Illustrations by Grace McKenna We’ve all heard the “it’s a trend” trope well when it's applied to “blue-haired liberals” and Instagram “social justice warriors”. But what of the new conservative youngsters emerging out of society’s fringe and into the mainstream of social media? The news tells us that a rising share of the youth vote is trending towards conservative candidates , such as Donald Trump in the U.S. and Pierre Poilievre in Canada. A recent Gallup poll reveals th

Illustrations by Grace McKenna Immigrant populations and transgender people have always been a target of societal mistreatment. Today, though, they face a new wave of political villainization so overt that it has caused even the staunchest of conservatives to waver in their support for their parties’ agendas. Much of the world is watching in horror as the Trump Administration carries out the “largest deportation operation in history” . Even the ostensibly more progressive La

There is a glaring eye all Scottish university students know well. When an outsider makes a mocking comment about our nationality, a...

Illustrations by Megan Le Brocq The University of Edinburgh is a strongly international space. While three-tenths of its undergrads are...