We are living in the age of labels – from our sexuality, to the generation we belong to, even to our fashion preferences. Everything we do and are equate to a title we’ve created, but do we truly embrace each other by labelling ourselves into smaller categories? 

Like many venturing forth to watch that first episode of the new Gossip Girl on BBC One, I was dubious. For starters, the BBC seemed like a strange platform to be accessing it. I also felt – and it appears the producers sensed this too – that you couldn’t remake a 2000s classic in 2021. Amid the sleuth of negative reviews and 2-star ratings, I wanted to take a moment to praise the Gossip Girl reboot for what it does ...

The latest Bond movie No Time to Die was finally released at the end of September. This movie marks the final farewell of Daniel Craig’s role as 007 after five movies playing the notorious character of James Bond. With this news comes the inevitable anticipation of who will take on the iconic 007 role. Speculation has been rife over who will take over Craig’s role – even as far back as the release of Spectre.

Last year, I received an off-the-cuff backhanded compliment about my lips, which I ruminated on for months. A friend of a friend commented on my plump bottom lip, but suggested that my top lip ‘could do with some filler’. I became completely obsessed with the appearance of my lips. I was adamant that getting fillers would dramatically lift my self-esteem. Truthfully, it was my financial situation that initially dissuaded me from going through with it. As a university student on ...

If you were to Google the phrase “rags to riches”, it would return hundreds of inspirational articles about Ed Sheeran sofa surfing and Chris Pratt living in a van. When you read these articles, it feels as though you are supposed to compare yourselves to these stories of hardship and uplift. However, it isn’t just the stories we read online that appear keen to sustain this “rags to riches” cliché. Here´s the case of Marilyn Monroe. 

It’s time for society and employers to do better. If you’re an individual that menstruates, then you’ll be all too familiar with the dreaded, painful and frankly uncomfortable physical side effects that come with your period.

Over the last week, scenes of desperation have blared through screens all over the world in regards to the political situation going on in Afghanistan.

Where does grooming stop, and consensual relationships begin? In 2019, Leonardo DiCaprio became a subject of frustration. DiCaprio met his current girlfriend, Camila Morrone, when she was only twelve years old.

It’s no secret that everyone has suffered during the pandemic. The multiple lockdowns, rules and of course COVID itself has made life extremely difficult. University students have suffered as well – just like everyone else. However, students have additionally been utterly neglected and used as scapegoats.

Did you know the vast majority of drug trials that take place on rodents, only take place on male rodents instead of females? So yes, you guessed it: gender biases exist not only in the human world but also in the animal world.