Ziwe – Hilary Banks in her Radical Era
A look into the hot-seat interviews on Showtime’s latest, hosted by the lovely Ziwe. This cultural commentary explores how traditional broadcast journalism can recenter the narrative, and cover topics like race, gender and immigration from a fresh perspective.
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As the Planet Burns, So Do Women.
Lambrini studies History and International Relations The relationship between gender and climate change, to some, may seem tenuously linked. Climate change, evidently, affects us all. 2022 marked the sixth warmest year on record, with the rate of global warming having doubled since 1981. Natural disasters dominated the globe in 2022, with the Pakistan floods, European…
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The vital role of women in peacebuilding
Rosie studies International Relations For the majority of women, a war-torn country severely impacts their livelihood. There are countless examples of systematic rapes and murders of women during times of conflict, as well as sexual slavery and exploitation, and various other sex-based forms of violence. Despite, or possibly in spite of this, studies show the…
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A New Generation of Voters
Lina studies in the War Studies department The U.S. Midterms in 2022 were predicted to be a “Red Wave.” Experts and news outlets were certain Americans would vote abundantly Republican for Congress, making the democratic President’s job much more difficult since the executive and legislative branches of government must work together to agree on which…
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Dating a Trojan Horse
Anna is a Liberal Arts student majoring in Politics ‘Dating the Trojan Horse’ is a satircle exposé on ‘wokefishing’, an unmasking of the performative ‘soft boys’, per se. After jovially dropping this newfound neologism into conversations for the past few weeks, it dawned what ‘wokefishing’ sinisterly implied – culturally and politically. This article is a…
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Feminist Degrowth: A Solution to the Climate Crisis?
Sara studies Business Management Liz Truss’ premiership may now seem like ancient history, but it was merely months ago that the former PM introduced her ‘Trussonomics’ policy that has since tipped the UK into huge economic and social disorder. Although Truss’ premiership was undeniably disastrous, I want to zoom in on one key mantra that…
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Why you should read “The Book of Form and Emptiness”: An Argument in Three Themes
Matilde is a Politics student Precautionary triggers list for this book: Mental health – Self harm – Addiction / relapse – Death of a parent/spouse – Sexual assault (alluded to). The winner of the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki is a sad, beautiful book about a…
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