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Strike a Pose: The Manipulation of Black Models

By Aiesha Akenzua, Opinions Section Editor Opportunity for Black models within the modelling industry has been a persistent topic in the media for decades. In an industry seemingly built for the Kate Mosses and Cindy Crawfords of the world, representation of those whose appearances were antithetical to that of the

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

Media VS Labour Action

Media VS Labour Action

By Anisah Mahamoud, BA International Relations It is clear that the media has everlasting impacts on the manner in which society views itself. It acts as a mirror in the sense that it is usually the only outlet that provides daily information on the actions of society. This signifies the

There’s an Important Conversation to be Had About Decolonizing the Curriculum. Shame the BBC isn’t Willing to Have it.

There’s an Important Conversation to be Had About Decolonizing the Curriculum. Shame the BBC isn’t Willing to Have it.

Kitty Walsh, BA History and World Philosophies “Ideological propaganda”. Apparently, that’s all the movement to decolonize the curriculum really amounts to, or so says journalist Melanie Phillips in her column for The Times. That or “Marxist gibberish”, that is itself “sinister and wrong”. But on what basis exactly? Well,

Turkish Media Prepares for Further Crackdown After Elections

Turkish Media Prepares for Further Crackdown After Elections

Lara Sarlak, MA Anthropology and Media The results of the previous Turkish general elections in June 2015 had many people carried away by the illusion of possible change. A pro-minority party, the HDP, had managed to pass the arbitrary electoral threshold and Erdoğan’s AKP had finally had its majority

The Sun should have changed 'Page 3' long ago

The Sun should have changed 'Page 3' long ago

Paloma Rao, LLB A few weeks ago, Rupert Murdoch, business magnate and CEO of News Corporation, tweeted the possibility that his newspaper, The Sun, may soon follow the example set by its Irish edition in August 2013 where ‘traditional’ Page 3 content – topless glamour models – was replaced with more tasteful