Have young people become desensitised to deal with Doomerism? The desensitisation of younger generations has been a topic of discussion since radical technologies changed the world. Now, teenagers and twenty-something-year-olds are, arguably, overexposed to content. Sometimes being used to escape from the negative phenomena that surround them, while very often also exposing them to content that results in cultural…

A culture driven by clicks, fame and money has a darker side behind those viral moments — To discuss influencers, YouTube titans, and viral moments it would be difficult to not jump to David Dobrik. The Vine Star turned six-second videos into an empire. This empire became known as the “Vlog Squad” — the epitome of the American Dream, where a child of an immigrant can become…

Can the memeification of global warfare and bloodshed be justified as a coping mechanism? — Memes are everywhere. They have evolved for decades, some now becoming so complex, saturated with a particular inside witticism that only a small demographic of people will even understand them. So, what happens when social media trades traditional fear, diplomacy, and discussion regarding major world events with TikToks and memes?

How puritanical standards of women perpetuate that some women deserve what happens to them — “She was just going for a run” “She was just walking home from work” “She was just following the rules” We’ve all seen and heard these statements after a woman is a victim of male violence. For example, when the news of Sarah Everard echoed around the U.K, many people…

All the warning signs about Boris Johnson and the Tories were there, but the U.K is still perplexed as to how and why the country is being run by a group of seemingly out of touch Etonites. — Boris has always been the goofy silly guy that the country laughed at. His crazy antics (like that iconic moment he got stuck on a zip line) are what made the country see him as a hilarious politician. A character, if you like.

Molly Mae’s views on social mobility and poverty may be horrific but they are also indicative of a capitalist society entrenched in hustle culture and individualist narratives. — It’s an adage we’ve all been subject to; “Beyonce has the same 24 hours as us”. An individualistic right-wing view that has time and time again been criticised for its generalised nature and simplified worldview. …

Sarah Everard followed rules from somebody who was supposed to protect her. This wasn’t her fault. Every single woman you know would have followed the rules and entered the car. — With the information of Wayne Couzens, Sarah Everard’s killer, mounting up, the whole country has been left in complete shock. Couzens was a serving firearms officer — he showed Everard his warrant card, “arrested” her under COVID-19 powers, and placed her in handcuffs before putting her in the car. He…

Paint a woman and she’s art, take a selfie and she’s vain — “You painted a naked woman because you enjoyed looking at her, put a mirror in her hand and you called the painting “Vanity,” thus morally condemning the woman whose nakedness you had depicted for your own pleasure.” — John Berger, Ways of Seeing John Berger beautifully sums up the gendered…

Certain qualifiers cause women to undermine themselves and miss out on opportunities — Let’s begin this with a bit of a thought experiment. Out of these two sentences, which one do you think was said by a man and which one was by a woman. It’s obvious. We have to do X in order to achieve Y. I don’t know if this is…