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Is $2 MILLION rich? ‘Ok boomer’ girl gets called out for being a hypocrite
Once again, another celebrity that does not practice what they preach. On June 1st, YouTuber ‘Neekolul’, Best known for her ‘ok boomer’...
Dania Frag
3 min read
End the lockdown. End the tragedies.
In March 2020, we went into lockdown for ‘only three weeks to flatten the curve’. A new, novel virus from Wuhan has entered the country,...
Dania Frag
4 min read
Why you never seem to look like your favourite influencers no matter how attractive you are
Since social media has existed, people have wanted to control their online persona to be what they want people to see them as. Whether...
Dania Frag
3 min read
The problem with the new Crime Bill - and why it provoked violence
For the past few weeks, the new Crime Bill has been the topic of controversy. Outrage to the bill became physical, notably in Bristol,...
Alana Alberto
2 min read
Stop slandering the dead - RIP Prince Philip
On April 9th, the Duke of Edinburgh and her majesty the Queen’s husband of 73 years passed away aged 99, and although this likely did not...
Dania Frag
2 min read
Stop using Meghan Markle’s struggles to further your agenda.
It's been all anyone could talk about for the past week or so: are Harry and Meghan the victims here? What about the royal family? And...
Dania Frag
4 min read
I am a person of colour. I'm not a victim.
In the past few decades attitudes towards racism have changed significantly, we’ve gone from a society that accepts casual racism and...
Dania Frag
4 min read
Are we moving too fast in the opposite direction?
Tradition wise, nothing much really changed for a good 1000 years, but since the Enlightenment Period in the 1700s and the emergence of...
Dania Frag
4 min read
Why we still need a monarchy - and why it’s now more important than ever
Royal sceptics, this article does not mention the infamous ‘tourism’ argument, so you can rest easy… Since more or less all of time there...
Dania Frag
4 min read
Is the right under attack on university campuses?
For years now many right-wing students have complained that conservative opinions are being censored on university campuses, their...
Dania Frag
3 min read
Why are medium-priced clothing stores closing? Are students to blame for the rise in fast fashion?
In 2016, BHS closed its doors after 88 years as a high street fashion retailer; in 2020, Debenhams announced it would close in early...
Dania Frag
3 min read
Why freshers’ week sucked this year - and it’s not just the pandemic to blame.
It was obvious from the get-go that freshers’ week this year was going to be different - clubs shut, limits on social group sizes, 10pm...
Dania Frag
2 min read
Universities have let us down almost as much as the government during the pandemic.
Just under a year ago we began our first national lockdown - supposedly three weeks off school to fix the coronavirus outbreak which had...
Dania Frag
3 min read
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