A Liberating New Idea
Later this month Leeds students will be voting in a referendum to decide whether or not LUU should have Liberation representatives for women, BAME (Black and Minority ethnic), LGBT and disabled students among others. Although it seems like an uncontroversial idea it has been met with opposition. Some argue that such a move would be [...]
Keep Calm and Carry On?
With exams around the corner and the sight of depressed and panic-stricken students frenetically flocking to the university libraries like battery chickens to revise, some…
A Spot of Good News
If you trust the media, you would think that Britain was awash with all the worst social ills; crime, rioting, the NHS in crisis, education…
Feminists: Reclaiming the Internet
For many years, the media was the enemy of feminism. The movement was mischaracterised, tainted, and exploited, condemned as weird and unfashionable. Undressed and muted…
The Legacy of the North South Divide
‘Is there really a North/South water taste divide?’ Upon emerging from a post dissertation hand-in, alcohol induced haze this was the cutting edge journalism that…
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