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The Unashamed Misogyny in ‘Alpha Male’ Podcasts on TikTok

The Unashamed Misogyny in ‘Alpha Male’ Podcasts on TikTok

By Anisah Islam, BA Global Liberal Arts A new type of content has emerged on the popular app TikTok; content that has been branded as being quite unusual and controversial by many. There has been a rampant spread of videos created by certain men who regard themselves as ‘alpha males’

Twitter as a Voice for Indian Muslims

Twitter as a Voice for Indian Muslims

By Mohammad Ibrar, MA South Asian Area Studies Several prominent Indian Muslim women woke up on New Year’s Day to see themselves ‘on sale,’ with their names and pictures being circulated with derogatory comments. An app called ‘Bulli Bai,’ developed by young Hindu men on the open-source platform ‘GitHub’

Soupidarity: why food aid needs more solidarity, not charity.

Soupidarity: why food aid needs more solidarity, not charity.

Rachel Coxon, BA Economics and Politics By compensating for austerity measures, organisations like food banks enable policymakers to construct food poverty as a matter of charity rather than a political obligation. When Britain’s first soup kitchens emerged in the early 1800s, they were immediately controversial. There was no shortage

Freedom for Amal Nahkleh!

Freedom for Amal Nahkleh!

Panagiotis Gkagkatsis, PhD in Law Amal Nahkleh is a 17-year-old Palestinian who is being unethically detained in an Israeli prison. Amal suffers from a severe autoimmune system disease that’s called ‘gravis’. Gravis is a neuromuscular illness that destroys the communication between the neurons and the muscles, resulting in weakness

Solidarity: crime in the making

Solidarity: crime in the making

Eleonora Catenaro, BA Social Anthropology and Arabic It is June 2019, 53 migrants departing from Libya have been waiting for weeks on the board of the ship of the German NGO Sea-Watch. The summer heat is taking a toll on people, as is the lack of food and water. In

Legal Terrorism

Legal Terrorism

Nayah Kelly, LLB “The UK parliament has commenced the finalisation of its legal assault against refugees and immigrants.” The UK parliament has commenced the finalisation of its legal assault against refugees and immigrants. Home Secretary Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill, which was passed in the House of Commons