Identity·9th January 2020Identity: OxStu’s new BAME Section Alex Haveron-Jones and Bethan Roberts We are both very proud to announce the launch of Identity, our new section dedicated to spotlighting the issues, opinions...Read More
Identity·19th January 2020The many faces of impostor syndrome Danielle Wellbeck We hear the term âimpostor syndromeâ a lot at Oxford. For most people, it describes feeling out of place or...Read More
Identity·2nd February 2020How media “mistakes” hurt black people Amy Evans Image Description: Marsha De Cordova MP, who was recently mistaken for another black female MP, Dawn Butler, by the BBC...Read More
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...Read More
Identity·12th April 2020Academics and identity in the face of the coronavirus pandemic Charlotte Murphy Image Description: Students receiving A-level results âYouâre so smart!â Those were the words that characterised my years at school, particularly...Read More
Identity·20th April 2020In India, a hotly disputed story points to a larger problem Anushka Joshi Image description: Woman in Adhmedabad A few days ago I woke up to a headline which brought back the unforgivable...Read More
Identity·23rd April 2020Ramadhan in lockdown Hudaa Bax Ramadhan. To the naked eye, it could show weary, famished and thirsty faces. To the learned eye, it could suggest...Read More
Identity·27th April 2020Jurgen Klopp, ManĂ©, and First Impressions Toye Oladinni âNot a good start Boris!â Shouted about a million years ago means something different now. For all the noise about...Read More
Culture·8th May 2020Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ – does it work on screen? Poppy Atkinson Gibson Image description: Marianne and Connell stand facing each other âIs that really weird?â âYeah. Yeah, thatâs really weird Marianne. But...Read More
Identity·20th May 2020Loved Tiger King? Try a Tiger Mother Ray Cheung Ever since I was old enough to be aware of the cultural differences between me and my classmates, Iâve been...Read More
Identity·19th January 2020Mixed-up: the mixed-race experience Chloe Manuel Image Description: The author with her mother and paternal grandmother âWhere are you from? ⊠No, where are you really from?â...Read More
Identity·2nd February 2020Who Priti Patel (mis)represents Nadia Ghauri Like Patel, I am a female of South Asian descent. Unlike Patel, I do not have access to the power, platforms and...Read More
Identity·19th February 2020Watch out! An infectious disease is spreading! No, not coronavirus… racism. Katherine Zhou I understand the fear that follows a viral outbreak. When swine flu broke out in 2009, I was terrified â...Read More
Identity·5th March 2020This again?: re-examining cultural appropriation Katherine Zhou Recently, I had a conversation where the statements âpeople are too PC these days…especially about cultural appropriationâ and âno one...Read More
Identity·18th April 2020How Diane Abbottâs treatment by her party highlights a bigger issue for black Labour supporters Laila March Image Description: Diane Abbott at the ‘Don’t Bomb Syria’ protest Diane Abbottâs treatment in the media in recent years has...Read More
Identity·22nd April 2020Coronavirus and Marginalisation: A pre-existing condition? Myesha Munro Image Description: Doctor talking to a patient From its very beginnings when emerging in Wuhan last December, to the current...Read More
Identity·25th April 2020Around 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...Read More
Identity·3rd May 2020The Coronavirus, immigration, rhetoric and competence in Britain Roshan Panesar Britain has a problem with immigration, but probably not the one we are led to believe. The current emergency has...Read More
Identity·16th May 2020Far from âHome’: the different worlds in our capital city Roshan Panesar Book Review: âThis is London,â by Ben Judah In A-Level History I was introduced to the well-used quote from L.P....Read More