10th March 2022
Erin McKie discusses how endometriosis has impacted her social life, studies, and mental health. “But you don’t look ill… It’s just a bad period, get over it”. I’ve heard phrases like this numerous times. Last April, I was officially diagnosed with endometriosis, having displayed symptoms for the previous five years. Endometriosis is a condition where ...
19th December 2021
The 21-year-old victim was assaulted around 3.55am on Saturday 18 December. Police have launched an appeal for witnesses after a 21-year-old woman was assaulted on Kelvin Way at around 3.55am on the morning of Saturday 18 December. The victim suffered minor injuries after being approached from behind by the attacker. The suspect is described by ...
23rd October 2020
Egg freezing in the UK is becoming more popular – should we begin considering changes in the laws we have regarding it? According to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, current laws dictating that frozen eggs must be used within 10 years should be scrapped. This is in response to the government reviewing the law. Nuffield ...
21st October 2020
Why is Nolan’s portrayal of female characters so consistently terrible? A central criticism of Christopher Nolan’s films regards his representation of women, which consistently takes the form of a male character’s dead wife, thus perpetuating the “stuffed into the fridge” trope. This is such a virulent feature in TV and film that it has created ...
