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Honey Wyatt
Sep 1, 20224 min read
Monkeypox: Stigma & Reporting on Public Health
As monkeypox (MPXV) cases rise there are increasing concerns about the efforts being made to control the virus and the rhetoric around...
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Morgan Forbes
Aug 30, 20224 min read
Does Kate Moss deserve to be Creative Director of Diet Coke?
For Coca-Cola’s 40th-anniversary, the company has announced something surprising — that they will be appointing Kate Moss as the Creative...
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Charlotte Lewis
Aug 18, 20222 min read
The Desire for Marple: Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club
A nostalgic joy for pensioner detectives After producing a novel that sold over one million copies in the UK alone, Osman’s sequel, The...
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Madison Challis
Aug 15, 20226 min read
Review and Final Series Theories: Stranger Things - Season 4, Volume 2
Did it not feel incredible to finally have our questions and queries answered in these final two episodes? For four seasons, I have been...
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Morgan Forbes
Aug 10, 20224 min read
What a Heatwave feels like around the World
This July, the United Kingdom experienced a heatwave like never before with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees. Hundreds of excess...
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Jordan T
Aug 7, 20225 min read
Bohemian Rhapsody vs Rocketman: Storytelling in music biopics
With the Elvis biopic coming out this summer, I decided to take a trip down memory lane to the other two recent biopics of superstars of...
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Tara Hiralal
Aug 5, 20225 min read
Netflix’s Persuasion: An Insult to Jane Austen’s Novel?
Directed by Carrie Cracknell, and starring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis, Netflix’s new adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion has left...
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Honey Wyatt
Aug 4, 20225 min read
Hot Pink and the Politics of Hyperfemininity
Powdery, soft, warm, joyful, playful, comforting, frivolous, hopeful, erotic: the colour pink has lots of associations, mostly feminine....
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williamrymer7
Aug 1, 20225 min read
Recommended listening - July
This feature aims to draw some attention to notable album releases over the past month that you may have missed, covering a variety of...
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Morgan Forbes
Jul 31, 20224 min read
How Witchcraft Accusations Continue to Harm Women
The traditions of witchcraft span thousands of years and countless cultures, with each country viewing the women who claim to practice it...
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Honey Wyatt
Jul 25, 20229 min read
Can We Dress To Escape The Male Gaze?
According to TikTok, dressing for the female gaze is the remedy for the male gaze, but can we escape the male gaze through the way we dress?
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Sarah Maginn
Jul 21, 20224 min read
A body of one’s own: A reflection on Roe v Wade
On the 24th June 2022 the Supreme Court in the United States of America overturned Roe v Wade. The outrage was soon to follow, with...
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Charlotte Lewis
Jul 20, 20223 min read
A Sinking Ship on a Glass Cliff: Why it matters that Rishi Sunak is set to be the first non-white PM
But not in the Neo-Liberal way that you think Earlier this month when Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned after the mass...
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Sabrina Doshi
Jul 19, 20223 min read
2 Years On: ‘I May Destroy You’ still expresses and highlights the need for intersectional Feminism.
TW: this article mentions sexual assault, rape and violence. It has just been over two years since Michaela Coel’s ‘I May Destroy You’...
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Morgan Forbes
Jul 19, 20224 min read
Missguided and the Fall of Fast Fashion
Infamous fast fashion brand Missguided has suffered blow after blow as of late. The UK-based retailer, advertising cheap, trending...
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Tara Hiralal
Jul 17, 20222 min read
‘Our Time on Earth’: Technology and Creativity in our Climate Emergency Response
The current exhibition at the Barbican, ‘Our Time on Earth’, explores the importance of humans’ connection to other species, a connection...
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williamrymer7
Jul 15, 20225 min read
The Unexpected Resurgence of Kate Bush
The release of part one of the fourth season of Stranger Things, Netflix’s retro sci-fi juggernaut, was always going to draw a huge...
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Sarah Maginn
Jul 13, 20224 min read
Power and patriotism – should we still have a monarchy?
Earlier this summer, the Queen marked her Platinum Jubilee, which was celebrated throughout England and the UK, as she reached 70 years...
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williamrymer7
Jul 1, 20226 min read
Recommended Listening: June
This feature aims to draw some attention to notable album releases over the past month that you may have missed, covering a variety of...
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