“In the wake of military buildup and increasingly aggressive rhetoric from across the Strait, striving to be unique is becoming ever so more important to Taiwan’s Gen-Z.” For this year’s Fashion Week, the Taiwanese Ministry… Read More »“Rebellion against Conformity”: An Exploration of Taiwanese Youth Culture through Fashion – Taipei Fashion Week SS24
By Ella Dorn, BA Chinese and Linguistics ‘Here come the girls!’ proclaimed a Guardian article this summer. ‘All-female K-pop groups conquer Britain.’ The author chided ‘British music snobbery’ for its snub of the Korean scene,… Read More »When Poptimism goes too far
By Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, BA Politics and International Politics “Aspiring female directors will not only struggle in the industry to earn back any form of respect, but it is also questionable whether their career prospects… Read More »Feminist Masterpiece or Giant Infomercial?
By Sam Landis, BA Social Anthropology and International Relations “As SOAS continues to market its curriculum as decolonized and social-justice oriented to attract ‘leftist’ students while simultaneously destroying campus spaces embedded in alternative, revolutionary and… Read More »SOAS Student Union Refurbishments Causes Shock, Disappointment, and Anger Amongst Student Body
By Roxanna Brealey, BA History and Politics It was to the surprise of many students that the SOAS Student Union Bar was refurbished over the summer break posing questions on the purpose of it all.… Read More »The Politics of Distraction
By Aminah Hashmi, BA Politics and International Relations I’ll just come out and say it: the pretence of objectivity hinders good journalism. Good journalism is not just presenting ‘what happened,’ it contextualises the event and… Read More »The Facade of Objectivity: We Can Do Better