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    BREAKING NEWS: St Benet’s Hall announces that university will not renew its official licence

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    Agatha Gutierrez Echenique shares some pictures of his sock knitting for his sustainable hobby feature.

    Sustainable Hobby Feature: Knitting

    Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei

    A Visit from Anthony Joshua

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    Is a Charles regency the way forward for the British Monarchy?

    BREAKING NEWS: St Benet’s Hall announces that university will not renew its official licence

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    Dan the Man: All Aboard Starmer’s Submarine

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    Book Review: “Chums” by Simon Kuper

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    Review: Omnium Gatherum by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

    Review: Dracula by Serendipity Productions

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    Interview with Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to UK

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    SUNDAY ROW-ST: ALPACAS END HUMANITY’S PROBLEMS

    Oxford Students’ Toxic Traits

    SUNDAY ROAST: NEW VICE CHANCELLOR SAYS ‘YEAH BALLIOL!’*

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    New assault from nature: Hepatitis in children

    Desalination on demand

    Talking Fungi

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    Agatha Gutierrez Echenique shares some pictures of his sock knitting for his sustainable hobby feature.

    Sustainable Hobby Feature: Knitting

    A person searching through a vintage clothing rack –  perhaps in search of formal clothes!

    A Definitive Guide to Second Hand Formal Clothes

    A map of the 2022 April floods in South Africa.

    On the Reality of the Durban Floods

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    Fuelled on Faith; Ramadan and Sport

    Long, Long Road to Qatar

    Sports-Washing and American Owners: A Conversation with a Football Industry Insider

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    Dates of Our Lives: Pints, poison, and puking

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·26th May 2019

‘A hotbed of aggressive transphobia’ or ‘Philosophy in the Bookshop’

Jessica Duffy
Image Description: Naomi Wolf. On Thursday, Blackwell’s hosted a ‘Philosophy in the Bookshop’ talk with Naomi Wolf to promote her...
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Pink
·19th January 2020

‘Colourfully queer’ – Finding an alternative family at Oxford

Jade Calder
Upon arriving at Oxford, I was initially tentative about dipping my toe into the water of the LGBTQ+ ‘scene’, as...
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Pink
·13th May 2019

“A polarised experience”: an LGBT perspective of Oxford

Jessica Duffy
Being gay at Oxford for me is a very polarised experience; my college is one of the most accepting places...
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Pink
·19th May 2019

“I’m bisexual, not bacon”: why I’m over the rainbow

Ray Cheung
Image description: London Pride 2017 After the Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of same-sex marriage, 26 million Facebook users added...
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Pink
·14th July 2021

“Not like other girls” – gender identity, neurodivergence and internalised misogyny

Debbie Lemke
Image description: girl holding flag silhouetted against sunset Disclaimer: What I describe in this article is inspired by my personal...
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Pink
·22nd September 2021

A historical perspective on sexuality labels

Saga Hillbom
Image description: two fists with “LGBTQ+” painted on the fingers Currently in the 21st century, our identities are often closely...
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Features
·23rd December 2020

A queer Christian perspective on the OICCU

Gemma Bond
TW: Homophobia, transphobia, queerphobia, islamophobia, ableism, sexual harassment Queerness and Christianity is a unique intersection of identities, one that many...
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Pink
·12th June 2019

All in my family: when your identity clashes with your culture

Ray Cheung
Image description: Three generations of a Chinese family “I couldn’t make any sense of it. I couldn’t get over it....
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Pink
·14th February 2019

An Enigma: the role of codes in the LGBTQ+ community

Alex Gunn
Image Description: Alan Turing It was the year 2016 and I, a quiet and awkward sixteen-year-old girl, was trying to...
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News
·9th July 2018

Anti-trans protestors hijack London Pride

Image Credit: John Peart (cc-by-sa/2.0) Pride in London, the non-profit organisation behind the famed annual Pride parade in London, has...
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FeaturesPink
·17th February 2020

‘Be Gay, Do Crime’ – Appreciating LGBTQ+ representation in fiction podcasts

Wei Ai Ng
Image description: Player characters from The Adventure Zone: Balance. Image credit: “The Adventure Zone” by Nicholas Kole is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0  Like...
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Cover art of Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao.
Pink
·14th February 2022

‘Iron Widow” by Xiran Jay Zhao: A Review

Jessica DeMarco-Jacobson
Image Description: Cover art of Iron Widow, a book by Xiran Jay Zhao. Mechas, aliens, East Asian mythology – all...
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Pink
·22nd May 2019

“Queer representation in the media is not a choice, it’s a necessity”

Jessica Duffy
“Arthur”, a children’s television show airing since the 90s, kicked off its twenty-second season with a homosexual wedding between the...
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Pink
·13th June 2021

“My name is Neo!”: The Matrix as trans allegory

Charley Archer
Image description: green letters formed vertically against a black background reminiscent of The Matrix “My name, is Neo!” And so marks...
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Profile
·3rd October 2018

A cup of coffee with Dr Clara Barker: trans scientist, prominent LGBT+ campaigner and recipient of the Points of Light award

Francesca Whitfield
Image Credit: Clara Barker Dr Clara Barker, my interviewee, is a material scientist at Oxford University. Entering the Material Science...
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Pink
·27th October 2018

A personal reflection on coming out – it’s not just a one off

Meg Howells
Image Credit: JarmolUK National Coming Out Day, celebrated earlier this month, is a day to be open and proud of...
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Pink
·29th October 2019

A Woman’s Place UK isn’t Oxford’s only transphobia problem

Leo Gillard
Image description: a photo of the entrance to Examination Schools, with the doors closed. Last Friday saw A Woman’s Place...
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Pink
·2nd February 2020

Am I gay enough yet?

Lauren Shirreff
When I was twelve, I started at my relatively small secondary school, after moving with my family down to Newcastle....
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Daguerrotype of Emily Dickinson. The poet's relationship with Susan Gilbert and its romantic overtones have been the subject of erasure as a result of our heteronormative culture.
Pink
·18th January 2022

And they were… roommates?: The erasure of queer love

Jessica DeMarco-Jacobson
Image Description: Daguerrotype of Emily Dickinson. The poet’s relationship with Susan Gilbert and its romantic overtones have been the subject...
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