than 200 pages, The View Issue 17 brings together investigative reporting, cultural commentary, and lived-experience testimony examining justice, inequality, and the systems that shape women’s lives.
Stories of resistance and community run throughout the issue. We hear about Parasto Hakim, who built a clandestine education network for girls under Taliban rule, and Colombia’s Somos Jacarandas, a feminist organisation using art and social media to educate women about reproductive rights and gender-based violence. Laura Mears-Reynolds reflects on the impact of the ADHDAF+ charity, while Deborah Douglas shares her journey from survivor to advocate. Elsewhere, the issue examines questions of justice, memory and accountability, through calls to reconsider the case of Ruth Ellis and an interview with TrineDay publisher Kris Millegan on the withdrawal of Blue Butterfly: Inside the Diary of an Epstein Survivor following sustained harassment of its author. In a powerful personal account, Karen Palmer reflects on the decision to flee Los Angeles with her two daughters after her ex-husband’s behaviour became increasingly dangerous.
Cultural coverage spans theatre, literature and exhibitions. Suzie Miller discusses the themes behind her play Inter Alia, while reviews explore exhibitions including Tracey Emin’s A Second Life, Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart, Witches in Europe, and Extra/Ordinary Women at the Charles Dickens Museum. We also revisit humanity’s relationship with the moon through the immersive Moonwalkers exhibition and examine the rivalry of Turner & Constable in the latest Exhibition on Screen documentary.
We cover the Sentencing Act 2026 and the growing use of facial recognition technology, exploring how emerging policies and digital systems risk deepening existing inequalities. Professor Simon Baron-Cohen speaks to The View about autism and the criminal justice system, while a new analysis of racial trauma examines how systemic injustice continues to affect diagnosis and care.
From climate justice initiatives such as Daughters for Earth to new scholarship opportunities launched by Lady Edwina Grosvenor for students with lived experience of the justice system, Issue 17 highlights the people and projects working to challenge inequality and create new pathways forward.
