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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
2 days ago3 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 253 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 225 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 11 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 252 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 144 min read
Gregg Wallace Faces the Heat: MasterChef Star’s Recipe for Public Image Ruin
When the annual calendar event occurs, and another high-profile, well-loved and respected male television personality wakes up to...
Emilia Lauder
Feb 163 min read


The Scots, the Snobs, and the Edinburgh University Complex
There is a glaring eye all Scottish university students know well. When an outsider makes a mocking comment about our nationality, a...
Emilia Lauder
Feb 163 min read
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