Oxford Kite Festival to feature artists and thinkers such as Grace Jones, Richard Dawkins, and Ai Weiwei
Pink·23rd November 2020My (not quite) five minutes of TikTok fame Robert Macilraith Image description: a silhouette of a hand holds out a phone with the TikTok app open In my time writing... Read More
Pink·30th November 2020Why the GRA discourse is missing the point Kylie MacFarquharson I fell in love with the Canterbury Cathedral when I was 14, the first time I saw the Great Cloister,... Read More
Pink·29th October 2021On the importance of safe spaces Agatha Gutierrez Echenique Image description: two LGBTQ+ pride flags waving in the wind According to the Oxford Dictionary, a safe space is a... Read More
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... Read More
Pink·2nd November 2018Why we need more queer safe spaces in our university Meg Howells Image Credit: Roger Templeman Last week, it was announced that Plush, Oxford’s largest LGBTQ+ venue and only gay nightclub, will... Read More
Pink·18th January 2022And 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... Read More
Pink·12th May 2022Fear and Loving: Reflections from a Trans Person Agatha Gutierrez Echenique Image Description: The Embrace by Gustav Klimt. “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The constitution makes no... Read More
Pink·5th March 2021Pop in a Pandemic: Jenny Scoones on her new single ‘Always Known’ Timea Iliffe Image description: a picture of Jenny and a cat at home CW: transphobia The Oxford Student spoke to Jenny Elizabeth... Read More
Pink·1st November 2020Reflections on asexual week Leo Gillard Asexual awareness week is the last week of October – did you know that? Because I sure didn’t, until a... Read More
FeaturesPink·24th February 2020Hoist the colours – LGBT History Month at Oxford’s colleges Lauren Shirreff Image description: A pride flag flies above Balliol College. Image credit: Balliol College Facebook page For the first time, Balliol... Read More
Pink·12th November 2020BBC impartiality and trans identity Leo Gillard I feel like it’s worth prefacing this whole piece with a statement: I don’t think I’ve ever considered working for... Read More
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... Read More
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... Read More
Pink·12th June 2019Is pride welcoming to the whole community? Anonymous Oxford Pride this year was the first Pride I ever attended; I’ve been firmly in the closet around my family... Read More
Pink·26th April 2020Surviving in the closet during lockdown C. T. Image description: a person at the window of dark room “I’m going to make sure that your wedding is nearby... Read More
Pink·15th February 2021How has Colonialism impacted the LGBTQ+ Community? J.M. General Image Description: LGBTQ+ victory parade 2018 in Calcutta, India, a sign reads: “Queers for Democracy not for Emergency” When I... Read More
Pink·11th January 2019Steven Universe: a model of queer representation Guo-Sheng Liu ‘Steven Universe’ is a popular cartoon on the US-based channel Cartoon Network, which is at once delightful, musical, emotional and... Read More
FeaturesPink·31st March 2019The importance of Transgender Visibility Day Ray Cheung Image description: Janet Mock, Grand Marshall at the 2014 San Francisco Pride Parade Transgender Visibility Day, also known as ‘TDoV’,... Read More
FeaturesPink·2nd February 2020Queer Theory – What’s it all about? Susmita Dave Last Thursday, I attended a philosophy reading group which aimed to unpack the term ‘queer theory’ and the implications of... Read More