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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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’,...

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...

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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