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Nicolle Delgado
3 days ago3 min read
La Guajira: Abundant Energy, Scarce Water
La Guajira — a Colombian peninsula bordering Venezuela — is home to one of the largest open coal mines in the world. This area was first...
Rosie Higgins
Dec 114 min read
The Blame Game Begins: Yung Filly’s Sexual Assault Case
A couple of nights ago, I was doing some late-night scrolling on TikTok – desperately avoiding my essay deadlines– only to see a video...
Becca Johns
Dec 84 min read
“I was handing out Oreos to children while forces were killing 12 people in the same area”: life as a volunteer in the Venezuelan refugee crisis.
Ria Threadgold, an Edinburgh Law student, speaks of an all encompassing sense of guilt and nihilism when she left the Venezuelan refugee...
Lara Engel
Apr 64 min read
Pouring change: brands' impact on sustainable food consumption
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq ‘If you want to change the world, change your milk’ – Plenish Drinks In today’s climate-conscious...
Sylvie Evans
Mar 14 min read
(Hyper)reality TV: the Future of Reality Television in the Social Media Age
‘Receipts! Proof! Timelines! Screenshots!’ Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq It was the reckoning heard around the world. The recent finale...
Ellie Valentine
Feb 25 min read
The ‘Rotting Girl’ Aesthetic: Madeline Argy and Pretty Privilege
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq ‘Clean Girl Aesthetic’ seems to have taken the Western world by storm. Everywhere I turn there’s a girl...
Issy Clarke
Oct 8, 20234 min read
Is this the end of veganism?
In August the news broke that Beyond Meat, the company behind the Beyond Burger, reported a 30% loss in sales in the second quarter of...
Sorcha Tipping
Sep 19, 20233 min read
The guy doesn’t get the girl: The importance of female friendships in film and literature
Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq From children’s fairy tales where the heroine marries the prince, to Hollywood films where the ‘guy gets...
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