Maternal Ambivalence and Imposter Syndrome: My experience of undergraduate, archival research
Words by Saskia May Sunshine was flickering through the green beech trees as the bus dropped me at The Keep, University of Sussex. The carpark of the archival centre was…
All About Love: New Visions
Words by Alice Stevens “In an ideal world we would all learn in childhood to love ourselves. We would grow, being secure in our worth and value, spreading love wherever…
Rip Van Winkle: A Feminist Story?
Words by Molly Openshaw Recently, I read Washington Irving’s 1819 short story and was very surprised by the portrayal of women. Irving displays women as unspoken heroes, demonstrating a refreshing…
Remakes and Morality: What Peter Dinklage Teaches us About Diversity and Discrimination in Contemporary Film
Words by Emma Norris Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was a childhood favourite of mine; I had a particular attachment to the dwarf Dopey, carrying a soft toy of…
In Conversation with Kojey Radical – Music, Identity, Fashion & Creativity
Music Editor, Dylan Bryant, dives deep in an interview with UK Rapper and creative powerhouse Kojey Radical ahead of the release of his debut album. Being given the opportunity to…
The Stage, Witchcraft & Ritual
Words by Ali Arief Witchcraft and the Occult are subjects that I study earnestly. Throughout my years of studying these fascinating subjects, I have discovered incredible overlaps between the Occult…
What ‘Girls’ taught me about my OCD
An examination of how television has the power to heal the scars of mental illness Words by Issy Anthony I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when I was 14.…
Artist Focus: AFLO. the poet
Words by Éloïse Armary AFLO. the poet is a spoken word artist. She started performing in 2019 and now is a strong knot in the black poetry scene in Brighton.…
What the New Gossip Girl is Missing
Words by Issy Anthony Money, mayhem and a sex drive that just won’t quit can only mean one thing: Gossip Girl is back on our screens. As part two of…
Romanticising the Real: Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love (2018)
Words by Megan Whitehead, Staff Writer If I was ever forced onto a desert island and only had one item to bring with me, I would pick Dolly Alderton’s ‘Everything…
Revolutionary Theatre: Les Misérables
Words my Molly Openshaw Looking at the journey of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, we can see how revolutionary it has been in the process of developing a novel into a…
Euphoria, Skins and Teenage Angst
Words by Emma Norris Trigger warning: mention of drugs, rape/abuse and mental illness The release of series two of Euphoria, timed alongside the finishing of my assessment period, led to…
Blending Romance and Realism (in progress)
Words by Molly Openshaw Over Christmas, I was the lucky recipient of a positive Covid test, leaving me susceptible to binge-watching Netflix and obsessively rereading novels. One of these shows…
New year, same beautiful you: Sashay away, diet culture
Words by Alice Stevens Content Warning: dieting and eating disorders Body image is a funny one in January. The first month of the year should be a space for reflection…
Poetry: We all share an ‘e’ at least by J-Day
The image of a wordI don’t want to be a letterI ask people not to conjure me when they speakNot existing on a fabricated planeWith others of my kinThere is…
‘Comparisons’ by Dylan Bryant and Charlie Batten
‘Comparisons’ is a song that we wrote based around the insecurities of not knowing who or where you want to be in life. When discussing the topic of ‘identity and…
Poetry: God are you listening, it’s me…is he? by Issy Anthony
God I would like to ask if this is it? Maybe you could send someone, Gabriel will do, to tell me if this okay-ness is the whole point Then I…
Poetry: Us, the stardust residuals by Rob Barrie
We are not stemmed from two, not a cell, not a particle, no lineage exists to respond, for there is no beauty in divinity and no wonder in the beyond.…
Words about the little things by Eloise Armary
Words by Eloise Armary ‘Feel the early morning sun on her skin, the soft, warm wind in her hair, and smell the sweet touch of grass and lavender in the…
Poetry: What I Wouldn’t Do by Simon Hauwaerts
he’s sitting on the couch & he’s white & cis & straight & ablebodied &&&&cetera(you know how it is and oh how original so does he) and that’s why he…