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“Some of my favourite pieces of art are made by the worst people”: Can an artist’s personal life be separated from their art?
Illustrations by Grace McKenna Artists are probably the luckiest people to exist. They usually have some sort of talent that was just bestowed upon them at birth, and from there on out they found their niche and stuck with it. Musicians, writers, actors, painters, poets - they are the privileged, but also the damaged. When thinking about the most significant pieces of art ever created, I can almost guarantee that the artists behind them are not always morally sound. Of cours
Lauren Gray
Feb 123 min read


New In! The Detachable Bush
Illustrations by Grace McKenna From make-up to cosmetic surgeries, women are always being sold something to change their appearance. Thick eyebrows aren’t cute, but be careful – you can’t pluck them too thin, that isn’t cute either. Being skinny is in, but make sure you still have a bum silly! Of course, don’t worry if you don’t look like this or that; here is a list of the 50 latest trending products that you can buy to turn you into the perfect woman! And just when you thou
Ellie-Mae Belokon-Dennis
Oct 25, 20252 min read


Endurance: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 80 Years After
Illustrations by Grace McKenna Public memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki has long been shaped by a U.S.-centred narrative that frames the...
Ami John
Oct 8, 20253 min read


That Sydney Sweeney Campaign: American Eagle’s Marketing Misfire
Illustrations by Grace McKenna ‘Sydney Sweeney has great jeans/genes.’ It’s a tagline that’s ricocheted across social media, sparking...
Keya Desai
Aug 25, 20253 min read


Scarves, Spirituality and Stereotypes: The Double Standard of South Asia in the Western Imagination
Illustrations by Grace McKenna With Coachella in April and the Met Gala in May, for the last few months my social media has been flooded...
Srishti Ramakrishnan
May 22, 20255 min read


uninformed, ununinformed responses, November 5
Illustrations by Grace McKenna Dip your fingers in my scalp. Touch the warm patches the sun left behind. Sully the straight division,...
Ruth Ginsburg Hix
May 1, 20251 min read


Leopold III
Illustrations by Grace McKenna I crave some sort of ghostly hereafter, History is a myth, after all. My hands swallowed and unswallowed...
Amelia More
Apr 25, 20252 min read


Tackling Misogyny in Sports: Let’s Talk about Women’s Rugby
Illustration by Grace McKenna When I arrived at Edinburgh’s Hive stadium for my first Women’s Six Nations match, I couldn’t help but...
Molly Barrow
Apr 14, 20254 min read
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