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Jul 27
4 min

How Modern Slavery Has Made its Way into Our Clothes

By Anna-Karina Yuill Image credit: https://www.greenqueen.com.hk/join-fashion-revolution-week-2020-to-protect-people-the-planet/ Recently...

Jun 11
4 min

The National Curriculum Needs Decolonizing

By Francesca Holmes In light of the social unrest sparked by the murder of George Floyd by white police officers in Minneapolis, it is hi...

Jun 9
4 min

DNA or Discrimination? Understanding the Disproportionate Number of COVID-19 Deaths in BAME Britons

By Roxana Diba Image credit: mentalhealthtoday.co.uk On the 2nd of June, the UK government finally released their report on the disturbin...

May 17
6 min

Being a Student In a Pandemic

By Tori Gordon Since the Coronavirus outbreak began, it is clear that the lives of so many people have been affected; from cancelled wedd...

May 14
5 min

WANTED: Seeking Help 4 Insta Anxiety

By Elle Moore Illustrator: theringer.com I’m sure everyone has noticed their use of Instagram and Twitter creeping up day after day durin...

May 7
8 min

Untold Stories from Lockdown - Sex Workers in the Red-Light Districts of India

By Tasha Ratti Illustration by Mana Rose Merikhy @manarose.art Every day, a new notification. Another buzz, another ping – another news r...

May 4
5 min

How the Abuse Against OnlyFans Workers is Fuelled by Sexism

By Isabel Prescott I was recently unemployed when the Coronavirus hit and have therefore spent many hours, trawling online for easy ways ...

Apr 30
7 min

The Success of Women Leaders is Impressive, Not Innate: Men Should Try it Too

By Lily Owen Image credit: The Guardian Silveria Jacobs, prime minister of Sint Maarten, a small country on the southern part of a Caribb...

Apr 28
3 min

COVID 19 From the Sofa

By Alice Wade You’ve just woken up. You’re immersed in darkness with only a pungent smelling mattress beneath you. You’re ten feet under ...

Apr 25
3 min

Crisis Slogans and Empathy Advertising

By Anna Lilley By now, we are all familiar with the ‘STAY HOME, PROTECT THE NHS, SAVE LIVES’ instructions branded in bold across PM Boris...

Apr 19
4 min

Why It’s Ironic That Boris Johnson Now ‘Owes His Life to The NHS’

By Nadia Newman On March 27th Boris Johnson was reported to have been diagnosed with Coronavirus. On April 7th he was admitted into the i...

Apr 16
5 min

Forgotten in Crisis

Anonymous Image credit: Financial Times It was my first day back to work after 5 months, having returned to my parents' house as universi...

Apr 9
8 min

You Do Not Need To Use This Time To Lose Weight

By Tasha Ratti Illustrations by crazyheadcomics.Instagram: @crazyheadcomics Dear body - thank you for carrying me through the day. Thank ...

Apr 9
2 min

Coronavirus and the War on Abortion

By Darcey Lindsay-Smith The health of the population is rightly at the epicentre of current political decisions, world-wide. However, Hum...

Apr 5
3 min

Why I'm Relieved at Starmer's Victory

By Phoebe Jarvis Image credit: Metro UK Keir Starmer was announced yesterday as the new leader of the Labour Party. His victory comes as ...

Apr 3
6 min

Meme Culture and Mass Panic

By Nadia Newman Image credit: Insider.com When looking back to the start of 2020, it’s an understatement to say the events leading up to ...

Mar 24
4 min

How Placing Humanity on Lockdown Has Let Nature Breathe (For Now)

By Lily Owen Image credit: the New York Times It seems ironic and perhaps even disrespectful to look for positives in the midst of such a...

Mar 18
4 min

Social Distancing, or ‘You’re All in This Alone’

By Phoebe Jarvis Image credit: The Independent Earlier this week, our trusty PM Boris Johnson made the grand announcement that we should ...

Mar 18
7 min

Coronavirus Anxiety: How to Help Yourself and Others

By Lily Owen Image credit: New York Times Events, socials, and holidays have been cancelled in response to the rise in cases of Coronavir...

Mar 16
2 min

Coronavirus: Why “Not Worrying” is a Privilege

By Lucia Messent Image credit: NY Times As Covid-19 spreads, with 10,000 cases now suspected in the UK, the government continues to reass...

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