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Liv Leftwich
May 8, 20225 min read
American Horror Story: Red Tide – Success Versus Fulfilment
“There’s no magic pill for greatness” American Horror Story first made its mark back in 2011. Titled “Murder House”, the first instalment...
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Morgan Forbes
Apr 22, 20224 min read
How is the UK Handling the Energy Crisis?
As energy bills are forecast to rise by over 50% in the month of April (Taylor, 2022), an estimated 22 million British households will...
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Emily Bird
Apr 18, 20222 min read
The UK’s anti-migration mindset: an analysis
With the Russia-Ukraine war over a month underway, the need for open-mindedness concerning refugees has never been greater. Yet, why have...
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Serena D-J
Apr 15, 20224 min read
The Fresh Prince and Black Hair
I am reminded of a quote from Emma Daburi’s Don’t Touch My Hair: “just like our tempers, my hair was too difficult to control”.
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Jordan T
Apr 14, 20226 min read
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?
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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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Oluwafunke Ajoba
Apr 3, 20221 min read
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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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Emily Bird
Mar 25, 20222 min read
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,...
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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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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?
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Stine Marie Engerbråten
Feb 5, 20224 min read
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,...
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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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Lydia Dickinson
Dec 29, 20215 min read
Britain is Becoming a Police State
Under this Conservative government, Britain is slowly but surely beginning its descent into a police state.
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Lydia Dickinson
Dec 23, 20215 min read
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.
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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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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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