Selfies are a product of our generation, bred from the rise of the iPhone. But do they represent something more; the redefining of self image? Yay As we grow up we’re bombarded with oppressive […]
Comment | Serve the rich, eat the poor
Faced with the shameful statistics that 13 million people in the UK are currently living below the poverty line and supermarkets waste 15 million tonnes of food each year, surely outrage and immediate action are […]
News | Leeds students talk feminism on BBC
A special show on feminism featuring Leeds students is to be broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The programme looks at the increased attention feminism has had over 2013, including Femsoc’s protests following the Tequila controversy. Femsoc coordinator […]
News | Mezz license revoked following student protest
Mezz nightclub has had its licence suspended for three months, following the backlash over Tequila’s ‘Fresher’s Violation’ video. The decision to close the space until it is sold to new management was taken at a […]
Features | The alternative Otley Run
Sick of hangovers and expensive drinks? Try LS’s version of the infamous Otley Run… The well trodden Otley Run route is famous for its pubs and bars and is always more than ready to […]
News | Better Leeds forum promises change
The Union has promised to lobby for the extension of the Edge’s opening hours on weekends and the banning of signing fees. As a result of students voting at the Better Leeds, Better University and […]
Music | Live in Leeds – Bowling For Soup, Scroobius Pip & Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit
Bowling For Soup – O2 Academy Leeds 14/10/13 You know it’s going to be an epic gig when a band has their own themed intro music (‘Here comes bowling for soup’, not imaginative lyrically but damn […]
News | Stabbed nurse costume causes controversy
A Leeds fancy dress shop has drawn criticism for its window display featuring a mannequin dressed as a stabbed nurse. The Amazing Party Company on Albion Street in Leeds City Centre exhibited the mannequin along […]
Comment | Hard Working Families
The slogan ‘For Hardworking People’ loomed over the smug head of David Cameron at the Conservative Party conference back in September, where he unveiled a number of policies designed, he claimed, to help ‘hard working […]
News | Students stand up to Tequila
Tequila UK is under investigation following an LS petition to shut the event. Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police have opened investigations into the licensing of the event following a series of complaints. The […]
A Feminist’s Guide to Summer
Leeds has experienced a mass student exodus, we all survived moving weekend, exam results are in and the sun has actually come out long enough to make me purchase a pair of shorts: I can no longer deny that summer is officially […]
Comment: “Our campus has not escaped the ‘lad culture’ identified by the NUS”
‘Lad culture’ is epitomised by websites such as ‘UniLAD and ‘the Lad Bible’ through offensive and misogynistic photos and jokes, and has been linked to the amount of harassment and assault experienced by students. The […]