The Ignorance of Influencers
Words by Roxanna Wright, staff writer Over the last decade, not only has social media ‘influencing’ become a career, but it has also become a massive part of our cultural…
Filming The Unfilmable
Words by Simon Edwards, Comment Online Editor January 27th marks National Holocaust Memorial Day. This annual day of remembrance falls on the liberation date of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945, commemorated to…
The Big Christmas Debate: Has Commercialisation Ruined Christmas?
YES – Stevie Palmer, Staff Writer Before the take-over by capitalism, Christmas was, in its traditional quintessence, about the birth of Christ. A day to celebrate God’s son coming into…
Rose Ayling-Ellis: A Deaf Heroine
Sophie McMahon, Comment Print Editor Watching Strictly Come Dancing has been a Saturday night staple for my grandparents and I for as long as I can remember. For those unfamiliar…
Closing Hearts And Minds: The Media And Anti-Immigration Sentiment
Stevie Palmer, Staff Writer Immigration has been a hot topic of conversation for a while now. Not only in terms of public policy, but also in the media. The debate…
Even after lockdown, I still need some me-time
Eloise Armary, Artist Focus Editor After a year and a half of online study and a severely cut down social life, coming back on campus and living in a new…
The Big Debate – Should joining a sports club in school be made mandatory?
YES – Roxanna Wright, Staff Writer Britain is becoming more and more of an obese nation. It has been found that we have the highest statistics of obesity in Western…
How It Feels Finding Out A Creator You Love Is A Piece Of S***
Words by Simon Edwards, Comment Online Editor TW Sexual Assault, Violence It’s an odd time to be a fan of content creators. The ubiquity of access to their private lives…
Plants, Mental Health and Me
Sophie McMahon, Comment Print Editor Being stuck inside for the last year and a half has seen a lot of us become plant parents, including myself. When I got my…
Two’s a Crowd
Words by T. Bliss, Staff Writer With the return to uni life and the flood of students back to Brighton after such a long period isolated and online, I find…
Should bouncers be given greater power to search club-goers?
YES – Georgia Radley, Liberate The Debate Member After a year and a half of being stuck indoors with last year’s freshers never getting the year they expected, students cannot…
No, Being a Loner In Uni Is Not That Terrible
by Tillie Lam, Staff Writer Now that the Freshers carnivals and partying are over, the campus is once again bustling with students working hard for their degrees. So dear all…
The Return To Normality?
Words by Stevie Palmer, Staff Writer With restrictions easing in the UK, and the beginning of a new year at university (for many their first actual year in person), it…
The Importance Of Self-Love As An Act Of Resistance
by Stevie Palmer, Staff Writer In a world characterised by social norms, patriarchal limitations and social constraints, it can be hard to navigate the troubling times of your twenties. With…
Apocalyptic Clickbait; or, The Cynical Cruelty Of Reporting On Big Rocks In Space
Words by Simon Edwards, Online Comment Editor If you’ve ever read the news online (a safe bet if you’re reading this), there’s a good chance you’ve read about our impending…
In Reflective Memory Of My Autistic Kin – Olly Stephens
Features Editor, Olly DeHerrera, reflects on a culture of autism-intolerant violence. Olly Stephens was born at 9pm on the 1st of November 2007; at the age of 13, his murder…
The Systemic Failures Over Sarah Everard’s Murder
Words by Emily Jayne Bruce – Staff Writer Trigger warning for male violence, violence against women, death. As time has passed since Sarah Everard was murdered, the public has become…
The Big Debate: Should Historical Fiction Be Accurate?
YES: Sophie McMahon, Comment Print Editor Since picking up my first book by Philippa Gregory (an English historical novelist and University of Sussex alumni), the question of whether historical fiction…
A Neurotypical View: Identity vs Person First Language
Words by Sophie McMahon- Comment Print Editor ‘Autistic Person’, ‘Person with autism’, ‘Person who has autism’, which is the correct phrase to use? I am neurotypical and relatively new to…
Post-Pill Amenorrhea and My Experience
Words by Molly Openshaw – Arts Print Editor I, like many other women, had quite severe acne at the age of thirteen. Being worried about it I went to my…