PREMIUM 'Have Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss forgotten they’re minorities?'
What will it mean for a person of colour or a third woman to become prime minister?
Latest articles from Mel Owen
PREMIUM Transphobic parents aren’t ‘scared’ for their children’s safety, they’re scared of progress'
A battle of the keyboard warriors has this week erupted after Girlguiding – a leading UK charity for girls and women – have included in their latest campaign a video of a seven-year-old member who was born a boy but now lives as a girl.
opinion #BeKind should not get in the way of accountability for bad behaviour
Mel Owen reveals she has an online troll and says such bad behaviour requires discussion and scrutiny.
PREMIUM
'Why is Meghan Markle treated so differently to Prince Andrew by the Royal Family?'
Mel Owen wants to know why Buckingham Palace held an inquiry into bullying claims made against Meghan Markle ahead of an inquiry looking at claims of sexual abuse made against Prince Andrew and his friendship with a paedophile.
Opinion Mel Owen on the 'rampant misogyny of Dominic Raab's wink'
A wink is not always inappropriate, of course it isn’t. But it's about context, says Mel Owen.
Opinion
'Welsh independence needs to work for everybody, not just the middle class'
Wales becoming independent needs to mean a Wales that works for everybody. A Wales where it isn’t just a group of privileged people taking the reins like in Westminster, writes Mel Owen.
Opinion
Do you hate Love Island, or do you just hate your own job?
"If you are stuck in the rat race, commuting to a job that makes you miserable counting down the days until you can retire, then I don’t need to hear your opinion on Love Island." Mel Owen has a few words for the people criticising Love Island.
PREMIUM 'Have you cried in the middle of Sainsbury’s because they’d ran out of garlic bread?'
YESTERDAY I was in a really dark mental space, so I booked an emergency therapy session because, frankly, I do not currently have the time for a breakdown.
PREMIUM 'White fragility is to blame for modern racism'
It’s weird how some white people will believe in aliens, ghosts and the Loch Ness monster, but have a hard time believing racism still exists.
opinion 'Diversity isn’t a favour to minorities, it’s a favour to you'
Last week I was at a gig where it felt quite feasible that the metaphor “raise the roof” may actually become a reality. The energy in the room was so frenetic and the noise so raucous, it felt feasible that the roof of the humble Bristol venue would end up looking as raggedy as the O2 post Storm Eunice.
