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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

Critique: The Choice of Feminism

Critique: The Choice of Feminism

By Aiesha Akenzua, LLB Law As women, our individual choices do not and cannot exist in a vacuum, and the belief that they do is contradictory to the purpose of feminism and as a result, is detrimental to female solidarity. It should go without saying that feminism should not be

White Feminism and Modern-Day Perceptions of Girlhood

White Feminism and Modern-Day Perceptions of Girlhood

By Hodan Sultan, BA History of Art and History White Feminism does not represent me, but I have been conditioned to think that it does. I went to an all-girls state school where we constantly had assemblies and classes about ‘Feminism’ and how, as women, we stood for more than

#ThisIsNotConsent: Victim-blaming and the State of Justice

#ThisIsNotConsent: Victim-blaming and the State of Justice

By:Céline Raynaud, BA Southeast Asian Studies The viral hashtag #ThisIsNotConsent began trending when media reports on the 6th of November 2018 highlighted a rape trial in Northern Ireland. In this trial, the defence lawyer passed the 17-year-old complainant’s underwear around the courtroom as evidence, claiming “the possibility that