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Medium •

Review: The Buccaneers, Apple TV

Dust off your corset, lady, the newest kid on the period-drama block The Buccaneers has sashayed onto our silver screens clutching the fool-proof period romance recipe, fit men, gorgeous gowns, and steamy romance.

I’ve fallen in love with our fair share of 19th-Century stories over the last few years (hello, Bridgerton, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Emma), but this regency romp packs a fiery modernity.

Loosely based on Edith Wharton’s unfinished novel of the same name, we follow five American t
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Voice Magazine •

The next step: students facing the class divide in graduate job market

Walking out with a degree in hand and a seemingly bright future ahead. Former students are confronted by the class divide within the graduate job sector. As a student currently at this stage, it has become apparent to me that the graduate job market does not favour working-class graduates.

According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the average graduate salary in the UK is around £24,000. This salary is certainly a liveable wage for most of the UK. However, a closer look at the industr
Yes Gurl •

Y2K in, curvy-aesthetic out: We cannot change the fabric of our bodies

Y2K in, curvy-aesthetic out: We cannot change the fabric of our bodies

With the growing concern of diversity in fashion, it’s easy to let our guards down and assume we’re in a new all-welcoming age of the industry. When in reality, we are as far from that golden age as ever; they have simply learned to hide it better. I am referring to how fashion somewhat programs ‘ideal’ body images to both men and women.

A quick glance at runway shows or magazine covers could tell us that much. But another
Yes Gurl •

The cost of being Black and 'woke' | Online Magazine

The cost of being Black and ‘woke’


Lifeless Black men and women became such a common site on social media during 2020’s BLM spike. By the end of the year I had vowed to never watch another police brutality video, I would simply read up on it and do the best I could to spread awareness. Trauma is nothing new to the Black community, our history can testify to that. However, it feels like social media has trapped us in a loop of perpetual trauma. I am by no means jumping onto the ‘social media i
Medium •

Malcolm & Marie: Social Commentary or Just a Film?

Sam Levinson’s late January release Malcolm & Marie channeled a specific Hollywood classic aesthetic. The film explores an explosive fight between director Malcolm and his girlfriend after returning from his film premiere. Malcolm forgot to thank Marie during the premiere and this avalanches a night of brutal back and forth. Although a simple plot, this narrative structure had potential since it very openly mirrors the multi-academy winning Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Evidently, audiences lov
Diaspora Speaks •

The Western Wakanda Complex – Diaspora Speaks

Marvel’s 2018 Box Office hit Black Panther broke the glass ceiling for Black filmmakers. Seeing an almost entirely Black cast on silver screens in a narrative that is far from tragedy-porn was and still is revolutionary. In retrospect, however, the film foregrounded just how neglected Africa’s political and social issues are while African cultures are celebrated and exploited by western societies. For example, the film uses generalised African accents from all over the continent instead of a spe
The New Feminist •

Feminism: The Definition We Lost In The Fire

Feminism: The Definition We Lost In The Fire

Women have started renouncing feminism. This sentence seems contradictory, but it’s true. In fact, it has almost become a trend for women to say, “I’m not a feminist or anything”. That is to say “I’m not a man-hater or anything”, or “I’m not bitter or anything”.


It’s truly disheartening to see women taking this stance, however, I do not blame them. Feminism has been framed distastefully by social and broadcast media for as long as either have exis
Diaspora Speaks •

Blood & Water Review: Why Representation is Worth Fighting For – Diaspora Speaks

Netflix has been trying to diversify their list of series and films to become more inclusive, which has resurfaced interesting conversations within minority communities about the ways in which POC characters are depicted. Over the summer, the homepage of Netflix was updated by adding a ‘Black Lives Matter’ category. Although temporary, the category propelled Black storytelling in ways which reassure me that the misrepresentation we have become so accustomed to is slowly being erased. In their co
Lucky Jefferson •

400 Shades of Brown

Brown is not synonymous with dirt

The brown bird’s song can awaken forests

Whilst the brown soil forces pine trees to exert

The bouquet’s beauty is not formed in the hands of the florist

But rather in brown hands with cracked skin that traces back four centuries

Skin that sailed across oceans and watched other brown bodies drown

Skin that continued to gleam in cotton white farms in front of its enemies

Nearby, brown hands raise the master’s infants and iron the missus’ nightgown

These br
Medium •

Look Deeper: The Impact of Pretty Privilege on Artists.

As a writer/poet I often feel the desire to remove my identity from my work. This desire seemed random and unwarranted to me until I examined the role of women within various industries. I soon realised that the success of many female musicians for example Jorja smith or even TV presenters such as Maya Jama was often paired with their conventional beauty. This is not to say that these women are untalented and cheated their way up; i actually adore Jorja as a musician. What I am saying , though,
The Print •

What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?

Summer is undoubtedly the best season; I could list a million different activities like the Phineas and Ferb theme song, but I have reason to believe finding a dodo bird was unrealistic, so I won’t. Despite the endless possibilities of what you can do, what makes summer so enjoyable is simply that the sun is out. Even if ninety percent of the extended days are characterised by random whispers of “it’s boiling” there is a certain je ne sais quoi about the sun being out.
The Portsmouth News •

STUDENT SHOUT: Distorting reality on social media is so dangerous

The way we view ourselves and how others perceive us has been a topic of concern for, well, as long as time.Â

But it's never been as detrimental as it is today.

The digital age has been, and continues to be, extremely successful in romanticising gym culture and extreme dieting.

Don't get me wrong, looking after yourself and ensuring you are healthy is essential for a long life.

However, the hours on end spent in the gym daily and the meagre amount of calories consumed per day in the desire t