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Why You Should Be Striking Too.
Sarah Nizarali is a first-year History and Iberian Studies student. She hopes to one day go into post-colonial studies and research the Lusophone and South Asian world. In her free time, she tries to run away from commercialisation, tucking herself into tiny coffee shops, independent films and the mountains. [Featured Image: A large group of…
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Has social media become the new window to the soul?
Areeshya Thevamanohar is second Year Politics students at King’s. Growing up in Malaysia, and then moving to London, she hopes to keep exploring the many conflicting views that have shaped how gender is treated in all walks of life. [Featured Image: A close up shot of a hand holding a phone receiving pink social media…
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The Starlings
Keya Punja is a final year Liberal Arts student with an interest in photography, writing, and dancing ’til the early hours of the morning. [Featured Image: A blue and yellow starling bird perched upon a small, bare branch.] The president was making an appearance at Nairobi University, and it seemed as though everyone and their…
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Why You Shouldn’t Accept Tardiness
Felicity is a final year student at KCL. [Featured image: A Picasso painting entitled ‘the Friendship’. It features two friends painted abstractly in browns, greens, and blues in a somber embrace.] I used to have a pretty simplistic idea of friendship. A friend is someone who is kind, someone who you have fun with and…
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4×4 Feminist Features: Films
Features Editor Sophie Perry is pursuing a Masters in Contemporary Literature, Culture & Theory and has a special interest in Intersectional Feminism, Queer theory, gender performativity and postcolonial identities. [Featured Image: Thelma and Louise from their popular film posing for a selfie.] In this third piece for 4×4 Feminist Features the focus will be on…
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On Compassion: A New Resolution for the New Year
Editor-in-Chief Madison Miszewski is a second year History student with interests in queerness, migration, and diplomacy. [Image: Painting of a woman’s arms grasping a bouquet of pink, yellow, and white flowers.] Dear Reader, As 2018 winds down, it feels pertinent to write a short ‘letter from the editor’. I want to highlight that this…
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4×4 Feminist Features: Books
Features Editor Sophie Perry is pursuing a Masters in Contemporary Literature, Culture & Theory and has a special interest in Intersectional Feminism, Queer theory, gender performativity and postcolonial identities. [Featured Image: A stack of lightly coloured books on a shelf.] In this article for 4×4 Feminist Features the focus will be on books – four…
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The Matatus: A Short Story
Regular Contributor Keya Punja is a second year Liberal Arts student with an interest in photography, writing, and dancing ’til the early hours of the morning. She has also drawn the photo that goes along with this piece. [Featured image: Artwork featuring a pencil-sketched woman’s face in a somber mood, her hair dark with light…
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A Small Introduction to Feminism: 4×4 Feminist Features
Features Editor Sophie Perry is a pursuing a Masters in Contemporary Literature, Culture & Theory and is interested in Intersectional Feminism, Queer theory, gender performativity and postcolonial identities. Translator Wendy Enid Pérez Grecco is an internationally educated Civil Engineer who was recently one of ten global recipients to be awarded a place on the inaugural M4DLink Women in…
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Why We Focus on Women
Editor-in-Chief Madison Miszewski is a second year in History with interests in migration, queerness, and diplomacy. This piece is an unconventional one to put on The Clandestine. Usually we would respond to a request of this nature in a message or a meeting – but the staff of The Clandestine felt this was a discourse…
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Threads: A Short Story and Photoseries
Threads Contributor Keya Punja is a second year Liberal Arts student with an interest in photography, writing, and dancing ’til the early hours of the morning. Translator Mariana Dongo-Soria is a second year History student who loves to write creatively, dance passionately, and dodge pigeons consistently. The summer breeze blew strong through the wheat…
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Thoughts and Reflections on Walker’s Definition of Womanist
Kat Odina Ali is an artist and writer. She spends a lot of time singing old jazz songs and wandering around London. Womanist (Alice Walker): A woman who loves other women, sexually and/or nonsexually. Appreciates and prefers women’s culture, women’s emotional flexibility (values tears as natural counterbalance of laughter), and women’s strength. Sometimes loves individual…