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Art or Not? The debate on AI Art

Art or Not? The debate on AI Art

Sarah Cotte, BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics AI (Artificial Intelligence) art, and debates on the topic, have been all over social media in recent months. From internet users feeding absurd prompts to AI, to professional artists using AI in their artwork, AI has become more prevalent in cultural and artistic

The Shadow that Sticks: A review of Dina Amer’s “You Resemble Me”

The Shadow that Sticks: A review of Dina Amer’s “You Resemble Me”

Amelia Casey-Rerhaye, Managing Editor ‘People are going to think you’re crazy’, my mum says to me on the phone. Sat outside Belsize Park tube station, I’m just about pulling myself together after ten minutes of hysterical sobbing. I always thought it would be cool to have a dramatic

You Resemble Me by Dina Amer: Initial film review and reflections from discussion with director Dina Amer

You Resemble Me by Dina Amer: Initial film review and reflections from discussion with director Dina Amer

By Sanna Hamid, BA History and International Relations Dina Amer, writer and director of You Resemble Me and former journalist, reported on the ‘first female suicide bomber’ in Paris for Vice News, before it was announced as false information. What she didn’t know yet was that Hasna Ait Boulahcen’

Tiktok Activism: A New Dead End

Tiktok Activism: A New Dead End

By Jacob Winter, BA Politics and International Relations Social justice being co-opted for the purpose of profit is not a new phenomenon. One of the most prominent anti-capitalist revolutionaries of the 20th century, Che Guevara, has had his likeness turned into a product, with millions of t-shirts, hoodies, keyrings and

The Best Albums of 2022

The Best Albums of 2022

The Year in Music – Featuring Björk, Kendrick Lamar, Charli XCX, and more By Mahir Ahmed, MA Global Media and Communications 2022 was a turbulent and chaotic year unlike any other, however, many of us finally got to experience live music again. With the music industry escaping the malaise of the

Medinian Blues

Medinian Blues

By Zaynab Noor Mufti, MSc Political Thought We visited, we prayed, and then we were asked to leave And now we know what it’s like to grieve Face me with misfortune or losing a limb I’d take it any day over leaving him But we will return and

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