Audience favourite I May Destroy You has been lauded for its unflinching approach to some of society’s most complex issues. Navigating equity, diversity, and sexual assault, the show’s success demonstrates that people are looking for thoughtful, compelling, true-to-life narratives.

Sexual violence awareness app Handsaway has launched its #CeciNestPasUnConsentement campaign to raise awareness and to support women’s freedom of dress. With women in France increasingly facing forms of sexual abuse, the campaign uses social media to spark important conversations.

The impacts of social inequality became abundantly clear in 2020 amid the pandemic and BLM protests – but this issue doesn’t just affect the physical world. Canvas8 spoke to Dr. Francesca Sobande about how social inequalities manifest online and how brands can foster inclusive digital spaces.

Conversations around plus-size fashion tend to focus on challenging society's aesthetic preconceptions of the ideal body type. But Lena Dunham is looking to shed light on the subtler kinds of labeling that larger women face – such as judgments about their intelligence.