December 2022 - The Glasgow Guardian



Charity calls on University of Glasgow to sign up to gender-based violence prevention charter

31st December 2022

Fiona Drouet, who set up EmilyTest after losing her daughter who was subjected to gender-based violence, talks to The Glasgow Guardian about the shortcomings of GBV prevention at Scottish universities. Fiona Drouet set up the Scottish Government-funded charity EmilyTest in 2016 following the tragic death of her daughter Emily, after she was subjected to a ...


Top pop of 2022

29th December 2022

Lucy provides a mini-dissertation, dissecting the best pop music of the year. When Kesha said “I just accepted that I’m kind of a cheesy bitch that loves pop music, and I’m not going to hide!”, I felt that. I cannot enlighten you about niche underground sounds; I am a pop girlie through and through. (My ...


A reflection on the Autumn Nations Series

22nd December 2022

Natasha Coyle looks back at this autumn’s home nations rugby matches. Scotland, England, and Wales all hosted matches against teams from the southern hemisphere in this year’s Men’s Autumn Nations Series. The performances from the three UK nations have caused stirs within public opinion as to whether head coaches are selecting the right players for ...


Christmas films beyond the classics

21st December 2022

Mariane showcases some of her favourite less conventional Christmas picks. The Magic of Christmas  Klaus  by Sergio Pablos and Carlos Martinéz Lopéz (2019, Netflix) Klaus is a Netflix animated film that was spellbinding upon its release, being nominated for an Oscar under Best Animated Feature. The wonderful animation brings to life an inspiring story about ...


My flatmates used weaponised incompetence against me

20th December 2022

Can weaponised incompetence apply to flatmates too? Do your flatmates like to play Jenga with the recycling? Perhaps they pretend to ignore that the tinned tomatoes they failed to rinse out properly are sprouting a lovely garden of mould in the kitchen. Or maybe they just didn’t clean up after a house party.  It’s not ...


Antidepressants and me

20th December 2022

Becca Luke shares her experiences with antidepressants, and discusses the stigma that still surrounds them. Antidepressants saved my life. Whilst I find myself joking about my “dependency” on a box of happy little pills and I acknowledge that by no means were they a miracle, overnight, magic pill, Mirtazapine gave me my life back. When ...


Starting the conversation: food guilt

20th December 2022

Views editor Alisha Vaswani discusses her experience with food guilt. Content Warning: Mention of disordered eating September 25 2022 (according to my UberEats order history), I spent most of the night intermittently working through a strange type of shame. It’s one I’ve experienced so often that it’s come to feel commonplace – but I always ...


Reflections on Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

19th December 2022

Natasha Coyle argues for Brandon Sanderson being this centuries’ Dickens. Brandon Sanderson’s first book in the Mistborn trilogy, The Final Empire, is one of my favourite fantasy novels of all time. With its various twists and turns, talks of revolution and uprising against the tyrannical Lord Ruler, and fantastic character and plot development, The Final ...


A beginner’s guide to Booktok

19th December 2022

Ruby breaks down the essential features of the burgeoning trend. From showing breakdancing videos to breaking news, TikTok is so multi-faceted that it can be used and enjoyed by everyone. Avid users of the platform will probably know about the “sides” of TikTok you can find yourself on (or what comes up on your ‘for ...


The hidden truth about 10 Things I Hate About You

19th December 2022

Ruby Nicholl explores the parallels between the 1999 cult classic and its 16th century source material. I can count on one hand the number of people I’ve encountered in my life that have expressed to me their love of Shakespeare’s plays. In fact, many of my friends and acquaintances would confirm that the only Shakespeare ...