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  • 30th March 2023
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A mother braids her daughter's natural hair.
Identity
·19th February 2020

‘Don’t touch my hair’ – the significance of ‘Hair Love’

Ibtihaaj Mohamoud
Household chores and childcare were pretty evenly distributed in my house but if there was one thing that fell directly...
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Identity
·23rd May 2020

‘Becoming’ the Perennial First Lady

Amira Izhar
What does the Netflix documentary ‘Becoming’ reveal about Michelle Obama’s current role in a despairing society? ‘Becoming,’ a documentary directed...
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Identity
·20th March 2021

“Rip out my native tongue”: The violent effects of our racist cultural consciousness on the Asian community

Jackie Brown
Image Description: A woman wearing a mask being confronted by shadow figures  Back when I used to have Tinder, the...
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Identity
·26th October 2020

#EndSARS and Fela Kuti

Toye Oladinni
Image Description: monochrome image of Fela Kuti with his arms raised. No musician has ever so suicidally walked the revolutionary...
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Identity
·1st May 2022

A convergence of holy days

Iona Neill
For the first time in 30 years, the three holy seasons of Easter, Passover and Ramadan are set to fall...
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Drawing of a wooden house falling apart and floating at sea.
Entertainment
·18th January 2022

A Doll’s House: Dancing to the Tune of Mitski, Colonialism, and the Male Gaze

Dania Kamal Aryf
Image description: Drawing of a wooden house falling apart and floating at sea.  Niru Helmer is everything that a man...
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Identity
·7th June 2021

A playlist navigating identity

Maya Dhillon
Image Description: Charli XCX performing at a festival  It is sometimes said that while art is how we fill up...
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Identity
·9th October 2020

All of Black History, in a month?

Amy Evans
Though there is definitely a need to recognise the achievements of black people, and there is obviously nothing wrong with...
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Identity
·25th April 2020

Around the world in 8 books

Maga Flores-Trevino
Whilst most of the world is in lockdown, literature is still free to comfort, entertain and let you explore different...
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Identity
·20th January 2022

Between Space and Self: The Journey Back to Living Alone in Oxford

Ayushi Aruna Agarwal
Image description: An array of clothes hanging in a bedroom cupboard.  On my way back home to Delhi, I had...
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Bosnian Genocide
Profile
·31st January 2023

‘Peace isn’t just the absence of war’: Smajo Bešo OBE, Bosnian Genocide Educational Trust Founder and Chair

Anna Davidson
Content Warning: mention of war, rape, islamophobia Smajo Bešo OBE, academic and the founder and chair of the Bosnian Genocide Education...
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Identity
·5th June 2020

‘Killology’ is not a satirical field: Police Training methods and lethal shootings

Toye Oladinni
The Minneapolis police department has only very recently arrested and charged Derek Chauvin with murder in the third degree concerning...
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Comment
·8th July 2020

“Fancy an Indian studying Greek!” How I found my place in the Classical Tradition as a British Indian

Yaamir Badhe
Image description: The famous Gandhara Buddha: a beautiful and moving fusion of Greek, Indian and Persian artistic motifs (Pakistan, 2nd...
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Identity
·9th November 2020

A black and white choice? On Anti-Union Boycotts

Yii-Jen Deng
Image Description: Anti-racism protest outside the Oxford Union from May 2019 Joshua Virasami has recently posted on Twitter about his...
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Culture
·5th April 2022

A Doll’s House Review: The Weight of One’s Grief

Dania Kamal Aryf
Upon entrance into the Keble O’Reilly, one cannot help but immediately notice how the overall set design is overwhelmingly beautiful....
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Identity
·29th June 2020

A not so lost Trinity? An international in Oxford lockdown

Dayini Kamarul
Image description: Oxford’s Broad Street during the lockdown The final week of term is upon us, and a year (or...
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Identity
·12th April 2020

Academics and identity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic

Charlotte Murphy
Image Description: Students receiving A-level results “You’re so smart!” Those were the words that characterised my years at school, particularly...
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News
·6th December 2021

Application Extended: Senior Editorial and Creative Team for Hilary 2022!

Alex Foster and Andrew Wang
Image Description: the words “Application extended!. Join our senior editorial team. Applications open until 11:59PM on Wednesday, 8 December.” against...
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Profile
·10th June 2022

Balliol Politics Don, Sudhir Hazareesingh: Don’t De-Colonise the Curriculum, EXPAND It

Samuel King
Seated opposite in a relaxed pose, Hazareesingh is flanked by shelves of leather-bound hard backs. Stacks of the London Review...
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