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Yes, there’s comfort in conformity – but it’s less fun: The internet is killing individuality 

Yes, there’s comfort in conformity – but it’s less fun: The internet is killing individuality 

How can we form our own identity if our self-expression is dictated by the internet?
“All the world’s a stage”, and the internet makes it worse

“All the world’s a stage”, and the internet makes it worse

The internet has a new obsession: packing women into neat, labelled boxes based on their aesthetics. What are, then, the consequences of the commodification of women?
Diaspora Children and Disappointing Identities

Diaspora Children and Disappointing Identities

Diaspora children navigate identity in a poor way that prevents them from effectively utilising their cross-cultural heritage
Loyle Carner’s ‘hugo’ inspires us to reflect, to relate, and to take action

Loyle Carner’s ‘hugo’ inspires us to reflect, to relate, and to take action

Carner moves away from laid-back, mellow beats to intense, emotion driven tracks fuelled with deep political and personal thoughts in ‘hugo’
Personal style vs. following trends – what’s more important?

Personal style vs. following trends – what’s more important?

In an age of such swift social and technological advancements, the fashion options young people are bombarded with are more than plentiful. And thus a battle between what suits their personal style and what is on trend ensues.
Passing Review: Racial identity, friendship, and jealousy in 1920s New York

Passing Review: Racial identity, friendship, and jealousy in 1920s New York

Set in vibrant 1920s New York, Rebecca Hall’s debut feature is a unique commentary on racial identity, jealousy, and finding one’s community
Review: Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

Review: Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

Isaac Lucia reviews Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Review: The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Through its deliberate composition and nuanced characters, The Last Black Man in San Francisco works beautifully as an exploration of what makes us who we are
Review: Red Dust Road

Review: Red Dust Road

Patience Kanjira reviews Red Dust Road, the stage adaptation of Scots Makar Jackie Kay’s memoir
MIFTA Season: The Greatest Tory Ever Told

MIFTA Season: The Greatest Tory Ever Told

Cathy Wippell reviews The Greatest Tory Ever Told as part of the Drama Society’s MIFTA Season
Preview: David Judge’s Sparkplug at HOME

Preview: David Judge’s Sparkplug at HOME

Race, Identity and Masculinity: Anuli Changa speaks to writer-actor David Judge and Director Hannah Tyrrell-Pinder about the touring production of Sparkplug
‘We’re All The Same’: an exhibition to humanise homelessness

‘We’re All The Same’: an exhibition to humanise homelessness

Louis Haddad reviews the photography exhibition, ‘We Are All One’, which sought to humanise the pandemic of homelessness; an all-too-familiar problem in Manchester
Hair politics: reconfiguring beauty for black women

Hair politics: reconfiguring beauty for black women

Sophia Ashby spoke to Cara Thompson about hair politics, femininity and why only some afros are acceptable.
A new Queer-a? The loss of place for Manchester Pride

A new Queer-a? The loss of place for Manchester Pride

Sam Brougham discusses the relocation of the Pride festival in Manchester away from Canal Street due to planned redevelopments and what this means for the LGBTQ+ communities who have celebrated there for decades.
Review: Crazy Rich Asians

Review: Crazy Rich Asians

This week marked the UK release of 2018’s much anticipated film Crazy Rich Asians directed by Jon M. Chu. A young couple, Rachel (Constance Wu) and Nick (Henry Golding), travel to Singapore for a friend’s wedding and to meet Nick’s family, who, unbeknownst to Rachel, are insanely rich and not the most welcoming. Crazy Rich […]

Costumes and cultural appropriation – where to draw the line

It’s time for trick or treat, pumpkins, and scary outfits. Halloween has crept up on us once more. Many are prepared — coloured contacts, litres of fake red blood, and the spookiest of outfits ready and waiting — whilst some such as myself are clutching at straws for a sinister yet sensational costume for a […]

SICK! Festival brings life to Manchester

Manchester is made to feel a little better with a full schedule of SICK! events, and we’re here to give you a little preview of what’s to come this month

Does our health knead the Bake Off?

With the widening of awareness to the dangers of sugar consumption, what do we do about the Great British Bake Off?

In conversation with Qaisra Shahraz

Books Editor Yasmin Mannan talks to the author and University of Manchester alumnus Qaisra Shahraz about writing, injustice, feminism, radicalisation, Muslim-Jewish relations, freedom of speech, Prevent, and the struggle of identity

What drag taught me about identity

“Express yourself, don’t repress yourself.” Kyle Zabawa turns his attention to what he learned from some unlikely icons with hearts almost as big as their hairpieces