Bersun Kılınç “Today’s treasure may be tomorrow’s trash” Gizem Karakaş, the creator of the audio-visual art ‘ATTENTION! ATTENTION!’, provides an understanding of the dips and troughs of being an artist in the 21st century by cynically […]
Why thirst traps are an empowering force
By Marie Goodwin Note from the editor: Although thirst traps are not reserved for heteronormative relationships nor are they solely reserved to women, the author refers to this dynamic for the purposes of discussing the […]
A simple guide to a dewy glow
by Chloe Fitzgerald Skin problems affect everyone, as much as we all hate them. There is no clearer reflection of this than the fact that there are millions of people giving skincare advice out there, […]
Germany’s Floods: a crisis within a crisis within a crisis
By Hanna Vogt, in collaboration with Rehabilitating Earth. Whilst our day to day lives during the pandemic are still not what they used to be, Germany was shocked in mid-July by record breaking flooding. Resulting […]
Products or people? Who should we be thanking for our ‘holy grails’?
By Melody Triumph We shouldn’t have to lose our independence and abandon our principles, just to maintain and beautify our bodies. What is the cosmetics industry To really explore our relationships with cosmetic products and […]
Shame on Me – The Book Missing from the BLM Reading List
By Georgia McInnes “I understood, without being able to articulate it, that language had a power to change me completely with the utterance of one word”. The anti-protest bill may have limited our freedom, but […]
Why forever chemicals aren’t going away
By Jennifer Sizeland In 1998, a U.S. lawyer called Robert Bilott discovered a truly shocking secret while investigating a lawsuit in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He was representing a farmer called Earl Tennant whose cattle were […]
If romeo and juliet met through tinder, there would be no story
By Marina Mestres Tinder, bumble, hinge, grindr … dating apps flood our phones, but what about our hearts? In a world where we have forgotten what human interaction feels like, online dating has become a […]
Conspirasea
By Ruby Edgeley Mankind has been caught.Sunk,Swarming inside the net cast around the world and over our eyes,As the underwater war concedes.Blinded and baited by the image of a little red boat chugging along,Manned by […]
Line of Duty and fictionalised realities
by Eleanor Taylor The controversial Line of Duty finale kick-started a conversation about fiction’s duty to reflect reality. Was this storyline the right move or did it end up just disappointing the show’s fans? On […]