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‘Is the Cure to Male Loneliness Retaking Constantinople?’: the Keyboard Crusade of the Orthobro
It is an axiom of the Information Age that while there are lonely young men, there will be bizarre online subcultures. Male-doninated intern
Jago Furnas
1 day ago4 min read
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Meat is King: The Rise of the Controversial Carnivore Influencers
Mikhaila Fuller (née Peterson) was just two years old when she first experienced symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. However, it took another
Alice Nunwick
2 days ago5 min read
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Deselecting: Can there be joy in total freedom?
Can there be joy in total freedom? I don’t know. Sit down on your couch, or your bed, and go onto Netflix; hit the motorway and scroll up an
Cormac Nugent
Feb 237 min read
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The World is in Your Hands - Are You in it?
I wasn’t wrong to be worried - getting lost in a foreign country, potential financial losses, the inability to contact loved ones… the conce
Amelia Kerr
Feb 215 min read
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Girlhood in Review - What's in and out for the girl in 2025?
2024 has been the year pop music made a strong comeback, cute aesthetics reigned supreme, and everyone discovered Sonny Angels. Being a girl
Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Jan 104 min read
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Seeking Connection and Celebrating Solitude: My time solo travelling
When I left the UK to travel across Australia in January 2024, I had no concrete plans to guide my journey and no real expectations about
Izzy Lepone
Jan 33 min read
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Celebrity infidelity: How do Hollywood’s cheaters get away with it?
A tale as old as time itself: people cheat. The public’s usual response is to reprimand the cheater and console the victim.
Charlotte Lewis
Dec 28, 20245 min read
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Surgical curation of the self: The obsession with Instagram dump culture
The last few years have seen a cultural shift in social media whereby people are sharing excessively, blurring the private and public parts
Rhea Patel
Oct 17, 20244 min read
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Growing Pains…and Racist Tweets?: The Racist past of influencers
Many of us have been made privy to the racist past of white influencers and celebs online. Is this merely a part of coming of age? Or emblem
Elohor Efakpokire
Oct 15, 20244 min read
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The Summer Girl Industrial Complex: A Bratrospective
First came hot girl summer, and then the feral girls took over - white boys and rat boys got some press, but undeniably this year was brat g
Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Sep 4, 20244 min read
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“Demure” trend: A fun bit or repackaged “quiet luxury”?
Say goodbye to 'Brat' summer; it's time for a 'demure' fall. The new TikTok trend , "very demure, very mindful," has gained significant trac
Elohor Efakpokire
Sep 2, 20244 min read
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Do We All Really Need Therapy?
The internet is obsessed with therapy. TikTok therapists go viral for their takes on wellbeing and relationships. Gaslight (gatekeep, girlbo
Atlanta Tsiaoukkas
Jul 24, 20245 min read
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Orebella by Bella Hadid: Cash Grab or Authentic Fragrance Revolution?
Bella Hadid, the fashion icon and supermodel, launched her new perfume brand, Orebella, in May 2024. The brand offers three scents: Window2s
Chantelle Weir
Jun 5, 20244 min read
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Death of The ‘Tween’: Has The Obsession With Anti-Ageing Wiped Out Pre-Teen Culture?
The ‘disappearance of tweens’ has been gaining traction across TikTok with ‘Sephora kids’ being at the centre of the conversation. Videos de
Holly McPhee
Mar 6, 20244 min read
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Life after graduation
University life offers an unparalleled experience. It's a realm of newfound freedom, away from the familiar confines of home. The absence of
Georgia Burns
Feb 5, 20243 min read
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Mental vs Physical Pain: What hurts most?
When I look back on my life there is one word which comes to mind.
Pain.
Imogen Hua-Zou
Jan 31, 20248 min read
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It's 2023 and Body Shaming Persists : The internet's disgraceful commentary on Jorja Smith's body
Body shaming is a persistent and deeply concerning issue that continues to invade society despite many attempts to foster body positivity an
Georgia Burns
Dec 19, 20232 min read
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Christmas: An Event Planner’s Nightmare
Back in the good old days, when Christmas was a magical season of joy and family time.
Regretfully, we’re no longer six years old.
Elliot Carpenter
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Female Helpers: What does the feminisation of AI say about modern gender roles?
Then came Amazon’s ‘Alexa’ and Microsoft’s ‘Cortana’. With the swift use of an activation term said aloud by the user (sometimes the program
Katie Coxall
Dec 13, 20233 min read
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WHERING App : The intersection of Fashion and Technology
But how does it work? Let's explore how this modern-day Barbie dress-up alternative can save those last-minute fit panics, and plan out week
LeviKaye
Dec 6, 20234 min read
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