#EndSARS and Fela Kuti
Image Description: monochrome image of Fela Kuti with his arms raised. No musician has ever so suicidally walked the revolutionary walk as Fela Kuti in 1979, when he drove to the entrance of military...
View ArticleCome Together: Joining Student Societies in 2020
Image Description: Sign saying “Open” One of my favourite parts of Freshers’ week last year was arriving at the Freshers’ Fair. I wandered over to the Examination Schools, stepped through the archway...
View ArticleIdentity x Pink collaboration on Queer ethnic minorities
The Pink section, and the Identity Section of The Oxford Student are collaborating for an exciting new series! We feel that this collaboration is important as it demonstrates a clear significant...
View ArticleMy first overseas journey, mid-pandemic: A Visiting Student’s Perspective
Image Description: Plane taking-off during a sunset As a visiting third-year student from the United States, you might be wondering one of three things: 1. Why are you here? 2. Do you have issues with...
View ArticleReflections on asexual week
Asexual awareness week is the last week of October – did you know that? Because I sure didn’t, until a couple of days ago when I saw various ace-related things pop up on Twitter. Talking and thinking...
View ArticleThe OxStu Alternative Term Card
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View ArticleOn chasing the Eurocentric ideal
Image Description: Close up of the ‘fox eye’ makeup trend I have two main theories about East Asians who dye their hair blonde. The first is that it’s not just blonde hair, but that they want to stand...
View ArticleBlack Men in Fashion: Enniful and Bembury on Adversity and Perseverance
Image Description: Salehe Bembury during a photoshoot. CW: discussion of racism “What’s unfortunate is I literally designed the shoes that are in the bag, and I’m fucking being searched for them.” –...
View ArticleActivism or ‘Slacktivism’: Can social media really make a difference?
In the context of Black Lives Matter, the #MeToo movement, the refugee crisis and countless other events, social media activism has been at an all-time high. Individuals, mostly teenagers, sign...
View ArticleThe Vienna Attack: Words may fail but they’re better than silence
“It’s tricky to know where to start and what to say and whether to say anything at all. But it would also be to leave a gaping hole in this year abroad story if I were to keep silent and wait until I...
View ArticlePope Francis and same-sex unions: why I’m not celebrating
Image description: Pope Francis in front of a pride flag. Last month, our progressively posturing Pope, Francis, made the ‘ground-breaking’ statement that “homosexual people have a right to be in a...
View ArticleOn bad English
Image Description: Women pose outside the barbershop in the Tule Lake Relocation Center, in Newell, California in 1942 or 1943. ‘Herro!’ *pulls eyes* He didn’t stop walking. I vaguely knew his name but...
View ArticleBBC impartiality and trans identity
I feel like it’s worth prefacing this whole piece with a statement: I don’t think I’ve ever considered working for the BBC. The latest antics surrounding trans identity ignored entirely, I still...
View ArticleDiwali in Lockdown: Making the Best of a Bad Situation
Image Description: close up of lit diya lamps for Diwali Despite the cultural complexities that I have faced growing up as a British Indian woman in the UK, Diwali has always been one of the family...
View ArticleQueer life in lockdown: live, laugh, love and learn
For members of the LGBTQ+ community, the Coronavirus pandemic has been particularly challenging. Queer people suffer from far higher rates of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety than...
View ArticleAs we enter lockdown again, we must make time to look after ourselves
Image description: a wall of green leaves with the words “and breath” on a neon pink sign. Lockdown has returned—once more unto the breach, I suppose. Add to that post-fifth-week blues and feeling...
View ArticleCaution Fatigue
It’s been more than half a year of getting used to life during a global pandemic – or rather, half a year of collective anxiety, socially distant loneliness, and spoiled plans. The hope offered by a...
View ArticleThe Reality of Food Poverty
Image description: Two cooking pots on top of a rusty metal shelf with a kitchen towel hanging in the background There is a common trend online whenever the topic of food poverty re-enters the public...
View ArticleAccess at Oxford
Oxford has always had a reputation for being inaccessible and elitist. From societies like the Bullingdon Club to the trope of the Tory PPE student, this reputation is not entirely unfounded. And...
View ArticleA Post-Election Reflection
Image Description: a yellow U.S. mail-in ballot with British stamps. A disclaimer: I am by no means an expert on U.S elections, nor do I study politics or government. This piece features my own...
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