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Student Power Coalition Wins Elections Despite Poor Turnout

By Barty Roberts, BA Politics and International Relations Safia Shaikh (Activities and Events), Abel Harvie-Clark (Democracy and Education), Alex Cachinero-Gorman (Welfare and Campaigns) and Hamayal Zaib (Equality and Liberation) have all been elected to become SOAS SU Co-Presidents despite turnout failing to surpass 30% (full results can be found on

The Death of Comic Book Movies?

By Nathan Hay, BA Social Anthropology Caption: Marvel has failed to captivate their audience lately in the same way they once did Source: https://deadline.com/2022/06/marvel-kevin-feige-phase-4-secret-wars-1235048750/ Superhero fatigue. With every new Marvel movie, the phrase does the rounds on social media. Since the pandemic began, Marvel Studios

Why does Hilary Clinton care about Barbie being snubbed at the Oscars? And why should we even be outraged?

Why does Hilary Clinton care about Barbie being snubbed at the Oscars? And why should we even be outraged?

BY Hodan Sultan BA History of Art and History The internet went into a frenzy the day that the Oscar nominations for 2024 were announced, even politicians suddenly became film critics. But where has this outrage come from? The Academy Award nominations are always something we look forward to and

YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND

By Amran Abdiqadir-Mohamed, BA Global Development and Social Anthropology Photograph conceived as a poster for Works by Yoko Ono, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, 1961 The Tate Modern is now presenting the UK’s largest exhibition celebrating the ground-breaking and influential work of artist and activist Yoko Ono (b. 1933,

The Boy and The Heron: Hayao Miyazaki’s Legacy

The Boy and The Heron: Hayao Miyazaki’s Legacy

BY Valentina Rios – BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics 2023 has been a brilliant year for cinema, giving us so many great titles to choose from. One film that stood out in particular was Hayao Miyazaki’s long-awaited The Boy and The Heron, a reflective piece of art dealing with themes

Universal Versus Tiktok: Why the Sibling Rivalry?

Universal Versus Tiktok: Why the Sibling Rivalry?

By Melina Tavakoli Moghaddam, BA Politics and International Relations Headline: Universal Versus Tiktok: Why the Sibling Rivalry? Since one random September day in 2016, TikTok launched itself headfirst into the music industry. As an application designed around the 15-second ‘Get Ready With Me’ and ten-minute-long rants about the political climate

Facelift – The revamping of a long-lost society. SOAS BLA(C)K PANTHERS SOCIETY

By Ismail Abdi BA International Relations and Economic How would you like to form part of a new “society”? While I am sure most of you, dear readers, will have already engaged with plenty here at SOAS, I’d like to simply ask: besides the organisational aspect, how many of