What Should We Be Talking About? Answered By You

A little while ago now, we ran our yearly ‘Give it a Go’ session. Wanting to get to know the members of our society, we asked a few (hopefully) thought-provoking questions, and below are some of the brilliant, bright, and humorous comments from Lippy Members. Go ahead and delve in; I hope you find as much resonance as I did.  

What should we be talking about? 

Transphobia, ableism, trending body standards, body positivity, intersectional feminism, internalised misogyny (why can't women support women and how do we change that), South Asian representation in media, the women of Afghanistan, rising domestic violence rates, ‘trad wives’, the correlation between fashion and politics, promoting sustainability, encouraging individuality and freedom of thought, social media echo chambers, losing our attention span to doomscrolling, the ‘death’ of creativity, of individualism, of critical thinking, AI, ChatGPT, will AI replace artists? Social media shaping relationships, LinkedIn final bosses, identity in the age of social media, the nonchalance epidemic, ignorance and its effect on politics, parliament petitions being ignored and denied, the ongoing genocides around the world, Free Palestine, the political and economic state of the world right now, climate change and how we can help, how can we advocate for the voiceless?  

What’s your best new discovery?  

How to cook Thai food, Dukes matcha, Wing Stop, sushi rolling, carrot ribbon salad, Maxi’s Rotisserie, sriracha mayo, onion salt, Budweiser and lime cordial, dark rum, Leodis lager, Royal Park Pub Tuesdays, Hyde Park Book Club, Fruity Fridays, Brudenell Social Club, Bobby’s, Holding Patterns, Rita’s margs, leopard print pool tables, The Stone Roses Bar, the Fenton, Left Bank, Heart Community Centre Cafe, White Cloth Hall, the Brotherton library, The Lending Room, the student orchestras, Indian dance, dance classes at the Northern ballet, surfing, yoga, martial arts, East Asian jazz and colour changing lightbulbs, Afghan coats, heels with socks, £26 jeans from Blue Rinse Vintage, Vinted. 

What makes you angry? 

Rain and cold weather, anti-homeless architecture, flatmates not taking out the bins, gentrification, genocide, Shein, people that walk slowly, wet jeans, wet socks, Elon Musk, the far right, Reform UK, Trump, gatekeepers, rushed mornings, landlords, silverfish, my ex, hateful people, performative men, the impact of the tourism industry, people that mock my accent, bad Wi-Fi, freshers flu, overconsumption, TikTok shop, labubus, being unemployed, 9am lectures, circuit laundry, men, men, men dominating discussions around female centred issues, women's fashion being decided by men, South Asian erasure in media and fashion, hockey boys, rugby boys, hinge men, MEN, slow talkers, rude customers, learning to drive, anti-intellectualism, AI, underfunding in the arts, AI art being sold in Primark, lack of critical thinking, feeling isolated, the Manchester synagogue attack, rising racism, class inequality. 

What gives you hope? 

Meeting people like me, my mum and dad, my brother, seeing my sister, friends, flowers, autumn, the sun shining and leaves being green, touching grass, time, bunnies, poetry, reconnecting with nature after a night out, cheap alcohol, a slaggy kebab, chicken gyros, sugar-free Redbull, live music, new artists, Olivia Dean, good people, finding people you click with, girl chats, planned movie nights with my housemates, binge watching harry potter, dinner nights, post-dinner dancing, a cup of tea in the morning, sushi, shawarma, Tesco Clubcard, new clothes, everything showers, good Vinted finds, double rainbows, travel, world unity, expression, poetry, Lippy Magazine. 

Words by Lippy members, collated by Bea Butterworth, she/they