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Madison Challis
Apr 8, 20225 min read
Review: Turning Red, and review of audience reaction
After watching Disney’s Pixar Turning Red (the first time) I turned straight to social media to see what people were saying. It was the...
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Georgia O'Brien
Apr 6, 20226 min read
Bridgerton Season Two: A sensational, seductive slow-burn.
★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Bridgerton is officially back, with Netflix dropping the second season of the Regency romp that won the world’s hearts back in...
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Morgan Forbes
Mar 23, 20224 min read
‘The Batman’ (2022): A Review
4.5/5 stars. Directed by Matt Reeves and featuring an ambitious cast composed of the likes of Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Andy Serkis...
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Madison Challis
Mar 17, 20225 min read
What Miyazaki’s animation film, Spirited Away (2001), taught me about Capitalism and Consumerism
Don’t be fooled by Studio Ghibli’s G or PG ratings and family-friendly image. You cannot simply dismiss Studio Ghibli’s works as...
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Georgia O'Brien
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Book Review: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson
Caleb Azumah Nelson's debut novel Open Water features an exquisite story of love and existence while exposing the Black experience and...
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Emily Bird
Mar 12, 20222 min read
Euphoria: Art Imitating Life?
Euphoria’s season finale left me emotional, confused and conflicted. One of the biggest shows right now, Euphoria follows the lives of a...
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Morgan Forbes
Mar 2, 20225 min read
How seriously should we take HBO’s Euphoria?
[WARNING: Spoilers for season two of Euphoria!] Whether you’ve stumbled across fan edits on Instagram, read spoilers on Twitter, or have...
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Charlotte Lewis
Jan 8, 20224 min read
Book review: “Acts of Desperation” by Megan Nolan
“The first time I saw him, I pitied him terribly”. The words of a “wounded woman” as the narrator of the story describes herself moments...
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Georgia O'Brien
Jan 5, 20223 min read
New Year, New Reads: Books to Diversify your TBR
A New Year means new beginnings, but in a post-COVID world what does this mean for our customary goals for self-improvement? The pandemic...
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Georgia O'Brien
Dec 27, 20214 min read
The Rise of ‘Spicy’ BookTok: What is SmutTok and why is it taking the book world by storm?
It’s June 2021, you’re scrolling through the Amazon bestsellers lists when you see it, snuggled in between the likes of John Grisham and...
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Madison Challis
Dec 22, 20217 min read
A (Muppet) Christmas Carol (1992) and it’s Social Change for Children
How the films we watched as kids shaped our political positions of today. No matter what rendition of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol...
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Lydia Dickinson
Dec 17, 20218 min read
These Are The Books You Should Read This Christmas
Christmas is a time for reading. Here are the top books that you should read this Christmas.
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Madison Challis
Dec 15, 20215 min read
Capitalist vs Egalitarian Robots. Robots (2005)
How the films we watched as kids shaped our political positions today. Robots (2005) Perhaps without realising it, the films and TV shows...
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Charlotte Lewis
Dec 4, 20213 min read
The Masculinisation of Dark-skinned Women in the Media
Marginalised communities have long been subject to caricature and negative portrayal in various media forms, particularly evident in...
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Morgan Forbes
Nov 24, 20213 min read
Social Media and the Pressure to Read
In the midst of makeup tutorials; gaming videos, Mr Beast challenges and more, there is a growing community on YouTube called ‘BookTube’,...
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aliceathertonwrite
Nov 10, 20214 min read
Are Women Finally Dominating Literature? Maybe not if their readership is mainly women.
Why don’t men want to read more books written by women? In a recent study, the top 10 bestselling female fiction authors had a male...
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Charlotte Lewis
Sep 27, 20213 min read
Book review: Summer water
Book review: ‘Summer water’ - Sarah Moss Summer water is Sarah Moss’ contemporary novel published in August 2020. The title of the novel...
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