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Trigger warning: suicide, sexual assault, rape. Commemorated Friday 19th November, 2021 International Men’s Day allows us to value the important and positive male role models we have in our lives. Similarly, the day also raises awareness of men’s issues. These topics include: breaking the stigma around male mental health, the prevalence of male suicide, the issue of toxic masculinity and male sexual assault. One of the main reasons why International Men’s Day is so important is to focus on tackling the issues and stigma surrounding male sexual assault. On average, it takes men twenty six years to speak out about…
Volunteer writer, Ila Venil, shares this insightful piece about her journey. Time. Memory. How, in an eccentric way, both seem associated? And, in wild ways, we intertwine them both? My friend, once, said that time is the most beautiful thing in the world and nostalgia holds within it a sense of happiness. It does, doesn’t it? How do we adjust to things? Sometimes, we believe that we need to bring back an existing way of living and meet people who resemble ourselves and the people that we have always been with. It gets unreal, at certain times when we are…
In a constantly changing working world, Label volunteer, Annabel Smith, explores the idea of a ‘4 Day Work Week’ and whether it could be the way forward as we move into a post-Covid working environment. Working in a post-Covid world has changed the way many of us think about our work-life balance and has changed many employers’ thoughts on employee productivity. While most people unquestionably work Monday to Friday, the four-day work week could be the way forward. The five-day working week is thought to have been adopted by Henry Ford, who first gave his workers two days off…
All eyes were on the world leaders at the COP26 talks – especially Boris Johnson and Joe Biden. However, what did two of the biggest leaders pledge and what does it mean for us? Emily Jackson explains all. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (known more commonly as COP26), began on the 31st October and ran for nearly 2 weeks, until the 13th November. Taking place in Glasgow, the eyes of the world were on the big leaders and how they will tackle the climate crisis currently engulfing the world. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden…
With the start of a new academic year, Label Volunteer, Rachel Curtis, sets out some tips and tricks to make your new room, more you! Moving to university for the first time can be overwhelming and your uni room can help you settle in and feel at home. I’m now in my final year and having done 3 move-ins including after a year of placement, there are a few tips and tricks that I used when moving into university which can make your room homely, and somewhere you feel comfortable in. Familiar smells and sounds Surrounding yourself in smells that…
The increase in reported drink spiking spurring the Girls Night In boycott of clubs’, bars and pubs to be nationwide. What are the signs that you have been spiked and what do to if you think you or someone you know has been. There have been almost 200 recorded cases of drink spiking in the UK from September to October this year, this figure is missing out 5 police forces which are yet to report their cases. As well as the BBC reporting 2,600 reported cases from 2015-2019. These figures have made many university student in particular worried about their…
Banksy is known for his political artistic statements, his elusive persona, and now for breaking auction records. Georgia Golding gives her thoughts on Banksy’s latest selling artwork, as well as his significance in the world of contemporary art. With loud political sentiments and intriguing moral messages, Banksy’s artwork evidently encourages a thoughtful response from its viewers. The pseudonymous street artist, who began his career in the 1990s, is renowned for a wide range of distinctive and striking art pieces. But perhaps one of his most shocking works came in 2018, when his famous painting “Girl with Balloon” self-destructed during a…
With the Netflix translation of Squid Game into English garnering some negative attention, Label Volunteer, Valeria Pukhova, looks at the opportunities and potential limits of cultural translations, as well as how translation can alter meaning. Squid Game is a South Korean TV show which was released in September 2021 and gained enormous popularity within a month, becoming the most watched series on Netflix in more than 90 countries. The main idea of the plot is that the characters must compete in a number of cruel, dehumanizing games in order to win a huge cash prize. Those who aren’t lucky enough to…
Callum Nathan gives us a moving look at the life of David Amess MP, who was murdered in his own constituency. A lot has been said about the late Sir David Amnes, whose life was brought to a tragic end in a barbaric terrorist attack as he held a surgery, a symbol of one of the fundamental rights of British democracy – the ability to meet, challenge and lobby one’s elected member of parliament to effect change for their community. It was in that spirit that Sir David chose not to seek ministerial office, or the trappings of…
With the online world overtaking the real world during the pandemic, Label Volunteer, Rebecca Pearson, explores the phenomenon of ‘zoom dysmorphia’ and how it distorts our view of both life and self-image. You get ready for work, study, school – but instead of leaving through your front door, you log onto Zoom. The little window of our videoed-self flatpacks our existence into a 2D reality. Yes, there are various advantages to a virtual day: less commuter travel, convenience, efficiency. But the implication of Covid-19, wherein ‘working from home’ has become entirely normal, has also come with other social and mental…