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Hiba Ul-hasan – BA History ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It?’ an award-winning cross-cultural comedy starring Lily James and Pakistani actress Sajal Ali, finally hit UK theatres on the 24 February. The comedy is said to be inspired by writer and SOAS Alumni Jemina Khan’s own experiences when
By Mahir Ahmed, MA Global Media and Communications Vicky Beverly Walker is a 21-year-old artist from Bath, England, who first began releasing her mainstream singles in 2021. Walker initially began uploading music on her TikTok account. Songs such as ‘Just a waste’ gained an immense amount of social media attention,
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
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
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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’
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By Sarah Cotte, BSc Politics, Philosophy and Economics er then-partner Malcolm Mclaren. The shop sold rock-and-roll-inspired fetish wear, supplying London’s underground, sexually deviant punk scene with provocative pieces designed to make the conformist masses shudder. Westwood also created clothing for the punk-rock band Sex Pistols, furthering her visibility. As
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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
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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
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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
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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
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By ALICIA MITRA, BA SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT Shein was founded in China in 2008. It began as a worldwide leading wedding dress company but is now known as an online fast fashion retailer. In 2020, Shein effectively blew up and was one of the most talked about brands
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By Carlotta Rose Busetto, BA Chinese For the first time since its opening in 1852, the V&A is holding an exhibition entirely dedicated to African fashion design until the 16th of April 2023 called ‘Africa Fashion’. It is a wonderful attempt to remove the veil that has concealed