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Holly Sampson, BA Middle Eastern Studies and World Philosophies Photo credit: Creative Commons As the #MeToo movement is increasingly growing and more people are standing up against those that have silenced them in the past, it is no wonder that the debate of separating the art from the artist has come to the foreground once […]
Arooj Sultan, BA Economics and Politics Co-Editor in Chief at the SOAS Spirit Asia Bibi’s case, perhaps more so than any other of its kind, has become symbolic of Pakistan’s relationship to blasphemy. The case has a long and bloody history. Those who have dared to defend her were either silenced forever or forced to […]
Chloë Cochran, BA Global Popular Music It is the 21st century, and I would go so far as to argue that everything is political in some way or another. In 1984, George Orwell predicted a world where a totalitarian, authoritarian government existed, changing society and history in order to manipulate the populous. Now I am […]
Streisand Neto, MSc International Politics When we think of Alaska, what springs to mind are snow and Sarah Palin. However, what I unearthed is something striking and sinister. “I don’t think the state of Alaska takes sexual assault seriously” according to Elizabeth Williams, the Founder of the “No More Free Passes Campaign”. What Elizabeth Williams […]
Khadija Kothia, BA History Annually, the clocks go back, poppy stalls begin to appear, and public discourse turns towards remembrance of 11 November – Armistice Day. It is the day that Europe lays down its wreaths in memory of the “War to end all wars”, and to remember those killed by the catastrophic bloodshed that […]
Yasmin Elsouda, BA International Relations Whether or not celebrity culture should be politicised is incessantly debated in the media. Is Kanye crazy? Shouldn’t Kaepernick just stick to sports? Why is Kim in The White House? The notion that popular culture is somehow isolated from the rest of the world and does not intersect with politics […]