“Too Spicy to be a Pisces:” Horoscopes
Image Description: A horoscope wheel chart with the zodiac sign of Sagittarius selected, with the night sky and stars as a background. Although I don’t believe in horoscopes, as an Aries I was shocked...
View ArticleThe Anti-Vaxxer: A label we are not as immune from as we might think
In the storm that is coronavirus the promise of a vaccine is the life-raft we’re clinging to. As the worldwide death toll rises to more than 700,000 the urgency behind the need for a vaccine...
View ArticleDoes your college have its coronavirus planning right?
From freshers’ week to Christmas dinner, Michaelmas is usually a term filled with fun and festivity. This year, it’ll look slightly different. Students are returning to Oxford’s halls for the first...
View ArticleCovid-19 and changing work culture
Image description: personalised work desk at an office The effects of Covid-19 extend far beyond the notorious high temperature and continuous cough; the pandemic has provoked a watershed moment in our...
View ArticleArresting meaning – The shifting sands of ‘Extremism’ on the road to Indian...
Image Description: Image of a Quit India protest Often debates about politics can get obscured by semantics. One of the words susceptible to creating this dilemma is branding something to be...
View ArticleWhy the idea of ‘Moderate Muslims’ is a narrative subtly rooted in Islamophobia
TW: Mentions of Islamophobia The term ‘moderate Muslim’, although commonly used without malicious intent, is a label I have always silently disagreed with. At a glance, it appears to be a vague, rather...
View ArticleQueer men and COVID-19
Image description: a man in a progress pride flag face mask TW: mentions of homophobia. This piece reflects the authors’ personal experience and is not intended to generalise any community. The...
View ArticleWhy we should be testing asymptomatic people
Image description: a cartoon character getting a coronavirus test. Matt Hancock said last Wednesday that around 25% of those seeking COVID-19 tests were ‘not eligible’, complaining of a ‘rise in the...
View ArticleLeaving the Emptiness to Find Life Again: Finals and Beyond in 2020
Image description: Cardboard mortar board made from a box for Corona beer on a desk in a bedroom TL;DR: Sitting Finals at home wasn’t great, but that’s mainly because it felt like an empty, uneventful...
View ArticleTERF Wars: Rowling’s Revenge
CW/TW: Discussion of Transphobia In late June of this year, I addressed J.K. Rowling’s gleeful exposure of her own transphobia. In my piece, I wrote that Rowling’s anti-trans views were often more...
View ArticleAll of Black History, in a month?
Though there is definitely a need to recognise the achievements of black people, and there is obviously nothing wrong with Black History Month in itself, there are instances when it can appear to be...
View ArticleThe OxStu Alternative Term Card
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View ArticleFaith, gender and the burden of proof
Image Description: Silhouette of an unidentified person standing on a hill during a starry night looking up at the sky. Faith wasn’t ever something I thought I’d develop and it certainly wasn’t...
View ArticleFrom behind the screen to in front: a new perspective to fresher’s week
Image Description: Statue facing upwards at Bodleian Libraries Put quite simply, Freshers’ Week 2020 for me was… intense. So much more intense than what I was expecting. And not just academically....
View ArticleSurviving in The Bubble: A Fresher’s Homage to Freshers’ Week 2020
Image Description: Two Bubbles separating two groups of individuals 1. THE ARRIVAL The day had come – after a year of personal statement revisions, nervous interview mumbling, pointless revision, and...
View ArticleOn feminisation and fetishisation
Image Description: Jin Ha as Song Liling The fetishisation of Asian women is well-documented. Just one example, of many, is an article written by Jessie Tu for the Sydney Morning Herald. She describes...
View ArticleSelf-isolation in Oxford: Day 9
Image description: a beautiful sunset scene viewed from behind a window It’s day 9 of my first bout of self-isolation this term. Being an international student, I’m no stranger to quarantine. Flying...
View Article‘Defending ourselves with Data’: The Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker
Image Description: Collage of some of the OxCGRT coders in a Zoom-like format. COVID-19 has undoubtedly wreaked havoc upon the world as we know it, with not a single individual unaffected. From...
View ArticleThe problem with feminism
Image Description: Protestor in knitted hat at the 2018 Women’s March Cw: Transphobia All too often I hear the words ‘I support equality between men and women but I’m not a feminist’. Even the feminist...
View ArticleDigital Community in Lockdown
It’s something you probably heard a few times since lockdown: “think about the people who are stuck in the closet with an unaccepting family who will not be able to support them in the way that they...
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