<p>More than five years after Wes Craven&#8217;s death, Neve Campbell has returned to Woodsboro without him – she thinks the master of horror &#8216;would be proud&#8217; of Scream.  That honour isn&#8217;t insincere; how else would you describe the creator of Nightmare on Elm Street, with Freddy Krueger as its demented, dream-invading puppet; the crafter of <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/scream-star-neve-campbell-says-wes-craven-would-be-proud-of-new-movie/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>You probably remember where you were when you first heard that something was happening at the Capitol building. If you’re anything like me, you spent most of January 6 sitting gripped in front of the news, scarcely able to believe your eyes as the scenes played out. In the days and weeks that followed, the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/capitol-riots-political-experts-warn-of-existential-threat-to-us-democracy-on-anniversary-of-insurrection/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>James Bond, Ethan Hunt, Jason Bourne; in Hollywood, female spies rarely break the glass mould. Jessica Chastain wants to change that with The 355.  There&#8217;s always a caveat or &#8216;but&#8217;: Melissa McCarthy&#8217;s Spy is one of the funniest comedies of the past decade; Jennifer Lawrence&#8217;s Red Sparrow is perhaps too graphic for everyone&#8217;s tastes; Charlize <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/jessica-chastain-on-interstellar-being-ahead-of-its-time-and-the-355/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>The Holiday is one of my favourite ever festive movies, and it just doesn&#8217;t feel like Christmas to me until Mr Napkinhead arrives. Every year without fail, I&#8217;ll find myself swooning anew at Amanda Woods&#8217; (Cameron Diaz) Selling Sunset-worthy home, or getting cross at slimy Jasper Bloom (Rufus Sewell) for messing lovely Iris Simpkins (Kate <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/film-and-tv/why-id-love-to-see-a-prequel-to-the-holiday-focused-on-arthur-abbott/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

"A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience"

<p>With Christmas comes festive food, celebratory drinking and the inevitable pressure many face over feeling you&#8217;ve somehow &#8216;overindulged&#8217;.   Bridget Jones&#8217;s Diary – which, yes, can be classed as a Christmas film – sees Jones keep track of what she eats, get comments on her body shape, and resolves on multiple occasions to lose weight by <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/just-because-christmas-is-over-doesnt-mean-you-have-to-go-on-a-diet/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>One day, Sam* had a fight with his mum. He thought it was &#8216;just a normal argument,&#8217; until she turned around and kicked him out. Sofa surfing is an aspect of homelessness that is often not spoken about enough. In turn, the potentially damaging effects it can have on a person&#8217;s mental wellbeing and safety <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/rather-than-just-being-reminded-about-the-homeless-at-christmas-heres-what-we-can-do-to-help/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>It should go without saying that Christmas should not be all about presents, but when the gifts include mosquito nets and actual skulls, they can be hard to ignore. I’m sure we’ve all opened a present with a long-forgotten meaning or seemingly useless purpose at some point in our lives, and at these moments it’s <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/these-weird-christmas-presents-prove-its-the-thought-that-counts/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

"We put so much pressure on ourselves to enjoy Christmas and enforce fun, but actually, who is forcing that?"

<p>Christmas, while a time for being merry, has become an increasingly more difficult period to navigate.   I dread Christmas. I come from a small &#8211; and fairly dysfunctional &#8211; family who aren&#8217;t religious and who don&#8217;t have much money. There have been Christmas days where people have walked out, I take a ritual half-an-hour break <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/im-the-real-life-grinch-but-heres-how-ive-learned-to-cope-through-the-christmas-period/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p> All I Want For Christmas Is You may continue to reign superior over any other festive tune, but the messages of the song need to &#8211; quite frankly &#8211; f*ck off.  Pretty much all festive films, television programmes, songs and events, centre around the apparent necessity to have a partner at Christmas, or to wish <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/why-we-should-ignore-mariah-carey-when-she-sings-about-what-she-wants-for-christmas/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

"I genuinely think that the term sexual harassment doesn’t even describe what is going on right now, it literally is sexual terrorism"

<p>On July 9, 2018, Lisa woke up with the most &#8216;horrific&#8217; hangover, fed up with how sick, tired and anxious she was feeling. A year later, on June 2, 2019, her best friend Alex thought she&#8217;d &#8216;poisoned&#8217; herself after waking up &#8216;crawling around on all fours and vomiting&#8217;. Both were &#8216;I&#8217;m never drinking again&#8217; moments, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/best-friends-encourage-sobriety-after-getting-sick-and-tired-of-feeling-sick-and-tired/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

This November 5, remember, remember to do your research, not blindly follow in commemorating figures you don't know the significance of

<p>&#8216;The one thing&#8230; I don&#8217;t know&#8230; I know what I want to say, but I don&#8217;t know how to say it. I guess, you know what really scared me? Was during lockdown, the amount of people that were innocently using their social media to encourage drinking.&#8217; Mike Kerr, from rock duo Royal Blood, has been <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/royal-bloods-mike-discusses-liquid-depression-as-he-opens-up-about-addiction-and-mental-health-this-movember/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

Royal Blood's Mike Kerr has opened up about his journey with addiction urging men to not wait for a 'stag-do to speak' about mental health

<p>Variations of the word &#8216;depression&#8217; are still so often thrown about – &#8216;What a depressing day&#8217;, &#8216;I&#8217;m feeling a bit depressed&#8217;, &#8216;What depressing weather&#8217; – often by people who don&#8217;t have diagnosed depression. Despite its colloquiality, and the fact mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety are more readily accepted by society, why are <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/i-was-told-to-never-admit-to-my-depression-on-any-form-heres-why-you-should/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

<p>One night, out of nowhere, despite how their sex had usually been &#8216;quite vanilla&#8217;, Eve&#8217;s* partner slapped her in the face.  Having never discussed it or done it before during sex, Eve was taken aback and &#8216;freaked out&#8217;, but her ex proceeded to slap her again. Despite trying to explain why he &#8216;couldn&#8217;t really do <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/porn-puts-too-much-pressure-on-young-people-to-look-a-certain-way/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

Adult film experts have weighed in on the dangers it presents to young people but argue it shouldn't be banned

<p>Lockdown has torn many things away from young people – from students&#8217; freshers week and clubbing to meeting colleagues at new jobs, and even locking lips and flirting. The coronavirus pandemic has impacted aspects of life for everyone, and lockdown certainly interfered with making personal connections – including the ability to flirt, date or more <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/sexpert-says-kissers-should-prepare-for-squelching-and-awkward-slurps-in-post-pandemic-romances/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

"It’s really horrible to think about what I was like. I think that’s what I’d want every kid to understand"

<p>Domestic Violence Awareness Month is every October, but I&#8217;d never heard of it until now, despite having been assaulted by an ex-partner when I was just 17 years old.  As women it has often been ingrained into us by aspects of society that we are less than. That our actions are less valued, our words <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/low-numbers-of-domestic-abuse-reports-thought-to-be-down-to-stigma-of-shame-and-embarrassment/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>

Domestic Violence Awareness Month is every October but I'd never heard of it until now despite having been assaulted at 17 years old

<p>Many have been anticipating the arrival of the male contraceptive pill for years, but how soon will it truly arrive? Men have had it pretty easy all these years, escaping from being injected with hormones, not needing to remember to take a pill at the same time each day, or having a copper coil inserted <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/featured/experts-explain-exactly-how-close-we-are-to-a-male-contraceptive-pill/" title="Read more" >&#8230;</a></p>