27th March 2023 - The Glasgow Guardian



It’s out with the new and in with the new

27th March 2023

Is personal style dead? Style. We all have it. Just not all of us choose to express it. And it’s no wonder really, when at every turn we are being discouraged from expressing our own unique senses of style. So what is style? It’s how we express ourselves. In fashion, our personal style is how ...


Tips inspired by the “low maintenance beauty” TikTok trend

27th March 2023

Genevieve Brown shares her suggestions for streamlining your beauty routine. “High maintenance to be low-maintenance” is a fun, recent TikTok beauty trend. The term accompanies videos of people offering time-saving beauty tips. The first video of this kind I saw showed a girl painstakingly contouring her face with fake tan so as to avoid the ...


Cheap, easy stress-busters

27th March 2023

Aysha Sohail has some suggestions for those who need some relaxation on a budget! As much as things like retail therapy and going abroad are fun, plenty of de-stressing activities exist which don’t harm your bank account.  One thing which helped me at the beginning of the pandemic was going for runs. Even twenty minutes, ...


Let’s not save the day actually

27th March 2023

Rothery Sullivan makes the case for abandoning daylight savings. Daylight Savings occurs twice a year. We all feel the effects when the clocks go back an hour in the autumn and forward an hour in the spring. The intention of the time change is to preserve as much daylight as possible in the winter by ...


Should phones be banned from clubs?

27th March 2023

Anti-phone policies can produce unexpected benefits, but can also lead to difficulties for clubgoers. Clubs exist for hedonistic immersion, and outside factors should surely be left at the door. But when you have a connection to the rest of the world in the palm of your hand, how can these ideals coexist? Disconnection is surely ...


A history of the manwhore

27th March 2023

Haris explores how terminology in relation to promiscuity has changed. If you time-traveled back 60 years and called a man a “slut”, then a strong violent reaction would probably be gathered and chaos would erupt. People were much less open-minded and tolerant towards conflating terminologies used across genders. Of course, people were also much more ...


The history of house: Chicagoan lofts to Boiler Room sets

27th March 2023

How has house music shaped the metropolitan dance scene? Born in the chipped wooden floors of Chicago lofts, the history of house music is eclectic in its cultural influences, and its progression through the genres of the music industry. Its addictive sounds and beats were soon enough danced by those in New York and London, ...


“Comedians want to take comedy too seriously”: In conversation with Phil Wang

27th March 2023

Ahead of his show as a part of the Glasgow Comedy Festival we caught up with a rising star of British comedy. In his new show “Wang In There Baby”, Phil Wang is getting sillier. That seems like a pointless ambition for a comedian, but Wang has had this idea for some time. “I just ...


Changing the frame: Trans and non-binary filmmakers

27th March 2023

The Glasgow Guardian chats to two young independent film professionals about representation, accessibility and content creation. Based in Glasgow, but originally from Brazil and the Basque country respectively, Indigo Korres and Leo Torre have just launched Changing the Frame, a podcast highlighting the experiences of trans and non-binary people within the film industry. Indigo specialises ...


Ten Years since Sheryl Sandberg told women to Lean In

27th March 2023

Lean in or Lean out? A decade on, Jeevan examines Sandberg’s infamous manifesto, and Dawn Foster’s counter to it. Since Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In topped bestseller lists, we have entered the fourth wave of feminism. This has been, in part, defined by the #metoo movement which challenged sexual harassment in the workplace, as well as ...