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    We Live in an Endemic Chaos on a Dying Planet: Let’s Watch Michael McIntyre’s 'The Wheel'
    • Mar 3
    • 4 min
    Arts & Culture

    We Live in an Endemic Chaos on a Dying Planet: Let’s Watch Michael McIntyre’s 'The Wheel'

    Writing by Jamie McDonald. Illustration by Berenika Murray. BBC One’s The Wheel is relatively simplistic. Seven celebrities encircle a...
    Not a Goth
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min
    Arts & Culture

    Not a Goth

    Writing by Amelia Morgan. Illustration by Cat Easeman. I first wanted to be a goth when I was 8 years old. I am now 23 and have failed....
    Slut, Virgin or Somewhere In-Between
    • Mar 3
    • 4 min
    Arts & Culture

    Slut, Virgin or Somewhere In-Between

    How female sexuality is still being controlled by the patriarchy in 2022. Writing by Anonymous. I always imagined that I’d grown up in a...
    Peaceful Resistance Through the Arts
    • Mar 3
    • 4 min
    Arts & Culture

    Peaceful Resistance Through the Arts

    How the Harlem Renaissance was a fundamental step in improving the rights and lives of African Americans. Writing by Ayesha Dawson....
    Is being a ‘tortured soul’ a necessary prerequisit for creating good art?
    • Mar 3
    • 2 min
    Arts & Culture

    Is being a ‘tortured soul’ a necessary prerequisit for creating good art?

    On the romanticisation of trauma and bad mental health in literature. Trigger warning: suicide, mental health. Writing by Maina Flintham...
    A Chaos of Masculinity: The Relationship between Dominant and Subordinate Masculinities
    • Mar 3
    • 3 min
    Arts & Culture

    A Chaos of Masculinity: The Relationship between Dominant and Subordinate Masculinities

    Writing by Emily Tennant. Illustration by Paola Lindo Valentina. What is masculinity? Who is allowed to express it, and why are some...
    A post-lockdown conversation with myself
    • Mar 3
    • 3 min
    Arts & Culture

    A post-lockdown conversation with myself

    Writing by Anonymous. Illustration by Sara Pocher. Like many people, I had a lot of time to think during the pandemic. One question I...
    NFTs: the latest species in the digital art ecosystem
    • Jan 25
    • 3 min
    Arts & Culture

    NFTs: the latest species in the digital art ecosystem

    Writing by Isabella Yeo Frank. Illustration by Berenika Murray (@photograberry_). On the last day of 2021, Eminem spent $462,000 on an...
    The Evolution of the Period Drama Genre
    • Jan 25
    • 8 min
    Arts & Culture

    The Evolution of the Period Drama Genre

    Writing by Aria Tsvetanova. Illustration artist unknown - titled "Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies, English School" and dated to the...
    From Asian Faces to Asian Aesthetics: the Legacy of James Bond’s Anti-Asian Racism
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min
    Arts & Culture

    From Asian Faces to Asian Aesthetics: the Legacy of James Bond’s Anti-Asian Racism

    Writing by Juules Bare. Illustration via Unsplash. To say that the James Bond franchise has a complicated legacy would be an...
    Cottagecore, or why the pandemic made us embrace rural fantasy
    • Nov 25, 2021
    • 6 min
    Arts & Culture

    Cottagecore, or why the pandemic made us embrace rural fantasy

    Writing by Aria Tsvetanova. Illustration by Berenika Murray (@photograberry_) Thatched roof cottages, pies and loaves of bread cooling on...
    Finding Sexual Freedom Being Trapped by my Own Body
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 6 min
    Arts & Culture

    Finding Sexual Freedom Being Trapped by my Own Body

    Writing by Ellie Bye. Illustration by Lana Fawaz. At the centre of all life is sex. It is, possibly, the most natural thing on our...
    Sober, queer, and finally free
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 3 min
    Arts & Culture

    Sober, queer, and finally free

    Writing by T. Elliot. Illustration by Berenika Murray. TW: contains mentions of alcohol abuse. If you are worried about your own or...
    Edinburgh and Disability: How accessible is the city now that we have “freedom” again?
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 3 min
    Arts & Culture

    Edinburgh and Disability: How accessible is the city now that we have “freedom” again?

    Writing by Bella Henricks. Illustration by Berenika Murray. August 2021 saw the vast majority of Covid restrictions lifted in Scotland....
    Limbo: Waiting to be Free
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 6 min
    Arts & Culture

    Limbo: Waiting to be Free

    Writing by Ali Gavin. To be trapped every day in anxious anticipation is not to be free. To be forced into this after a period of...
    “It is okay to dance alone”
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min
    Arts & Culture

    “It is okay to dance alone”

    How The Roop’s 2021 Eurovision Entry might encourage us to practice self love and find comfort in isolation. Writing and illustration by...
    The Feminine Mystique: Is it a textbook for female liberation?
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min
    Arts & Culture

    The Feminine Mystique: Is it a textbook for female liberation?

    Writing by Sylvie Dulson. Illustration by Dafne de Fine Licht. Betty Friedan’s powerful book, The Feminine Mystique, published in 1963 is...
    How Gender Impacts Freedom in Black Bear
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 3 min
    Arts & Culture

    How Gender Impacts Freedom in Black Bear

    Writing by Georgia Bennett. Illustration by Heather Baillie Samuel Beckett’s two-act absurdist play, Waiting for Godot was famously...
    The Art of Letters: Works by Zarina Hashmi and Sophie Calle
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min
    Arts & Culture

    The Art of Letters: Works by Zarina Hashmi and Sophie Calle

    Writing and Illustration by Selin Genc. Unfurling on sand-coloured Japanese Kozo paper are swift strokes of handwritten Urdu script. The...
    The Image in a Network
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 5 min
    Arts & Culture

    The Image in a Network

    Writing by Laura Baliman. Illustration by Sarah Phelan. All art exists within a network – a series of connections to other pieces, to...
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