Someone somewhere in some boardroom thought it would be a good advertising strategy to have their brand tweet like a sixteen-year-old, and it ruins my day every time I see it. The reason behind my […]
The Leader Who Cried ‘Wolf’
On Friday 2nd October, in classic Trump fashion, a tweet was posted announcing he and Melania Trump had been tested positive for Covid-19. After months of understating the effects of COVID, Trump has caught the […]
Performative allyship: Do you want to prove you’re not racist or are you willing to self-reflect?
A fact: social media is not a measure of activism. A lie: this means we are allowed to be silent. Black Lives Matter is not a trend that we forget about as soon as the […]
Idle-ising: Are we choosing the right idols?
We must stop idolising those who remain idle when it comes to social activism. It’s time to reevaluate who we are giving a social platform. Choosing to remain silent on important topics within social injustice […]
University of Leeds Student to be KFC’s Next Top Model
Chloe Simon, a third year English Literature and Language student at the University of Leeds, might just be KFC’s biggest fan. And boy, is she finger lickin’ good. Back in February, KFC announced a competition […]
The Search for Autenticidad: Jeanine Cummins’ Controversial Novel American Dirt
When Oprah announced that the new pick for her book club was American Dirt, the third novel by Jeanine Cummins, I doubt she predicted the controversy that would arise. The novel narrates the tale of […]
Mental Health Matters: Are Instagram Image Regulations Enough?
Instagram plans to extend its ban on images depicting self-harm and suicide to include any image that “promotes” self-harm, following an appeal from Ian Russell, whose fourteen-year-old daughter Molly committed suicide in 2017. This means […]
Social Media’s Division Over Political Ads
Facebook stands increasingly alone in the debate over political ads, with Twitter’s banning of ads showing a clear divide between two social media giants on modern democracy’s most pertinent problem. In October, Facebook refused to […]
‘For the Record’: Setting the Memoir Straight
Delphie Bond explores how David Cameron has been reflecting upon recent political events in his new memoir ‘For the Record’, despite sheltering under the umbrella of his resignation. As the UK viciously tumbles down a […]
Big Brother on the Internet? Watchdogs and Social Media
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has published a white paper advocating for an independent internet watchdog to keep the giants of social media in check, as well as giving oversight to the […]
Capitalised, Glamorised and Romanticised: Social Media’s Disregard For Mental Health
The disregard of social media platforms for the posting and exchanging of triggering content is harmful: it wields a detrimental effect on both the mental and physical health of its users. It is needless to […]
Pariah or Problematic? Azealia Banks vs. Lana Del Rey
Not for the first time, the ‘212’ rapper Azealia Banks has found herself embroiled in a raging Twitter war. This time it was with ‘Video Games’ songstress Lana Del Rey. The feud started last week […]