The Ophelia Effect: On The Virgin Suicides and Personal Grief
Meg Luesley gives a personal take on Sofia Coppola's classic by
2019
What Body-Positivity is Really About: The Reclaiming of Bodies, Narratives and Digital Media
A look into the weaponisation of social media by women themselves, to disrupt the body-shaming rhetoric, destabilise conventionally idealised body types and rewrite the narratives on beauty.
Why it’s great to be different: The Outsider Art Sale of William Louis-Dreyfus at Christie’s
Nicholas Brown guides us through what it means to be different as an artist in a modern world.
A Realistic Social Media Detox
With summatives stress mounting, most of us are probably wasting more time than we have glaring into our phones, but in reality, is this what we need?
“Obligation Chocolate”: Japan’s Problematic Valentine’s Tradition
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, many are stressing over what gift to get their significant other to suitably show their love and affection. Those stress levels are going…
1919: the beginning of modern feminism?
1919: politics is controlled by men, business is controlled by men, in fact, the world is run by men. 100 years later, what’s changed? The answer is, sadly, not a…
Should performance-enhancing drugs be legal in sport?
Georgina Newcombe explores the debate surrounding performance-enhancing drugs
The dangers of rhetorical political cultures
Niles Webb looks at the dangers behind the progressive rhetoric of political culture.
Are We Seeing Change?
This week's Editor's Picks reflect the theme of change.