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Why is nobody talking about midsize girls?
Mid-size. What is it? Why have you maybe not heard of it before? For decades, the modelling industry represented the smallest of bodies, creating an unhealthy obsession with remaining slim and unrealistically small…Now, more plus size models frequent runways, photoshoots and magazines. However, with this great and inclusive representation, an important group seems to have been missed..
Give Us Clarity. Give Us Support.
…After a year of unparalleled and unprecedented disruption, including personal and financial hardship for so many, students deserve appropriate support and clarity of communication from our universities and governments, not further uncertainty and bluster…
The Much Needed Recipe for Your January (Astrologically guided).
Get your new lockdown recipe with this month’s horoscopes!! You won’t regret it, I promise!
Men’s Mental Health in the UK: What can I do?
The number one cause of death for men under 45 in the UK is suicide. Just because it is not November anymore, it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t speak about men’s mental health. Johnny discusses this further in this article and links some helpful resources.
Your 2021 Resolutions Based on December’s Stars’ Forecast.
👀👀👀👀👀👀👀…General pointers: beginning of December is quite “calm” (makes sense because of revision and deadlines); 14th new moon will spark everything up & get the month going with Saturn and Jupiter’s kumbaya. Read for more intel.
TikTok: A New Social
Well we’ll put it this way: if any of your family relatives asks you for the millionth time what TikTok is, send them the link to this article. TikTok is the new social.
How to be sustainable in the city - a guide for glasgow.
We’re bringing you, yet again, some discussion on sustainable fashion. This time you get a guide to Glasgow though!! One of the good things to come out of this year and the time locked-down was increased awareness and publicity around the damage fast-fashion has done to our planet and the importance of shopping small.
Depression: The account of a boy with no problems
It took me until coronavirus happened to realise that not everyone spends ¼ to 1/3 of every month feeling empty and the rest of it fearing the moment when that emptiness will strike from the blue. I am writing this piece because I’ve been mildly depressed for at least 10 years now. I don’t curl up into a ball on my bed…
Modern Lives Part III:The Language of Nature & the Power of Quiet – a Private Space for Connection
As the paradigms of our new reality shift around us, the changes we’ve become used to seeing in our surroundings begin to reflect in the linguistic world around us. Jera Toporis explores the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to influence the way we interact with language: through a triptych focusing on the language of our new reality; the development of language in isolation and the role of silence in shaping language. We end this triad with a reflection on “The Language of Nature & the Power of Quiet – a Private Space for Connection”.
Make The Bake Off Great Again
If you’re anything like me, you’re unhealthily fixated with The Great British Bake Off.
Modern Lives Part II: Constructing Parallel Realities through Language in Isolation
As the paradigms of our new reality shift around us, the changes we’ve become used to seeing in our surroundings begin to reflect in the linguistic world around us. Jera Toporis explores the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to influence the way we interact with language: through a triptych focusing on the language of our new reality; the development of language in isolation and the role of silence in shaping language. The second piece in this triad is called ‘Constructing Parallel Realities through Language in Isolation’.
Why Switch From Fast to Slow-Fashion?
Fashion has always fascinated me. Although looking at photos from the noughties, that’s definitely a questionable statement! Still, I stand by it. I love clothes. I’m a self-professed ASOS scroller. I’ve spent entire Saturdays between the rails in New Look. I was the Queen of the Primark sales. And I’ve scoured Pretty Little Thing for a going out-out dress on multiple occasions. However…
Modern Lives Part 1: An Illusion of a New Reality Before the New Reality
As the paradigms of our new reality shift around us, the changes we’ve become used to seeing in our surroundings begin to reflect in the linguistic world around us. Jera Toporis explores the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has begun to influence the way we interact with language: through a triptych focusing on the language of our new reality; the development of language in isolation and the role of silence in shaping language. Starting this triad off is a piece entitled ‘An Illusion of a New Reality Before the New Reality’.
This November’s horoscopes will help you surf those November waves.
Right so I just started surfing AND IT'S BIG WAVE SEASON IN PORTUGAL (search Nazaré 2020 on Youtube and you'll understand what I mean) so this month I will be forecasting your monthly endeavours with a board on the side. Each sign will have a suggested board to help you navigate and surf the best November waves…
Best of Beer Bar
Beer. Bar. The combination of two beautiful words sure to catch any student's attention, Beer Bar is a beacon of hope on campus for the weary scholar in search of a cheap pint - or pitcher. A source of many memories (or lack of), Beer Bar definitely brings back old tales from times gone by.
Forming Routine out of Chaos
My 2020 has, like most others’, been objectively horrific: all of the big life events that I’d been making my happiness contingent on (the last day of high school, prom, freshers) have effectively been cancelled. Instead, I have spent the best part of the year sitting in my bedroom, staring at the same four walls, feeling like I’m slowly going insane. It is during this stretch of time that I think a lot of people, including myself, have started to truly appreciate the importance of routine in the face of total chaos.
Isolation pick-me-ups for foodies!
With just under 30,000 international students from over 140 countries studying at UofG each year, it is no surprise that the dietary habits of Glasgow can be varied and colourful…
Black hair.
…In both cultures, hair is so important. It is your crown. As a child, mine was constantly shoved away in two large plaits to tame the curls, as a teen, it was tucked into a tight bun, the frizziness framing my head…