30th October 2019 - The Glasgow Guardian



How far is too far when it comes to free speech?

30th October 2019

Mary Horner Writer Was Naga Munchetty out of line when she insinuated Donald Trump is a racist on the BBC Breakfast show? In a recent news report, Naga Munchetty, the BBC One Breakfast presenter for just under 10 years, gave her opinion on one of many Trump tweets to be brought into the news fold. ...


Is the age of online privacy over?

30th October 2019

Holly Jennings Views Editor Over a year has passed since the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal and we are still very much in the dark about what happened. Will online privacy ever truly exist again? Last year saw the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, where it was exposed that Cambridge Analytica had harvested millions of pounds worth of data ...


Living with a skin condition at university

30th October 2019

Rachel Campbell Writer How does managing a skin condition affect your university life? I started university buzzing with the prospect of studying something I enjoyed, gaining independence, and meeting new people who had similar interests and goals. I got a part-time job, studied, partied, and had a great first semester at the University of Glasgow. ...


Getting fit in Glesga

30th October 2019

Paul Dawson Writer For those wanting to exercise on the cheap, we take you through some scrimping ways to get fit without pulling the purse strings too much. In the last few years, there has been a rapid increase in the amount of people becoming more involved in personal fitness. Capitalising on this growing trend, ...


Can individuals prevent the climate crisis?

30th October 2019

  Michelle Osborne Writer Michelle Osborne examines whether we are misplacing the blame by expecting individuals to solve the climate emergency. Daily, we hear about the climate crisis, and daily we hear about how it is our fault. It is drilled into us that we need to make changes in our lives to save the ...


Review: Cassia @ SWG3

30th October 2019

Olivia Gardener Writer The Cassia lads give fans a dazzling dose of summertime bliss at their SWG3 show. With SWG3 being a smaller and more intimate venue, this was the perfect space for Cassia to do their thing. Combining indie-pop sensibilities and folk vibes with allusions to bands like The Vaccines, Cassia have been staples ...


Review: The Vagina Bible by Dr Jen Gunter

30th October 2019

Mairi Macleod Writer Mairi Macleod evaluates Dr Gunter’s “Vagenda”. When I told my boyfriend I was reading a book called The Vagina Bible, he laughed out loud in the pub. That’s the thing about the word “vagina”, isn’t it? It makes people laugh, makes people squirm, makes people cringe. That’s why we, from a young ...


Abortion stigma, myths and the anti-choice society

30th October 2019

Ella Bagameri Writer While abortion is technically legal in this country, are women still held on trial in the moral sense? Whether it’s a nervous glance over the shoulder or a voice lowered to a whisper when abortion is mentioned, it’s clear that there’s still a lot of uneasiness and stigma surrounding pregnancy termination. According ...


Review: Cheap Queen by King Princess

30th October 2019

Ilia Hionidou Writer King Princess unapologetically expresses her “gay sob” with this stunning debut. In the space of a few short years, Brooklyn-born Mikaela Straus – better known by her stage name King Princess – has racked up half a million Instagram followers, bagged an admirer in Harry Styles, and signed a record deal with ...


Time to leave sectarian marches behind

30th October 2019

Amélie Davidson Writer Following the recent ban of five Glasgow marches over sectarian disorder fears, Amélie Davidson examines Glasgow’s problem with sectarianism. On 12 September, Glasgow City Council banned four loyalist marches and one Irish republican parade from taking place over the threat to public safety. The ban came after protests against two republican marches ...