Author: Connor Warden

The liberal- loving Swedes have ascended to another level of groovy social parity, with a cinema chain instating an ‘A’ rating for films which promote gender equality. The only condition: that they pass the ‘Bechdel test’. This requires, rather simply, that a film includes two named female characters that talk to each other about something […]

An intake of breath. A guffaw. And the inevitable word is uttered: “lad.” In any JCR bar, on any crew date, even dawdling to the Rad Cam, I’ll overhear the inverted. If I call them out on their unoriginal cheap laugh they’ll plead innocent, insisting on ironic intention. It seems that the inverted commas, which […]

In recent months, dressing the female body has caused colossal controversy: a Colombian nightclub owner remarked that a woman in a miniskirt may have invited her rape through her outfit. Women SlutWalked through Toronto, beginning a transnational movement to redefine female sexuality.  In light of interpreting clothing as consent, AR Wear have launched their Anti-Rape […]

I think that university is a period of your life during which you figure out who you are. And I think that’s good. That’s what it’s supposed to be for (also it is for getting a degree but potato potato). What are your goals and ambitions? Where do you stand on IMPORTANT WORLD ISSUES? And how […]

When it comes to publicising your own narrow-mindedness, look no further than the gay hookup app Grindr, where there is a bizarre trend of referring to people of colour by the kinds of food that are stereotypically associated with them, e.g. ‘no spice or rice’. Welcome to the world of sexual racism. Many people will […]

The majority of students at a place like Oxford who have been filtered through a competitive school system, achieved all their As and attended all those extra revision sessions would argue that academic success is the key to prosperous careers. And on the whole, they would be right. Sara Geater however, CEO of the illustrious […]

You never know what you’ve got until it’s gone. There’s one of those sentimental platitudes that has been beaten, battered and mangled into more than its fair share of love songs, memoirs and all other media of trite nostalgia, and any world-weary hark back to glory days of yore will before long be assaulted by […]

With fifth week blues imminent, a Spartan room can only serve to amplify the crushing emptiness of your own soul. Faulty feng shui is always dispiriting, but in order to prevent going postal, it’s crucial to pass the next seven days in a harmonious environment. There is a fine balance between making your room so […]

Ah, Cosmopolitan. The world may know it as Cosmo, but I prefer to keep things formal with this distinguished publication. It’s got gravitas, after all. This month, it’s been busy promoting female autonomy where it really matters (“Sexy hair: Up-dos, down-dos, long or short. You choose.”), and correcting misconceptions about contemporary public figures (“Miley: The […]

A queue of cocktail dresses and three piece suits snake their way around Camera, shivering in the early Hilary term cold. Huddling together for warmth, girls in French Connection miniskirts narrow their eyes at my wrists. If you have a strip of neon pink clutched in your hand; you’re in. But this isn’t the VIP […]

Proverbial wisdom is a funny thing – for all its hackneyed unoriginality, it has that je ne sais quoi to incentivise behaviour from even the most headstrong teenager. Rather than screeching “wakey wakey” at a non-human decibel, you sometimes wonder if a pointed, albeit nonchalantly-delivered, “the early bird catches the worm” wouldn’t help mom do […]