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Halloween is, without a doubt, my favourite time of year. As an October baby, I would have Halloween-themed fancy dress parties; my classmates dressed as toilet-paper-mummies or slick vampires- hair gelled harshly to their heads. I think that’s probably my favourite part of Halloween – the costumes. Every year there is a reigning King or […]

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It’s important to note that what I am about to say is all my personal opinion based on my experiences of gendered approaches to learning. It was a Thursday morning in the middle of winter and we were in a gruelling math lesson. Our teacher had written a problem on the whiteboard and announced, “Shout […]

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Let’s set the scene: Let’s Talk About Sex by TLC plays softly in the background. Doves are flying. Champagne fountains are flowing. An assortment of colorful rose petals are… petaling. Kenny G is there. *Record scratch* Patrick Stewart walks in and begins to narrate. What does sexual wellness and being sexual mean to you? Because […]

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We would all like to believe that the society we live in today is one that facilitates acceptance and tolerance, but in reality, that is not the case. The social control of women is inherent in our society today, despite these patriarchal ideas being less obvious at first glance. Initially appearing harmless, ideas that undermine […]

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I was sexually harassed by my male Algebra II honors teacher my first year in boarding school, but I kept it to myself because I was made to feel like I was overreacting. I was just fifteen years of age and although it wasn’t the first time I was sexually harassed, being harassed by a […]

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Social mobility and the “come up” is often glorified as a dramatic, earth shattering experience in which an individual ascends to a status that their peers can only dream of. However, I argue that this narrative is false and fictional. It wrongly fixates on the final product, at the expense of the often tiresome journey. […]

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A while ago the bomb dropped on us internet folk that Shudu, a stunning ebony-skinned model with a following of over 30k on Instagram and a recent shout-out from Fenty Beauty’s account wearing one of their lipstick shades, was in fact the 3D art project of London-based photographer Cameron-James Wilson. What’s that, you ask? Looks […]

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