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    Solidarity and Apocalypse
    • Jun 1
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Solidarity and Apocalypse

    Writing by Jamie McDonald. We lurch out of the coronavirus frying pan back into the climate wildfire. The world may have stopped for two...
    Queer Survival in an Apocalyptic World
    • Jun 1
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Queer Survival in an Apocalyptic World

    Writing by Noushka Summerfield. Illustration by Dafne de Fine Licht. “Good evening fellow cisgender heterosexuals, and of course, normal...
    Our Red Heifer
    • Jun 1
    • 6 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Our Red Heifer

    Writing by Gabriel Brody. Illustration by Cat Easeman. Somewhere in the American Southeast there is a man called Clyde Lott, who, at this...
    ‘I was called a skank because my high school did not have stables’
    • Mar 3
    • 3 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    ‘I was called a skank because my high school did not have stables’

    The intersection of classism and misogyny at Edinburgh University[1] Writing by Grace Gallagher. Illustration by Dani Rothmann. Despite...
    The Chaos and Confusion of Catholic Sex-Ed
    • Mar 3
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    The Chaos and Confusion of Catholic Sex-Ed

    Writing by Elsa Simmons. Illustration by Berenika Murray. Leaving my Catholic secondary school offered a certain clarity to my experience...
    A Logo On Every Leaf?
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    A Logo On Every Leaf?

    Writing by Bill Hodgkinson. Illustration by Justine White. Tucked away in chapter four of On the Origin of Species lies one of Darwin’s...
    Far from democratising money, Cryptocurrency is the next evolution in Disaster Capitalism
    • Jan 25
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Far from democratising money, Cryptocurrency is the next evolution in Disaster Capitalism

    Writing by Jamie McDonald. Illustration by Berenika Murray (@photograberry_). The world lurches in a crypto-chasm. In 2021, El Salvador...
    My body, someone else’s choice: Abortions through history
    • Jan 25
    • 3 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    My body, someone else’s choice: Abortions through history

    Writing by Emma Brennan. Illustration by Berenika Murray. Like many aspects of women’s lives throughout history, men have often used...
    Can Freedom Really Be Measured by One Number?
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 5 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Can Freedom Really Be Measured by One Number?

    Writing by Jamie McDonald. Illustration by Juliet Richards. Freedom House is a US-based non-profit organisation, famous for its annual...
    “The Customer is Always Right”: Workplace Freedom in the Era of Covid-19
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 3 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    “The Customer is Always Right”: Workplace Freedom in the Era of Covid-19

    Writing by Clare Edwards. Illustration by Berenika Murray. “The customer is always right”: a phrase familiar to anyone who has ever...
    Civil Society: Confronting modern challenges through collective power and individual empowerment
    • Sep 23, 2021
    • 2 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Civil Society: Confronting modern challenges through collective power and individual empowerment

    Writing by Martha Loach, a member of Studenteer. Illustration by Isi Williams. As we face seemingly insurmountable economic,...
    Celebrity Crushes in the 19th century: Eugen Sandow, queer friendship, and postcard mania
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Celebrity Crushes in the 19th century: Eugen Sandow, queer friendship, and postcard mania

    Writing by Ruby Hann. Illustration by Polly Burnay. A few days ago, a friend forwarded me the Instagram post of a celebrity we both...
    Fields of Mycelia
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Fields of Mycelia

    Writing by J. Bare. Illustration by Josie Berry. Stock-still behemoths of bark and sap, adorned with looping vines. Vast spaces cluttered...
    Folklore and the Collective Unconscious: The Mythological Connection Between Disparate Cultures
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Folklore and the Collective Unconscious: The Mythological Connection Between Disparate Cultures

    Writing by Ali Gavin. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. Most of us have grown up hearing stories - or the remnants of stories - that date...
    Sorry, you're breaking up... my existential angst over virtual ‘connection’
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 3 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Sorry, you're breaking up... my existential angst over virtual ‘connection’

    Writing by Mia Cappabianca. Illustration by Bethany Morton. The Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's writing evokes a certain kind of teenage...
    Germany’s Complicated Connection With Its Past
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 3 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Germany’s Complicated Connection With Its Past

    Writing by Annabel Wilde. Illustration from Unsplash. Vergangenheitsbewältigung - the concept of struggling to overcome the past - is an...
    Geographies of the mind and the psychology of place attachment
    • Apr 27, 2021
    • 6 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Geographies of the mind and the psychology of place attachment

    Writing by Isabelle Woodhouse. Illustration by Caitlin Osfield. Imagine the mind: how scientists illustrate the human brain and the...
    Can British education recover from its homophobic past?
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 6 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Can British education recover from its homophobic past?

    Writing by Ruby Kelman. Illustration by Phoebe McGowan. The acronyms used in this article vary to match the terminology used in the...
    Decolonising the Mind
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 4 min
    History, Philosophy & Education

    Decolonising the Mind

    Writing by Fernanda de Szyszlo. Illustration by Heather Baillie. Despite growing up in Peru, my history classes did not focus on our...
    Healing from Heterosexuality: lockdown as recovery from compulsory heterosexuality
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 6 min
    Current Affairs

    Healing from Heterosexuality: lockdown as recovery from compulsory heterosexuality

    Writing by Olivia Richmond-Ferns. Illustration by Antonia Popescu. It is almost March again. Lockdown for many meant instability and...
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