features
The Cult Of Cute
However, Moo Deng is not the first, nor the last animal internet celebrity
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features
Melania Trump: A ‘Model’ First Lady?
...it is also imperative to hold Melania accountable for her contribution and loyalty to Trump policies and its real-life effects on fundamental women’s rights.
features
Did the potential love of your life swipe the wrong way?
If a random person shares all of your interests, but can’t text back quickly, they are quickly discarded.
Opinion
The US has extreme FOMO
US hegemony is dangerous to the rest of the world, as the nation creates its own standards on what is internationally acceptable, as well as avoiding accountability regardless of the damage caused
Opinion
We’re Just Friends
Friendship is a means of survival for my community, but it can also be the source of your learning
Opinion
The encroachment of ‘third spaces’ in the modern day, and its impact on loneliness
The erasure of third spaces is slowly rising. This is not only due to external factors but also because people tend to deprioritise third spaces and the importance they have within communities
Opinion
Marital Rape in India: The Need for Legal Reform
Redefining consent in marriage is not just a legal need, but a moral necessity.
Opinion
Palestine Activism on Campus: Suspended Students Speak Out
If SOAS continues to advocate for change-makers in the world, then why are there attempts to silence us?
Opinion
Modesty or Liberation
Why is it that modesty, often a personal or religious choice, is demonised, while hypersexuality is marketed as a path to empowerment?
Newsletters
Newsletter 23/11/24
Welcome to the first edition of the SOAS Spirit Newsletter! Our new team of Staff Writers, led by Senior Staff Writer Jacob Winter, are in charge of making sure all that is worth knowing is known; in this term’s issue that includes Justin Welby’s resignation, the JCR turned
Roaming Reporter
Roaming Reporter: Port, Policy and Prejudice: An Evening with the Young Tories
Jacob Winter, Senior Staff Writer BA Politics and International Relations For those unaware, port is a type of fortified wine originating from the city of Porto, in Portugal. Fortified wine is a wine in which another alcohol, usually brandy, is added. It’s generally sweet, and often served with dessert.
Sport and Societies
It’s Here and It’s Queer - the new Society on the Block
‘If they are able to unite other London university queer communities, this could have a very powerful result’