Bridie Adams speaks about the potential dangers of social media activism and offers advice on how to avoid being labelled a superficial ally
#BlackLivesMatter
On Horses & Protests
On Horses & Protests Following clashes with police in London earlier this month, Aaron Loose evaluates the use of mounted units in the suppression of public protest. On 6 June, thousands of protesters assembled at Whitehall, Central London to stand in solidarity with George Floyd, a Black man who was murdered by a brutal and […]
Defunding the American Police
As Black Lives Matter protests across the world continue to take place, so do calls to defund the police. News editor, Emily Im, investigates how and why defunding the police would work.
The Hate U Give – Review
Amandla Stenberg is stunning. As the film’s locus, she moves between two worlds – that of her friends, where her identity seems grounded – quite literally – by her obsession with the latest kicks, music, her friends – and Williamson Prep, where she is forced into a performative ‘whiteness.’ My only critique of the film […]
Second Thoughts: world leaders
By the end of the year, the four wealthiest countries in the Western World could all boast women as their leaders. The significance of this cannot be underestimated. We remain in a world where the patriarchal bravado of world leaders continues to flaunt itself. Long-time chauvinistic plutocrats like Russia’s Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan have, in […]