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Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption

Identity and fast fashion: A story of overconsumption

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Social media is driving overconsumption, selling us an ideal aesthetic – but our identity doesn’t just come from fashion
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A community of quacks: Social media and its harmful obsession with therapy speak

A community of quacks: Social media and its harmful obsession with therapy speak

On today’s internet, it is nearly impossible to scroll through social media without coming across familiar vocabulary
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Far-right harasses Hannah Spencer after speech in Piccadilly gardens

Far-right harasses Hannah Spencer after speech in Piccadilly gardens

Hannah Spencer escorted by police out of Piccadilly Gardens after far-right social media influencers disrupt Together Alliance launch event.
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Philosophical Fiction: The Literary Antidote for a Digital Age

Philosophical Fiction: The Literary Antidote for a Digital Age

Literature with philosophical leanings might just be the antidote to constant doomscrolling
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Paralysed by plastic: Have beauty standards made us forget who we really are?

Paralysed by plastic: Have beauty standards made us forget who we really are?

Not too long ago, we used to play with plastic. But now, we’ve become it
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AI interception: is it really ‘You’Tube anymore?

AI interception: is it really ‘You’Tube anymore?

As YouTube capitalises on AI technologies, it seems to be leaving us behind
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Digital feminism: Why activism cannot be achieved through online trends

Digital feminism: Why activism cannot be achieved through online trends

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Just as quickly as it blossomed, the so-called ‘fourth-wave’ or digital feminism is wilting, and it’s hard to ignore
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bôa live at New Century Hall: Far from their twilight years

bôa live at New Century Hall: Far from their twilight years

Nineties alt-rock outfit and social media darlings charm Manchester in support of their first album in almost two decades
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Rebecca Goodwin and the Reality Check Podcast: Is it finally time to stop shaming women?

Rebecca Goodwin and the Reality Check Podcast: Is it finally time to stop shaming women?

Rebecca Goodwin’s appearance on the Reality Check Podcast has ignited a heated online debate over the morality of sex work, and the relentless scrutiny of the women who take part.
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BookTok is killing your curiosity

BookTok is killing your curiosity

BookTok is doing the thinking for us, and ruining our curiosity in the process
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Ragebait is ruining social media

Ragebait is ruining social media

Controversy has become the currency of the internet – it is high time we regulated against it
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The Great X-scape: The exodus of Musk’s Platform for Bluesky

The Great X-scape: The exodus of Musk’s Platform for Bluesky

Moving from X to Bluesky may not be the simple solution it seems. We are looking into a future of extreme social polarisation.
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Interview: Kate Nash on music, Manchester and mental health

Interview: Kate Nash on music, Manchester and mental health

London-born, LA-based artist Kate Nash delves into her 20 years in music as she embarks on a world tour in support of new album 9 Sad Symphonies
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Social media and the illusion of activism

Social media and the illusion of activism

Social media has made social justice easier than ever, but has this come at the cost of meaningful action?
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Influencing goes deeper than we think

Influencing goes deeper than we think

We think of influencing as simple: someone you like online tells you to buy something, and you do, like the good little consumer that you are. Maybe it’s not that straightforward
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TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food

TikTok and Teatox: Why social media is sucking the joy out of food

From ‘What I Eat in a Day’ videos to fad diet trends, social media’s rampant championing of toxic diet culture needs to stop
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Flipping the script: Girlhood as a new model for women

Flipping the script: Girlhood as a new model for women

What makes women who they are? Why we’re travelling back in time to find ourselves while teens look to the future
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The kids aren’t alright: Sunak’s school phone ban won’t stop bigotry, even a bit

Sunak’s ban on phones in secondary school is doing little to solve the problem, and more to make it worse
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Why you don’t need New Year’s resolutions in 2024

Why you don’t need New Year’s resolutions in 2024

With every New Year comes the same pressure to set resolutions and make personal changes, but this needless pressure won’t provide the route to fulfilment
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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?
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