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A Catch Too Good to Miss: The Rise of Queerbaiting in Modern Media

By Toby Oliver-Clarke, BA History With the rise of Queer representation on the big and small screen, queerbaiting is a term which has become a fixture of our modern pop culture vocabulary. Whilst the term can mean different things to different people, it can loosely be described as ‘when a

Solidarity Statement with the People of Peru

Solidarity Statement with the People of Peru

By PRALER To the people of Peru Today, we extend a fraternal and combative greeting to the masses in Peru that are rising up against the civil-military dictatorship of illegitimate president, Dina Boluarte, who removed president Pedro Castillo from office on the 7th December 2022. Backed by the Peruvian oligarchy,

SOAS Agony Aunt: Your Problems, (Occasionally) Helpful Solutions

SOAS Agony Aunt: Your Problems, (Occasionally) Helpful Solutions

By Kit King, BA Languages and Cultures and Linguistics Welcome to the SOAS Agony Aunt! You submit your burning questions, hot gossip, or darkest secrets to my little Google form and I respond via this column. If you want to see your issues addressed, please complete the form at https:

Peas, Carrots and Potatoes

Peas, Carrots and Potatoes

By Amelia Casey-Rerhaye, Managing Editor, BA Arabic. I don’t know the name of this dish, I never have. When we refer to it at home we just call it ‘carrots, peas and potatoes’, and if that isn’t enough to jog the memory of sweet peas, thick sauce and

The Evolution of Gossip

The Evolution of Gossip

By Drago Nuić, BA International Relations ‘If you can’t say anything nice, then don’t say anything at all’, but who can say they have never done a little bit of gossiping? Gossip is generally understood as informal talk about other people’s private lives. To some, the definition

18 Days of University Strikes to come as Vice Chancellors Laugh off Workers’ Demands

18 Days of University Strikes to come as Vice Chancellors Laugh off Workers’ Demands

By Archie Thomas – BA Politics and International Relations University staff will go on strike for 18 days between February and March after vice-chancellors refused to meet demands over pay, conditions, and pensions. This round of strikes called by the UCU (University and College Union) will see 70,000 staff from

Public and Personal Opinions on Strikes

Public and Personal Opinions on Strikes

By Hala Haidar, BA Global Development As strikes have been occurring across different sectors—from teachers to nurses and train drivers—there has been a lot of discourse on the public’s opinions on strikes, or to what extent people are willing to support strikes. I have heard the sentiment,