Originally published in print March 2021. Ursula: First, can you tell me a little bit about Playback? Robert: Playback is a podcast play consisting of three different episodes of three different podcasts and it follows one person who hosts all … Continue reading Interview with Robert Gibbons writer and producer of podcast play Playback
Illustration by Lola Fleming. Originally published in print November 2020. What inspires your photography most? I think before COVID it was definitely travelling and experiencing new surroundings completely different to my regular day. When I went to Boston on … Continue reading Interview with Student Photographer Niamh Barry
Illustrations by Ren O’Hare, Lola Fleming and Ciarán Butler. Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Connor Howlett (Film Editor) The idea behind this Film Club is to pick a film that I think deserves more attention, and set my … Continue reading Film Club 1: Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station
The communal sharing of memories from days of heightened One Direction fever brought a welcome respite to my social media yesterday, the 23rd of July 2020, which marked a decade since the band’s formation. No group, fandom or cultural event … Continue reading Why I Celebrated 10 Years of One Direction
Body positivity is a deeply rewarding and nourishing ideology. It is focused on the practice of self-love, rather than the idealisation of a specific body type, and the public amplification and dissemination of images or discourse featuring varying, intersectional bodies. … Continue reading In Profile: Mid-Size Fashion
This piece was inspired by Shane Murphy’s piece ‘Five Pieces of Queer Content to keep you going after Pride Month’, which you can read here. The patriarchal influences which continue to oppress minorities have also been institutionally effective in … Continue reading Five female LGBTQ+ books to keep you going after Pride
●●○○○ The earlier scenes of Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (David Dobkin, 2020) are set in the Icelandic hometown of Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams), a singing duo of hopefuls for Eurovision. The film unfortunately … Continue reading Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga // Review
Illustration by Andy Murillo The majority of the resources below are links which can be clicked for redirection. Visit blacklivesmatters.carrd.co for a list of resources of ways to help. We want to elevate the voices of people of colour … Continue reading Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
Fast fashion is by far the most accessible and affordable tool for stylistic expression. However, the industry’s processes of cheap and rapid clothing production, which creates items seldom made to last, is a perfect representation of capitalistic obsolescence; clothes become … Continue reading Fast Fashion and Classism: Why our approach to the industry needs to change
●●●●○ Starring two of its executive producers in the lead roles, Little Fires Everywhere immediately establishes itself as a drama in which the female voice is central, entirely complex, and at times deliberately misleading for the viewer. The main draw … Continue reading Little Fires Everywhere // Review
Illustration by Ren O’Hare I remember seeing pieces from The Guardian, or smaller news outlets like bloomberg.com, at the start of isolation which proposed a much-needed message of hope: that for introverts like myself, lockdown would play to our … Continue reading The Dilemma of Lockdown Introversion
This article is co-authored by Alex O’Sullivan and Ursula Dale, who have written about their experiences of non-deliberate and deliberate exploitation within a relationship with a power dynamic. Power dynamics in relationships can be difficult to spot. Sometimes when a … Continue reading The Exploitation of Power Dynamics in Romantic Relationships Originally published in print March 2020.