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Image description: a silhouette of a hand holds out a phone with the TikTok app open In my time writing for OxStu, I’ve written on a wide range of different issues. Typically, I have tended to avoid talking too much about myself, with the exception of discussing my relationship and my partner James. Talking about […]
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Image Description: A white, pink and grey trainer on a purple arm Something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately is the way I look. Not in a bad way, either – I don’t mind my appearance and can occasionally appreciate it. No, I’ve more been thinking about the way my self-image has changed now […]
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For members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Coronavirus pandemic has been particularly challenging. Queer people suffer from far higher rates of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety than their cishet counterparts and naturally, this has been made worse by restrictions imposed as a result of the pandemic. Some have been forced to stay […]
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I feel like it’s worth prefacing this whole piece with a statement: I don’t think I’ve ever considered working for the BBC. The latest antics surrounding trans identity ignored entirely, I still wouldn’t really have thought about it or seen it as a career option. So when I write this, it doesn’t come from the […]
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Image description: Pope Francis in front of a pride flag. Last month, our progressively posturing Pope, Francis, made the ‘ground-breaking’ statement that “homosexual people have a right to be in a family.” As a Queer Catholic, I’m unimpressed. To me, this is nothing more than a token gesture from a Pope who has far too […]
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Asexual awareness week is the last week of October – did you know that? Because I sure didn’t, until a couple of days ago when I saw various ace-related things pop up on Twitter. Talking and thinking about asexuality can always be a little rough. Every time some kind of asexuality event shows up, it’s […]
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The Pink section, and the Identity Section of The Oxford Student are collaborating for an exciting new series! We feel that this collaboration is important as it demonstrates a clear significant history of intersectionality – a term crucial to both of our respective sections. The experience of LGBTQ people of colour can and Black people […]
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It’s something you probably heard a few times since lockdown: “think about the people who are stuck in the closet with an unaccepting family who will not be able to support them in the way that they need”. Or maybe you saw articles looking at how people would be lonely in lockdown cut off from […]
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Image Description: Protestor in knitted hat at the 2018 Women’s March Cw: Transphobia All too often I hear the words ‘I support equality between men and women but I’m not a feminist’. Even the feminist icon, Simone de Beauvoir, repeatedly refused to align herself with the feminist movement until later in her career in 1972. […]
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Image Description: Jin Ha as Song Liling The fetishisation of Asian women is well-documented. Just one example, of many, is an article written by Jessie Tu for the Sydney Morning Herald. She describes the fetish of men who expect her to be ‘submissive, docile, compliant, accommodating, sweet in the kitchen, tiger in the bedroom’. Similarly, […]
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Image Description: Silhouette of an unidentified person standing on a hill during a starry night looking up at the sky. Faith wasn’t ever something I thought I’d develop and it certainly wasn’t something I thought would be reconcilable with my LGBTQ+ identity. Since starting at Oxford, the process of integrating these aspects of my sense […]
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CW/TW: Discussion of Transphobia In late June of this year, I addressed J.K. Rowling’s gleeful exposure of her own transphobia. In my piece, I wrote that Rowling’s anti-trans views were often more insidious than blatant. As time progresses, however, all semblance of nuance appears to have withered away. The insidious is degrading into the blatant. […]
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Image description: a man in a progress pride flag face mask TW: mentions of homophobia. This piece reflects the authors’ personal experience and is not intended to generalise any community. The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly reshaped our world. But reactions to the virus, and the measures taken by public health authorities in response, has been […]
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Image description: A picture of Jenny on a blue background. CN: Transition and transphobia. I first met Jenny Scoones on a cold Tuesday night in November. She borrowed a cigarette so that she could sing me a more accurate rendition of Lana del Ray’s Video Games as we stood in a crowd of Skittles attendees, […]
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CW: Transphobia, TERFs Let’s be clear from the start. J. K. Rowling is transphobic. We can see this in the opinions that she has shared and in those she has publicly endorsed. But like so many TERFs, her transphobia often manifests in a form more insidious than blatant. I’d go as far as to say […]
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To our readers, We know it’s been an unusual term. Not having a physical paper has been disappointing, to say the least for the OxStu editorial team, but we like to think we have continued to create worthwhile and interesting content for you. Moving forward, we have exciting plans to transform and modernise the paper […]
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Term may not quite have been what we all expected, but the OxStu is busier than ever! If you want to be part of Oxford’s largest and most inclusive student paper, apply with one or more of the links below: News and Broadcast Team Application Editorial Team Application Columnists Application Illustrators and Designers Application News: […]
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Like many, I find it easy to promote the existence of spaces exclusively for the LGBTQ+ community, but difficult to imagine the practice. We are a community in advocacy of inclusivity; harbouring those who face rejection for who they are and providing the familial support that so many need. How can this possibly be married […]
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The drag queen Trixie Mattel, otherwise known as Brian Firkus, is the winner of Drag Race All Stars Season 3, but also a confessed, obsessive Barbie doll collector. Firkus’s love for Barbie started when he was young. As a gay boy from Milwaulkee, he wasn’t allowed “girl toys,” but was fascinated by the tanned, blonde, […]
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