hero of the week

Marci Phonix wore a “No Blacks No Dogs No Irish” hoodie as he challenged a conservative MP on the deportation of British Caribbeans.

Women at the facility have been on hunger strike for a month, protesting their ‘indefinite’ detention (which is illegal in all other European countries) and “inhumane conditions”, supported by protesters across the UK.

After Tate director Maria Balshaw made comments that appeared to blame the victims of sexual harassment, Liv – an artist, #WhereIsAnaMendieta activist, and domestic abuse survivor – resigned to highlight the issue.

The first female Bollywood superstar, Sridevi Kapoor was an 80s icon who played beer-swilling, man-fighting badasses, recently making a comeback with English Vinglish. She died unexpectedly a few days ago.

The first of our weekly heroes, Emma witnessed the Florida school shooting, and made a powerful, uncompromising speech about gun control that moved the world.