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The partial conversion therapy ban: What is it about and how did it come to this?

On March 31st, the government finally announced its plans to ban conversion therapy - but only partially. What happened?

Review: Turning Red, and review of audience reaction

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...

Oluwafunke Ajoba

Apr 3, 20221 min read

Climate change

Humanity

Look at what we have made out of us. Wars and behaviors; unjust. Sympathy and empathy we’ve lost. Humanity is now covered with blood of...

Kathryn

Apr 1, 20223 min read

They're Just Like Us!

As it turns out, it’s so much worse when people who have Netflix accounts, tik-tok, and white skin are bombed.

BREAKING THE BIAS- Why are there so many barriers?

Oluwafunke Ajoba

Mar 30, 20223 min read

BREAKING THE BIAS- Why are there so many barriers?

On 8th March 2022, this year's International Women's Day's theme was "Break the bias". Images of women across the world circulated the...

Radical Extremism: Why We Need to Start Talking About ‘Incels’

Kristina Galvydyte

Mar 28, 20224 min read

Radical Extremism: Why We Need to Start Talking About ‘Incels’

As I am reading, a myriad of emotions rushes through my body: disgust, anger, sadness, even pity. How can someone feel so much hate...

Stay Safe or Stay Different: Britain’s New Perception of the Virus and Itself

Emily Bird

Mar 25, 20222 min read

Politics

Stay Safe or Stay Different: Britain’s New Perception of the Virus and Itself

I was in Germany when Boris Johnson announced his plan to lift all Covid restrictions in the United Kingdom. Whilst we all saw it coming,...

What Miyazaki’s animation film, Spirited Away (2001), taught me about Capitalism and Consumerism

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...

Book Review: Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

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...

The Self-made Fallacy: Kim K and Molly Mae

Charlotte Lewis

Mar 11, 20222 min read

The Self-made Fallacy: Kim K and Molly Mae

When will we stop promoting capitalism under the guise of feminism and personal growth?

Stine Marie Engerbråten

Feb 5, 20224 min read

Fashion

Gender in Fashion and Pop Culture

Binary opposites have existed within human societies for decades. These opposites range from the divide between oppressor vs oppressed,...

New Year, New Reads: Books to Diversify your TBR

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...

Lydia Dickinson

Dec 29, 20215 min read

Politics

Britain is Becoming a Police State

Under this Conservative government, Britain is slowly but surely beginning its descent into a police state.

Is a Mandatory Vaccination Programme Really a Good Idea?

Lydia Dickinson

Dec 23, 20215 min read

Politics

Is a Mandatory Vaccination Programme Really a Good Idea?

Boris Johnson proposed a future "national conversation" about mandatory vaccinations. This article explores if this is actually a good idea.

A (Muppet) Christmas Carol (1992) and it’s Social Change for Children

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...

Capitalist vs Egalitarian Robots. Robots (2005)

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...

Are British Universities Doing Enough to Support Their Students During the Pandemic?

Morgan Forbes

Dec 13, 20213 min read

Health & Lifestyle

Are British Universities Doing Enough to Support Their Students During the Pandemic?

The UK saw its first national lockdown in the face of the COVID-19 Pandemic in March 2020, and at least to some small or larger degree,...

'That Girl' Trend: Self Love or Harmful?

RachelKauzeni

Dec 11, 20214 min read

Health & Lifestyle

'That Girl' Trend: Self Love or Harmful?

The latest Gen- Z trend to have taken over social media is 'that girl'. Since April of this year, videos with #thatgirl have garnered...

Parasocial Relationships in the Age of COVID-19

William Walden

Dec 9, 20215 min read

Parasocial Relationships in the Age of COVID-19

The 2020s are a complicated era to live in. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to define everyday life, even after mass vaccination and...

Quantitative Queering – Performing Economic Consumption and Identities in the LGBTQ Community

Hannah Taylor

Dec 8, 20214 min read