ANTAGONIZINE

A recent trip to Florence offered all the beauty of art and architecture that we were hoping for, but I’m sure it has been spoken about at length by far too many people to warrant another person waxing lyrical on Botticelli’s Venus or Michaelangelo’s David. Instead, I have decided to wax lyrical on Tuscany’s famous sandwich, the schiacciata, a focaccia

The development of cultural psychology is instrumental in uncovering the abstract universal laws of human behaviour, where elements such as meaning, goals, creativity, and culture are integrated into the central framework of emotional design. 

Let us rewind to the 1950s, a period dominated by the prevailing belief that survival, not affection, was the primary driver of early...

“I actually don’t know anyone who’s, like, happy and has children at this age,” she continued. Roan is currently 27, the average age of first-time mothers in the US according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While Roan later clarified in the episode that her friends with kids are “in hell” because they care for and love their children, her comments did stoke online debate surrounding motherhood. 

“Run like a girl.” Once used as an insult to undermine women’s abilities, the phrase has been reclaimed as a symbol of resilience and power.

It is an axiom of the Information Age that while there are lonely young men, there will be bizarre online subcultures. Male-doninated intern

Mikhaila Fuller (née Peterson) was just two years old when she first experienced symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. However, it took another

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

I wasn’t wrong to be worried - getting lost in a foreign country, potential financial losses, the inability to contact loved ones… the conce

2024 has been the year pop music made a strong comeback, cute aesthetics reigned supreme, and everyone discovered Sonny Angels. Being a girl

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

A tale as old as time itself: people cheat. The public’s usual response is to reprimand the cheater and console the victim.

The last few years have seen a cultural shift in social media whereby people are sharing excessively, blurring the private and public parts

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

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

Say goodbye to 'Brat' summer; it's time for a 'demure' fall. The new TikTok trend , "very demure, very mindful," has gained significant trac

The internet is obsessed with therapy. TikTok therapists go viral for their takes on wellbeing and relationships. Gaslight (gatekeep, girlbo

Bella Hadid, the fashion icon and supermodel, launched her new perfume brand, Orebella, in May 2024. The brand offers three scents: Window2s

The ‘disappearance of tweens’ has been gaining traction across TikTok with ‘Sephora kids’ being at the centre of the conversation. Videos de

University life offers an unparalleled experience. It's a realm of newfound freedom, away from the familiar confines of home. The absence of