“He hit me and it felt like a kiss”: Questioning toxic love in music
Music, much like all art, has long romanticised toxic relationships, but in recent years it’s possibly been taken too far.
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European Super League: The Greed League
Twelve of Europe’s leading football clubs have announced they have agreed to establish a new competition, the European Super League (ESL). The league notably excludes PL title winners and current top 4 team, Leicester City.
Charlie Hebdo’s Meghan race bait isn’t ‘satire’ – it’s a cheap garner for relevancy, and it’s boring.
Following the news of Prince Phillip’s death on Friday, French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo swiftly mounted their one-trick-pony, and by the very same evening had posted a topical cartoon to their Twitter, depicting ‘l’hommage d’Harry & Meghan au Prince Phillip’
Reflecting on my mental health during the pandemic.
When people talk about their mental health, I never claim I have anxiety because I feel like I don’t suffer like some people do. But I do.
Breaking up is never easy…
A raw inside look into the realities of a real break-up from the perspective of the one ending the relationship.
Karli Wagener’s Vigil speech – Everyone must play their part in tackling sexual violence at university
Gender based Violence is a global issue, a national issue, a local issue and perhaps a personal issue to too many of us here today.
Ginny and Georgia – A chaotic drama that doesn’t disappoint.
The new Netflix Original is so obviously a dramatic ‘Gilmore Girls’ knock-off they reference it 10 minutes into the show, but is it worth the watch?
We would not be talking about Sarah Everard if she was Black.
Or brown. Or disabled. Or gay. Or trans.
The Tacit Colonising of Critical Cuts at the University of Leicester
The Tacit Colonising of Critical Cuts at the University of Leicester
#NotAllMen is a pathetic call for validation for not assaulting women
Written by Trinity Barnatt It’s 10pm and I’m walking home alone after finishing my shift at work. There’s a man walking towards me. He’s about 6ft. Dark hair. Caucasian. Roads too busy I can’t cross it. I get my keys from my pocket and hold them between my fingers. My heart starts racing as he walks towards me. Maybe I should have got on the phone to someone. Anxiety builds in my chest as he gets closer and closer and closer… A wave of relief runs through me as he walks past me. Sarah Everard never felt that wave of relief. For anyone unfamiliar with the recent case of Sarah Everard, she went missing last week after walking home from a friend’s house in south London. Since then, her body has been found and a serving police officer arrested on the suspicion of her murder. While Sarah Everard’s case is devastating, that is not what shocked me. What shocked me was the response: #NotAllMen trending on twitter. In response to a callous crime, thousands of …
Graduate chaos: how COVID has affected my job hunt
It comes as no surprise that COVID has had a huge impact upon the job market.
Will the government’s ‘free-speech champion’ silence students?
The free-speech champion, announced early this month, is set to ‘protect’ the legal rights of students and staff on campus — but will it really? Or could it just be another power grab by the government?
2020 May Be Over, But the Fight Against Racism Is Far from It, (even in the UK).
2020 may be over, but the fight against racism isn’t. Awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement should not die with 2020, and now, more than ever, it is vital that we continue to talk about it.
My Coming Out Story
From family reactions to unrequited love, Bethany Walsh honestly details her process of coming out as a lesbian woman.
Why JoJo Siwa Coming Out is so Important
JoJo Siwa came out, and this is why it is so important to the LGBTQ+ youth of today.
‘Shaping for excellence’ or academic extradition?
Muzammil Khomusi writes about the cuts to the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour from a student’s perspective
Sexual assault is normalised, and women are told that it is our fault
Sexual assault is normalised, and women are told that it is our fault.
Modern Feelings On Love: Two Interesting and Different Views
As Valentine’s day approaches, two writers give their opinions on love from vastly different stances and try and encapsulate the modern attitude towards love.
Ignored and forgotten: are students paying the price of this pandemic?
‘Frustrated’, ‘fragile’ and ‘numb’. These are the words that now define what it feels like to be a university student during a once-in-a-generation crisis.
“Crisis point” in student education as hopes of fee refunds are dashed by universities minister
Written by Ed Morrison Last week, in response to a question about tuition fee refunds from a red-faced Piers Morgan, the universities minister, Michelle Donelan, exclaimed: “We set the maximum level of tuition fees and it is up to universities to then decide what they are going to charge.” Donelan’s OIA level advice rejects any proposal for the government to pay students compensation for their undervalued tuition and is a bitter pill to swallow for those, like myself, who felt reinvigorated and hopeful that change was on the horizon, especially after a government petition for reduced tuition fees received over 550,000 signatures. In light of this, it is perhaps unsurprising that this latest government advice has fallen on deaf ears among students, who feel sick and tired at the treatment they have received this academic year. These views are expressed in a new poll by the University of Leicester Students’ Union as part of a new ‘Tuition Fees Campaign.’ Organised by the SU President, Mia Nembhard, she hopes it will “help get as many students …
University updates for students aren’t good enough
It may be uncertain and difficult times, but the latest email from the University of Leicester to students simply wasn’t enough, and I for one am tired of emails promising more and not delivering.
You’re missing the point: Daily Mail article disparaging Leicester University redundancy plans is uninformed
A student response to Guy Adams’ disparaging Daily Mail article.
Brexit is now a lonely revolt
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union was once heralded as a watershed moment in European politics, a flagbearer to a coming wave of anti-globalist populism and the death knell to the European Integration Project. Five years on, no one has followed Britain’s charge.
Finding optimism as a graduate in the middle of a pandemic
“So… what’s next?” The inescapable question for final year university students everywhere, as preparations for the ‘real world’ get underway.
Tuition, turmoil and rising tensions as students demand compensation
As we enter the start of the New Year, it is clear that the reverberating effects of the virus are continuing to wreak havoc. How has this affected university compensation?
Fed up and Heading Home: My First Semester at University
A look into a first year’s experience of semester one and what led them to the decision to leave halls.
The end of Erasmus is devastating
Withdrawing from the Erasmus scheme as part of the Brexit deal highlights, yet again, the failings of the UK government when it comes to young people
#WeRaceAsOne: Diversity in Formula 1
Is F1’s new diversity campaign #WeRaceAsOne enough to champion inclusivity in the sport?
Government student evacuation – calculated risk or recipe for disaster?
The Government student evacuation – a calculated strategy or a recipe for disaster?
Harry Potter and the Transphobic author
How did JK Rowling’s transphobic comments alienate the LGBTQ+ community
